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Ian McElhinney Wiki Biography
Ian McElhinney (born 1948) is a British actor and occasional director. McElhinney 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 he has become known for his portrayal of Barristan Selmy in Game of Thrones and Morgan Monroe in The Fall.
| Full Name | Ian McElhinney |
| Net Worth | $2 Million |
| Date Of Birth | 1948-01-01 |
| Place Of Birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Height | 5′ 11¼” (1.81 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director |
| Spouse | Marie Jones |
| Children | Matthew McElhinney, David McElhinney, Darren McElhinney |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568400 |
| Nominations | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play |
| Movies | Sacrifice, City of Ember, Leap Year, Triage, The Playboys, A Shine of Rainbows, A Patch of Fog, Hidden Agenda, The Boxer, Small Faces, Reefer and the Model, A Woman’s Guide to Adultery, The Front Line, The Grasscutter, The Boy from Mercury, You, Me & Marley, Blind Justice, Angel, Mapmaker, Lamb, Cla… |
| TV Shows | Rebellion, Single-Handed, Game of Thrones, Wokenwell |
| Trademark | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Raspy toned voice. |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Was nominated for Broadway’s 2001 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for “Stones in His Pockets.” |
| 2 | Married to Belfast playwright and actress Marie Jones. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoo | 2017 | post-production | Mr. Shawcross |
| Landgericht | 2017 | TV Movie post-production | Williiam |
| Bad Day for the Cut | 2017 | completed | Eamon |
| Krypton | TV Movie pre-production | Val-El | |
| Redwater | 2017 | TV Series | |
| Rogue One | 2016 | General Dodonna | |
| The Journey | 2016/III | Rory McBride | |
| Barbarians Rising | 2016 | TV Series | Tagus |
| Sacrifice | 2016/II | D.I. McKie | |
| The Truth Commissioner | 2016 | James Fenton | |
| Ripper Street | 2013-2016 | TV Series | Theodore Swift |
| Rebellion | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Edward Butler |
| A Patch of Fog | 2015 | Freddie Clarke | |
| The Death of a Projectionist | 2015 | Short | Gerry |
| Game of Thrones | 2011-2015 | TV Series | Barristan Selmy |
| Babylon | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Maher |
| The Fall | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Morgan Monroe |
| Quirke | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Bill Latimer |
| Play Next Door | 2014 | TV Series | Connie |
| Moonfleet | 2013 | TV Mini-Series | Rev Glennie Parson Glennie |
| Wodehouse in Exile | 2013 | TV Movie | Major Cussen |
| Titanic: Blood and Steel | 2012 | TV Series | Sir Henry Carlton |
| Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust | 2011 | TV Movie | Abbot Smith |
| Bittersweet | 2011 | Video short | Father |
| Three Wise Women | 2010 | TV Movie | David |
| An Old Fashioned Christmas | 2010 | TV Movie | Sean |
| New Tricks | 2010 | TV Series | Fintan MacEntee |
| Cup Cake | 2010 | Rusty Rafferty | |
| Leap Year | 2010 | Priest | |
| Scapegoat | 2009 | TV Movie | H. A. McVeigh QC |
| A Shine of Rainbows | 2009 | Father Doyle | |
| Triage | 2009 | Ivan | |
| Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne | 2009 | Skip | |
| Little Dorrit | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Mr. Clennam |
| Raw | 2008 | TV Series | Phillip |
| City of Ember | 2008 | Builder | |
| Last Man Hanging | 2008 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Of Best Intentions | 2008 | Short | Thomas Midgely |
| Clay | 2008 | TV Movie | Father O’Mahoney |
| Fairy Tales | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Vice Chancellor Ralph Graham |
| Single-Handed | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll Gerry Driscoll |
| Closing the Ring | 2007 | Cathal Thomas | |
| Casualty | 2007 | TV Series | Robert Finch |
| The Tudors | 2007 | TV Series | Pope Clement VII |
| Rough Diamond | 2007 | TV Series | Tim Regan |
| The Front Line | 2006 | Mikey | |
| Taggart | 1993-2005 | TV Series | Archie Rae / Sean O’Donnell |
| Pure Mule | 2005 | TV Series | Harry Kilroy |
| Coronation Street | 2005 | TV Series | Father Thomas |
| Omagh | 2004 | TV Movie | Stanley McCombe |
| The Clinic | 2003 | TV Series | Joseph McGarry |
| Murphy’s Law | 2003 | TV Series | Fulton |
| Doctors | 2003 | TV Series | Howard Brackley |
