Ian McElhinney

Ian McElhinney
Born	1948 (age 67–68) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Marie Jones

Ian McElhinney (born 1948) is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than thirty years; notable appearances include Taggart, Hornblower, Cold Feet and The Tudors. In recent times his best known roles are as Barristan Selmy in Game of Thrones,^[1] and as Morgan Monroe in The Fall.

Personal life

He is married to playwright/actress Marie Jones; the couple started their own company, Rathmore Productions Ltd.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1981	Cowboys		television film
1982	BBC2 Playhouse	Mousey	Episode "Potatohead Blues"
	Angel	Groom
1984	After You've Gone		television film
	Brond	Unknown	television series
	Anne Devlin	Maj Sirr
1985	Acceptable Levels	Andy
	Lamb	Maguire
1986	The End of the World Man	Architecht
	Screen Two	Damien/ Inspector McBride	Episodes "Shergar"/ "Naming the Names"
1987	The Rockingham Shoot	John Reilly	television film
	Lapsed Catholics	Derek O'Gorman	television film
	First Sight	Joe	Episode "The Last of a Dyin' Race"
	A Prayer for the Dying	Lodger
1988	Wipe Out	Max Raines	TV mini-series (Episodes 1–5)
1989	Reefer and the Model	Reefer
1990	The Grasscutter	Brian Devlin
	Shoot to Kill	Assistant Chief Constable Trevor Forbes	television film
	Hidden Agenda	Jack Cunningham
	Fools of Fortune	Stranger
	4 Play	Eddie/ McQuire	Episodes "Valentine Falls"/ "In the Border Country"
1991	You, Me & Marley	Reggie Devine
1992	The Playboys	Joe Cassidy
	The Bill	Mickey Felcher	Episode Trial and Error
	Screenplay	Reggie Devine	Episode "You, Me & Marley"
1993	Spender	Flynn	Episode "Bad Company"
	Lovejoy	Cieran Stow	Episode "Ducking and Diving"
	Circle of Deceit	Father Fergel	television film
	Between the Lines	Chief Supt. Trevor Dunne	Episode "The Great Detective"
	A Woman's Guide to Adultery	Martin	Unknown episodes
	Taggart	Archie Rae / Sean O'Donnell	Episodes "Death Without Dishonour"/ "Cause and Effect"
1994	Blind Justice	Father Malone
1995	Beyond Reason	Smythe QC	television film
	Hearts and Minds	Alex	Unknown episodes
	Life After Life	Working out governor	television film
	The Pan Loaf		Short
1996	The Boy from Mercury	Brother Dowdall
	Small Faces	Uncle Andrew
	Michael Collins	Belfast Detective
	Hamlet	Barnardo	shakespearean
1997	Silicone Valerie		Short
	Wokenwell	Sgt. Duncan Bonney
	This Is the Sea	Da Stokes
	The Boxer	Reggie Bell
1998	Divorcing Jack	Alfie Stewart
	Touch and Go	Clive Bevan	television film
	Hornblower	Capt. Hammond	Episode "The Examination for Lieutenant"
	Maisie Raine	C.S. Jack Freeman
1999	Durango	Vestor McCarthy	television film
	A Love Divided	Reverend Hamilton
	Queer as Folk	Clive Jones	Episodes "Episode #1.6" and "Episode #2.1"
2000	Queer as Folk 2	Clive Jones	television film
	Borstal Boy	Verreker
	The King's Wake	Aherne (voice)
	In Defence	DCS David Dillne	Episode "No. 1.3"
2001	Hornblower	Capt. Hammond	Episodes "Mutiny" and "Retribution"
	Mapmaker	Inspector Devlin
2002	No Tears	Padraig McFadden	TV mini-series
2003	Murphy's Law	Fulton	Episode "Manic Munday"
	Hornblower	Capt. Hammond	Episode "Loyalty"
	Holby City	Brian Chapman	Episode "For Better, for Worse"
	Cold Feet	Bill Williams	Season 5
	Doctors	Howard Brackley	Episode "Faking the Dead"
	The Clinic	Joseph McGarry	Episodes "1.2", "1.3", "1.4", "1.7" and "1.8"
2004	Omagh	Stanley McCombe	television film
2005	Pure Mule	Harry Kilroy	Episode "Kevin's Weekend"
2006	The Front Line	Mikey
2007	Rough Diamond	Tim Regan	Episodes "1.2" and "1.6"
	The Tudors	Pope Clement VII	Episode "Message to the Emperor"
	Casualty	Robert Finch	Episode "Communion"
	Closing the Ring	Cathal Thomas
	Single-Handed	Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll	Episodes "Home Part 1 & 2" and "Stolen Child Part 1 & 2"
2008	Fairy Tales	Vice-Chancellor Ralph Graham	Episodes "Cinderella"
	Clay	Father O'Mahoney	television film
	Of Best Intentions	Thomas Midgely	Short
	Last Man Hanging	Narrator	television film
	City of Ember	Builder
	Little Dorrit	Mr. Clennam	Episodes "1.1" and "1.13"
2009	A Shine of Rainbows	Father Doyle
	Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne	Skip
	Triage	Ivan
	Scapegoat	H. A. McVeigh QC	television film
2010	New Tricks	Fintan MacEntee	Episode "Coming Out Ball"
	An Old Fashioned Christmas	Sean Bassett	television film
	Leap Year	Priest
2011	Bittersweet	Father	Short video
	Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust	Abbot Smith	television film
	The Sea	Alfred Blunden	Based on The Sea
2011, 2013-2015	Game of Thrones	Ser Barristan Selmy	25 episodes
2012–2014	Ripper Street	Theodore P. Swift	3 episodes
2013-2014	The Fall	Morgan Monroe	4 episodes (main cast) Episode: "These Troublesome Disguise" (guest star)
2014	Quirke	Bill Latimer	Episode "Elegy For April"
2015	A Patch of Fog
2017	Redwater
2017	Zoo		Filming

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Author	Director	Station
24 April 2012	The Biggest Issues[2]	Clive Watson	Annie McCartney	Eoin O'Callaghan	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama

Web series

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2016	Game Grumps	Himself	1 episode

References

1. Walker, Tim (7 August 2014). "Game of Thrones star's ghosted tweets". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
2. BBC – Afternoon Drama – The Biggest Issues

External links

• Ian McElhinney at the Internet Movie Database
• – A link to Jones' and McElhinney's company