# Ian McElhinney

Ian McElhinney (Belfast, 19 de agosto de 1948) es un actor y director de cine de Irlanda del Norte.

## Biografía
### Carrera

Ha aparecido en muchas series de televisión en una carrera de más de treinta años; sus trabajos más notables fueron en las series Taggart, Hornblower, Cold Feet y Los Tudor. Su papel más conocido es el de Ser Barristan Selmy en la serie de HBO, Game of Thrones.

### Vida personal

McElhinney está casado con la dramaturga y actriz Marie Jones, con la que tiene tres hijos. La pareja tiene su propia compañía, Rathmore Productions Ltd.

## Filmografía

| Año | Título | Rol | Notas |
| 1981 | Cowboys | | Telefilme |
| 1982 | BBC2 Playhouse | Mousey | Episodio: "Potatohead Blues" |
| 1982 | Angel | Groom | |
| 1984 | After You've Gone | | Telefilme |
| 1984 | Brond | | |
| 1984 | Anne Devlin | Maj Sirr | |
| 1985 | Acceptable Levels | Andy | |
| 1985 | Lamb | Maguire | |
| 1986 | The End of the World Man | Arquitecto | |
| 1986 | Screen Two | Damien/ Inspector McBride | Episodios: "Shergar"/ "Naming the Names" |
| 1987 | The Rockingham Shoot | John Reilly | Telefilme |
| 1987 | Lapsed Catholics | Derek O'Gorman | Telefilme |
| 1987 | First Sight | Joe | Episodio: "The Last of a Dyin' Race" |
| 1987 | A Prayer for the Dying | Lodger | |
| 1988 | Wipe Out | Max Raines | Miniserie (Episodios 1–5) |
| 1989 | Reefer and the Model | Reefer | |
| 1990 | The Grasscutter | Brian Devlin | |
| 1990 | Shoot to Kill | Trevor Forbes | Telefilme |
| 1990 | Agenda oculta | Jack Cunningham | |
| 1990 | Fools of Fortune | Extraño | |
| 1990 | 4 Play | Eddie/ McQuire | Episodios: "Valentine Falls"/ "In the Border Country" |
| 1991 | Children of the North | O'Hare | |
| 1992 | The Playboys | Joe Cassidy | |
| 1992 | The Bill | Mickey Felcher | Episodio: "Trial and Error" |
| 1992 | Screenplay | Reggie Devine | Episodio: "You, Me & Marley" |
| 1993 | Spender | Flynn | Episodio: "Bad Company" |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Cieran Stow | Episodio: "Ducking and Diving" |
| 1993 | Circle of Deceit | Padre Fergel | television film |
| 1993 | Between the Lines | Jefe Supe. Trevor Dunne | Episodio: "The Great Detective" |
| 1993 | A Woman's Guide to Adultery | Martin | |
| 1993 | Taggart | Archie Rae / Sean O'Donnell | Episodios: "Death Without Dishonour"/ "Cause and Effect" |
| 1994 | Blind Justice | Father Malone | |
| 1995 | Beyond Reason | Smythe QC | Telefilme |
| 1995 | Hearts and Minds | Alex | |
| 1995 | Life After Life | Gobernador | Telefilme |
| 1995 | The Pan Loaf | | Corto |
| 1996 | The Boy from Mercury | Hermano Dowdall | |
| 1996 | Small Faces | Tío Andrew | |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Belfast Detective | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Barnardo | |
| 1997 | Silicone Valerie | | Corto |
| 1997 | Wokenwell | Sgt. Duncan Bonney | |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Da Stokes | |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Reggie Bell | |
| 1998 | Divorcing Jack | Alfie Stewart | |
| 1998 | Touch and Go | Clive Bevan | Telefilme |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Capt. Hammond | Episodio: "The Examination for Lieutenant" |
