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Acting

Ian McElhinney

Career: Active from 1982 to 2027, busiest in 1987 and 2018 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: A Small Light
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ian McElhinney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
0.9, average 2.0
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7
Showbiz
0.3, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Gritty Realism 7
Character Study 4
Historical Drama 3
Character-Driven 2
Northern Ireland Conflict 2
Political Intrigue 2
British Crime Drama 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Social Commentary 2
Social Realism 2
Investigative Journalism 2
World War II 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

117

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

So You're Going to Die

as Mickey

Mutant: Year Zero

as (voice)

2020s

13 titles · average score 67

Finnegan's Foursome

55

as Jack Finnegan

Small Town, Big Story

64

TV show · as Reverend Patterson

High Country

65

TV show · as Sam Dryson

Secrets of The Christmas Market

as Narrator

A Small Light

88

TV show · as Johannes Kleiman

The Last Rifleman

72

as Tom Malcolmson

The Boys in the Boat

64

as Elderly Joe Rantz

Suspicion

48

TV show · as Grandad

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

72

as General Jan Dodonna (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Ulysses Project

as Mr. Deasy / Barrister JJ Molloy

The Outlaws

77

TV show · as John Snr

Bloodlands

65

TV show · as Adam Corry

2010s

32 titles · average score 67

Krypton

66

TV show · as Val-El

Mrs Wilson

79

TV show · as Father Timothy

Dave Allen at Peace

55

as Priest

Zoo

77

as Mr. Shawcross

Bad Day for the Cut

78

as Eamon

Kat & Alfie: Redwater

62

TV show · as Lance

Sacrifice

34

as D.I. McKie

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

76

as General Dodonna

A Patch of Fog

75

as Freddie Clarke

Titanic: Blood and Steel

62

TV show · as Sir Henry Carlton

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Barristan Selmy

Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust

as Abbot Smith

2000s

21 titles · average score 66

as H. A. McVeigh QC

Triage

59

as Ivan

City of Ember

57

as Builder

Clay

54

as Father O'Mahoney

The Tudors

73

TV show · as Pope Clement VII

Single-Handed

71

TV show · as Ex-Garda Sergeant Gerry Driscoll

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Ko Sharmus

Omagh

80

as Stanley McCombe

Borstal Boy

47

as Verreker

Mapmaker

as Sergeant Devlin

Murphy's Law

76

TV show · as Fulton

The King's Wake

as Athairne

1990s

30 titles · average score 69

Durango

63

as Vestor McCarthy

Maisie Raine

TV show · as C.S. Jack Freeman

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

77

as Captain Hammond

Cold Feet

82

TV show · as Bill Williams

Touch and Go

as Clive Bevan

Wokenwell

TV show

This Is the Sea

50

as Da Stokes

The Boy from Mercury

as Brother Dowdall

Hearts and Minds

TV show · as Alex

Blind Justice

49

as Father Malone

You, Me & Marley

as Reggie Devine

The Grasscutter

as Brian Deeds

1980s

18 titles · average score 60

Reefer and the Model

as Reefer

Wipe Out

TV show · as Max Raines

Brond

TV show · as Kennedy

The Rockingham Shoot

as John Reilly

A Prayer for the Dying

54

as Lodger

The End of the World Man

as Architect

Casualty

62

TV show · as Robert Finch

Lamb

66

as Maguire

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Ceiran Stow

Screen Two

69

TV show · as Inspector McBride / Working Out Governor

Anne Devlin

as Maj. Sirr

Angel

60

as Groom

1970s

1 title

Playhouse

TV show · as Mousey