Ian McElhinney

Ian McElhinney
Total Credits at Criticker: 25 (Actor)
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Borstal Boy
An Irish film based on the memoirs of noted author and raconteur Brendan Behan. (Strand Releasing)
The Boxer
Star-crossed lovers (Lewis, Watson) are torn between unquestioning loyalty to the ties of tradition and the passion they share in this film set in 1990s Belfast, torn apart by years of religious conflict and IRA violence. (Universal)
Hidden Agenda
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth (imdb)
The Front Line
An African immigrant bank security guard turns the tables on Dublin's nastiest criminals when they force him to be the "inside man" on a bank robbery (imdb)
Lamb
Lamb is the story of the Christian Brother Michael Lamb (played by Liam Neeson) and his doomed love for a 10 year old boy. (IMDB Comments)
Closing the Ring
In 1943, A dying gunner, who was in a crash involving a United States B-17, gives a ring to a local to return to his girlfriend in the USA. Fifty years later, a man finds the ring and tracks down the girlfriend and the history of this ring. Set in Belfast and North Carolina. (imdb)
Small Faces
Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story focuses on Lex, who begins a downward spiral after he accidentally shoots the leader of Bobby's gang. (imdb)
A Shine of Rainbows
A lonely orphan's life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself. (imdb)
Blind Justice
Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt the baby, Canaan passes through a border town where U.S. Cavalry officers assigned to deliver a shipment of silver are under attack from bandits. With some reluctance, Canaan steps in to help the soldiers. (imdb)
This Is the Sea
The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan (leader in militant underground and pal of Malachy's brother Padhar), who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings. (imdb)
Reefer and the Model
Reefer (a wonderfully restrained performance from the talented and vastly underrated Ian McElhinney) is attracted to "The Model" (The equally impressive Carol Scanlan) and the two immediately strike up a quirky relationship. Reefer runs a trawler with his two friends Badger (Ray McBride) and Spider (Sean Lawlor) however, clearly all is not what it seems. All four protagonists are petty criminals with connections to the IRA, all are out of their depth and time is quickly running out...
Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Austin moves back to Ireland with his mother after she fails to procure an abortion in the UK. (imdb)
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is the story of consultant surgeon, Tora Hamilton, who moves with her husband, Duncan, to the remote Shetland Islands, 100 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland. Deep in the peat soil around her new home, Tora discovers the body of a young woman with rune marks carved into her skin and a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Ignoring warnings to leave well alone, Tora uncovers terrifying links to a legend that might never have been confined to the pages of the story-books. (imdb)
A Patch of Fog
A security guard catches a famous writer/television host shoplifting and blackmails him into becoming friends. (imdb)
The Journey
A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland - firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness - who are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history. (imdb)
Derry Girls
Derry Girls (2017) - TV Series
Features the personal exploits of a 16 year old girl, her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 90s. (imdb)
Krypton
Krypton (2018) - TV Series
The untold story of Superman's grandfather as he fights for justice on his home planet. (imdb)
Zoo
Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941. (imdb)
The Boy from Mercury
Harry is an eight-year-old boy growing up in Ireland with his dis-spirited widowed mother May and older brother Paul. He is bullied in school, and his only real friend is his dog Max. His great joy and obsession are the Flash Gordon episodes he watches on television, and he believes that he and his dog are really from the planet Mercury. Over time, Harry learns to appreciate the value of his family, but he never ceases to think of himself as the boy from Mercury.
Derry Girls - Season 1
Titanic: Blood and Steel
The construction of the R.M.S. Titanic at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast against the background of union riots, political and religious conflicts, and a romance between a young ambitious engineer and an Italian immigrant. (imdb)
High Country
A detective transferred to Victorian High Country investigates 5 missing persons. She uncovers a complex web of murder, deceit and revenge. (imdb)
Moonfleet
Moonfleet (2013) - TV Mini-Series
John Trenchard is an orphan who dreams of finding Blackbeard's riches. But a friendship with a notorious smuggler soon forces him into hiding with a price on his head, wondering if he'll ever see Moonfleet again. (imdb)
The Split - Season 3