| 1998 | Maisie Raine | C.S. Jack Freeman | |
| 1999 | Durango | Vestor McCarthy | Telefilme |
| 1999 | A Love Divided | Reverendo Hamilton | |
| 1999 | Queer as Folk | Clive Jones | Episodios: "1.6", "2.1" |
| 2000 | Queer as Folk 2 | Clive Jones | Telefilme |
| 2000 | Borstal Boy | Verreker | |
| 2000 | The King's Wake | Aherne (voz) | |
| 2000 | In Defence | DCS David Dillne | Episodio: "No. 1.3" |
| 2001 | Hornblower | Capt. Hammond | Episodios: "Mutiny" and "Retribution" |
| 2001 | Mapmaker | Inspector Devlin | |
| 2002 | No Tears | Padraig McFadden | Miniserie |
| 2003 | Murphy's Law | Fulton | Episodio: "Manic Munday" |
| 2003 | Hornblower | Capt. Hammond | Episodio: "Loyalty" |
| 2003 | Holby City | Brian Chapman | Episodio: "For Better, for Worse" |
| 2003 | Cold Feet | Bill Williams | Temporada 5 |
| 2003 | Doctors | Howard Brackley | Episodio: "Faking the Dead" |
| 2003 | The Clinic | Joseph McGarry | Episodios: "1.2", "1.3", "1.4", "1.7" and "1.8" |
| 2004 | Omagh | Stanley McCombe | Telefilme |
| 2005 | Pure Mule | Harry Kilroy | Episodio: "Kevin's Weekend" |
| 2006 | The Front Line | Mikey | |
| 2007 | Rough Diamond | Tim Regan | Episodios: "1.2" and "1.6" |
| 2007 | Los Tudor | Papa Clemente VII | Episodio: "Message to the Emperor" |
| 2007 | Casualty | Robert Finch | Episodio: "Communion" |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Cathal Thomas | |
| 2007 | Single-Handed | Ex-Sargento Gerry Driscoll | Episodios: "Home Part 1 & 2" and "Stolen Child Part 1 & 2" |
| 2008 | Fairy Tales | Vicecanciller Ralph Graham | Episodio: "Cinderella" |
| 2008 | Clay | Padre O'Mahoney | Telefilme |
| 2008 | Of Best Intentions | Thomas Midgely | Corto |
| 2008 | Last Man Hanging | Narrador | Telefilme |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Constructor | |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Mr. Clennam | Episodios: "1.1" and "1.13" |
| 2009 | A Shine of Rainbows | Padre Doyle | |
| 2009 | Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne | Skip | |
| 2009 | Triage | Ivan | |
| 2009 | Scapegoat | H. A. McVeigh QC | Telefilme |
| 2010 | New Tricks | Fintan MacEntee | Episodio: "Coming Out Ball" |
| 2010 | An Old Fashioned Christmas | Sean Bassett | Telefilme |
| 2010 | Leap Year | Cura | |
| 2011 | Bittersweet | Padre | Video corto |
| 2011 | Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust | Abbot Smith | Telefilme |
| 2011 | The Sea | Alfred Blunden | |
| 2011, 2013-2015 | Game of Thrones | Ser Barristan Selmy | 25 episodios |
| 2012–2014 | Ripper Street | Theodore P. Swift | 3 episodios |
| 2013-2014 | The Fall | Morgan Monroe | 4 episodios (protagonista) Episodio: "These Troublesome Disguise" (invitado) |
| 2014 | Quirke | Bill Latimer | Episodio: "Elegy For April" |
| 2015 | A Patch of Fog | Freddie Clarke | |
| 2016 | Rogue One: una historia de Star Wars | General Dodonna | |
| 2017 | Bad Day For The Cut | Eamon | |
| 2017 | Redwater | Lance Byrne | |
| 2017 | Zoo | | |
| 2018 | Derry Girls | Abuelo Joe | |
| 2020 | Doctor Who | Ko Sharmus | Episodios: "Ascension of the Cybermen" y "The Timeless Children" |
| 2023 | The Last Rifleman | Tom Malcolmson | |