| Holby City | 2003 | TV Series | Brian Chapman |
| Cold Feet | 2003 | TV Series | Bill Williams |
| Horatio Hornblower 3 | 2003 | TV Movie | Captain Hammond |
| No Tears | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Padraig McFadden |
| Mapmaker | 2001 | Sergeant Devlin | |
| Horatio Hornblower: Retribution | 2001 | TV Movie | Captain Hammond |
| The King’s Wake | 2000 | Aherne (voice) | |
| In Defence | 2000 | TV Series | DCS David Dillne |
| Borstal Boy | 2000 | Verreker | |
| Queer as Folk | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Clive Jones |
| Maisie Raine | 1998-1999 | TV Series | C.S. Jack Freeman |
| A Love Divided | 1999 | Reverend Hamilton | |
| Durango | 1999 | TV Movie | Vestor McCarthy |
| Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship | 1998 | TV Movie | Captain Hammond |
| Touch and Go | 1998 | TV Movie | Clive Bevan |
| Divorcing Jack | 1998 | Alfie Stewart | |
| Silicone Valerie | 1997 | Short | Priest |
| The Boxer | 1997 | Reggie Bell | |
| This Is the Sea | 1997 | Da Stokes | |
| Wokenwell | 1997 | TV Series | Sgt Duncan Bonney |
| Hamlet | 1996 | Barnardo | |
| Michael Collins | 1996 | Belfast Detective | |
| Small Faces | 1996 | Uncle Andrew | |
| The Boy from Mercury | 1996 | Brother Dowdall | |
| Beyond Reason | 1995 | TV Movie | Smythe QC |
| The Pan Loaf | 1995 | Short | |
| Screen Two | 1986-1995 | TV Series | Working out governor / Inspector McBride / Damien |
| Hearts and Minds | 1995 | TV Series | Alex |
| Blind Justice | 1994 | TV Movie | Father Malone |
| A Woman’s Guide to Adultery | 1993 | TV Series | Martin |
| Between the Lines | 1993 | TV Series | Chief Supt. Trevor Dunne |
| Circle of Deceit | 1993 | TV Movie | Father Fergal |
| Lovejoy | 1993 | TV Series | Ceiran Stow |
| Spender | 1993 | TV Series | Flynn |
| Screenplay | 1992 | TV Series | Reggie Devine |
| The Bill | 1992 | TV Series | Mickey Felcher |
| The Playboys | 1992 | Joe Cassidy | |
| Children of the North | 1991 | TV Series | O’Hare |
| 4 Play | 1990-1991 | TV Series | McQuire / Eddie |
| The Grasscutter | 1990 | TV Movie | Brian Devlin |
| The Lilac Bus | 1990 | TV Movie | Billy |
| Fools of Fortune | 1990 | Stranger | |
| Shoot to Kill | 1990 | TV Movie | Assistant Chief Constable Trevor Forbes |
| Hidden Agenda | 1990 | Jack Cunningham | |
| The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing | 1990 | TV Movie | Sinn Fein leader |
| Streetwise | 1989 | TV Series | Denny Moss |
| Wipe Out | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Max Raines |
| Reefer and the Model | 1988 | Reefer | |
| The Rockingham Shoot | 1987 | TV Movie | John Reilly |
| First Sight | 1987 | TV Series | Joe |
| Brond | 1987 | TV Series | Kennedy |
| A Prayer for the Dying | 1987 | Lodger | |
| Dead Entry | 1987 | TV Series | Martin Galbraith |
| Lapsed Catholics | 1987 | TV Movie | Derek O’Gorman |
| The End of the World Man | 1986 | Architecht | |
| Lamb | 1985 | Maguire | |
| Acceptable Levels | 1985 | Andy | |
| Anne Devlin | 1984 | Maj Sirr | |
| After You’ve Gone | 1984 | TV Movie | |
| Angel | 1982 | Groom | |
| BBC2 Playhouse | 1982 | TV Series | Mousey |
| Cowboys | 1981 | TV Movie |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| On Eagles Wing | 2005 | TV Movie |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Barristan Selmy (uncredited) |
| Ireland’s Great War | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Man Who Shot the Great War | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | George Hackney |
| Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk | 2012 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Game of Thrones: Season 2 – Invitation to the Set | 2012 | Video documentary | Barristan Selmy |
| Making of Game of Thrones | 2011 | Video documentary | Barristan Selmy |
| Game of Thrones: Costumes | 2011 | Video documentary | Barristan Selmy |
| Make It New John | 2010 | Documentary | John |
| Patrick Kielty and a Night in November | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| We Fought on D-Day | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Kelly | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 55th Annual Tony Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee: Best Direction of a Play |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2014 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2012 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
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