Ian McElhinney
Ian McElhinney (born 19 August 1948) is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than forty 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, Morgan Monroe in The Fall, and Granda Joe in Derry Girls.
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring...
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Leap Year
as PriestWhen yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides...
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Closing the Ring
as Cathal ThomasDuring the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love...
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Hamlet
as BarnardoHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying...
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City of Ember
as BuilderFor generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of...
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The Boys in the Boat
as Elderly Joe RantzThe triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the...
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The Boxer
as Reggie BellNineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He...
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Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.
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The Last Rifleman
as Tom MalcolmsonA WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but...
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Michael Collins
as Belfast DetectiveMichael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s,...
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Bad Day for the Cut
as EamonA middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of...
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Zoo
as Mr. ShawcrossYoung Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air...
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Hornblower: Retribution
as Captain HammondHornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial...
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Hidden Agenda
as Jack CunnighamIn Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to...
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A Prayer for the Dying
as LodgerMartin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond...
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Sacrifice
as D.I. McKieSacrifice is the story of consultant surgeon, Tora Hamilton, who moves with her husband, Duncan,...
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Triage
as IvanThe wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment...
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Blind Justice
as Father MaloneCanaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico...
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A Patch of Fog
as Freddie ClarkeA university teacher gets caught shoplifting by a security guard, who won’t let him go. He...
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Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as Captain HammondActing Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes...
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Small Faces
as uncreditedThree teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster...
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Lamb
as MaguireMichael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young...
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The Rockingham Shoot
as John ReillyRigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the...
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The Journey
as Rory O'SuairdFirebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin...
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Omagh
as Stanley McCombeThe movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack...
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Hornblower: Loyalty
as Captain HammondHornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping...
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Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
as Abbot SmithThe true story of the notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, and how one family in Belfast,...
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The Playboys
as Joe CassidyA young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s...
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An Old Fashioned Christmas
as SeanIsabella takes her granddaughter to Ireland to stay with a famous family friend for the...
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Borstal Boy
as VerrekerBased on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish...
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Touch and Go
as Clive BevanNick and Alison, a young couple although married for several years, find their sex-life is...
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Fools of Fortune
as StrangerA Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
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Angel
as GroomSaxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig....
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Clay
as Father O'MahoneyAdaptation of the book by David Almond, set in 1960s Tyneside. Two 14-year-old boys team up...
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You, Me & Marley
as Reggie DevineA group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom steal cars...
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This Is the Sea
as Da StokesThe film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and...
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Dave Allen at Peace
as PriestFilmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from...
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A Breed of Heroes
as Father O'BrowneIn 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks...
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Sinn Fein leaderDocudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris...
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Naming the Names
as Mr McBrideFinn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes...
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Children of the North
as O'HareThe murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
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Acceptable Levels
as AndyA BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast,...
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Three Wise Women
as DavidAfter a young girl witnesses her father having an affair, she declares she will never love...
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Titanic: Born in Belfast
as NarratorThis thought-provoking program offers a behind-the-scenes look at the construction of the...
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Shoot to Kill
as ACC Trevor ForbesShoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the...
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Reefer and the Model
as ReeferComerford’s signature sharp realism infuses this drama about Reefer, an ex-IRA man who picks up...
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The Truth Commissioner
as James FentonSet in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of...
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Life After Life
as Working out governorLeo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on...
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Durango
as Vestor McCarthyIn 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his...
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The Boy from Mercury
as Brother DowdallSet in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes...
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Mapmaker
as Sergeant DevlinHired to draw a map of tourist sites in a small Northern Ireland town, cartographer Richie...
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Wodehouse In Exile
as Major CussenAn all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a...
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Anne Devlin
as Maj. SirrThe story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in...
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The Grasscutter
as Brian DeedsAn Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government...
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To Be Frank Carson
as SelfFrank Carson was one of Britain and Ireland's most loved comedians. Dan Gordon explores the...
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Beyond Reason
as Smythe QCDrama based on a real-life story of a love affair between a married army captain and a young...
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The Ulysses Project
as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ MolloyAn irreverent, modern, non-traditional re-telling of Ulysses, told rapidly by a succession of...
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The Death of a Projectionist
as GerryGerry is a projectionist. He loves his work, his colleagues and the joy that the films gives...
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Shergar
as DamienMalachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's...
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Potatohead Blues
as MouseyStan McVay has given up smoking, gone on a diet and feels like hell. He's also abandoned the...
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Game of Thrones
as Barristan SelmySeven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the...
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Doctor Who
as Ko SharmusThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
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The Tudors
as Pope Clement VIIThe Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a...
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Casualty
as Robert FinchDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Ripper Street
as Theodore SwiftA drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...
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The Fall
as Morgan MonroeWhen the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective...
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Krypton
as Val-ElSet two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton...
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - ParticipantAntiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and...
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Lovejoy
as Ceiran StowThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
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Derry Girls
as Granda JoeAmidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students...
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Unforgotten
as Lord Tony HumeLondon police detectives Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan investigate historic cold cases involving...
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The Outlaws
as John SnrSeven strangers from different walks of life - people who would never normally interact - are...
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Sir Henry CarltonBelfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its...
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Cold Feet
as uncreditedFollow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they...
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A Small Light
as Johannes KleimanTwentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to...
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Suspicion
as GrandadFive ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They...
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Bloodlands
as Adam CorryNorthern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold...
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Rebellion
as Edward ButlerA group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence...
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Hornblower
as Captain HammondSet during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman,...
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Mrs Wilson
as Father TimothyAfter the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison...
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Queer as Folk
as Clive JonesStuart Jones has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention....
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High Country
as Sam DrysonWhen detective Andrea 'Andie' Whitford is transferred to the Victorian High Country, she is...
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Quirke
as Bill LatimerQuirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes...
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Maisie Raine
as C.S. Jack FreemanMaisie Raine was a drama series originally broadcast on BBC1 for 2 series from 28 July 1998 – 9...
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Fairy Tales
as uncreditedFour contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New...
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Hearts and Minds
as AlexA young teacher begins work at a tough Liverpool comprehensive, where he has to deal with...
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A Woman's Guide to Adultery
as MartinThe story of three women who are involved in adulterous affairs - and Rose, who believes that...
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No Tears
as Padraig McFaddenBased on the hepatitis C scandal that rocked Ireland in the mid-1990s. Two very different women...
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Single-Handed
as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry DriscollSingle-Handed is an Irish television drama series, first broadcast on RTÉ Television in 2007....
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Kat & Alfie: Redwater
as LanceKathleen and Alfie Moon arrive in the sleepy Irish village of Redwater on a quest to find...
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