Ian McElhinney — Actor (17)
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Angel (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Angel
director: Neil Jordan actor: Veronica Quilligan / Stephen Rea …
other title: Angel - Strasse ohne Ende / Danny Boy
Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers’ leader. So begins his quest to avenge her.
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The Truth Commissioner (2016) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Truth Commissioner
director: Declan Recks actor: Roger Allam / Sean McGinley …
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
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Blind Justice (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Blind Justice
director: Richard Spence actor: Armand Assante / Elisabeth Shue …
other title: Giustizia cieca / Justice aveugle …
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.
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Krypton (2018) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Krypton
director: David S. Goyer actor: Cameron Cuffe / Georgina Campbell …
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
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A Small Light (2023) [TV] IMDb TMDB WikiData
A Small Light
director: Tony Phelan / Joan Rater actor: Bel Powley / Joe Cole …
other title: Uma Pequena Luz / Ein Funken Hoffnung - Anne Franks Helferin …
Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne’s Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
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Bad Day for the Cut (2017) [Movie] TMDB
Bad Day for the Cut
director: Chris Baugh actor: Nigel O'Neill / Susan Lynch …
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.
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City of Ember (2008) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
City of Ember
director: Gil Kenan actor: Saoirse Ronan / Harry Treadaway …
other title: Ember - Il mistero della città di luce / Cidade das Sombras …
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
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Small Faces (1996) [Movie] IMDb
Small Faces
director: Gillies MacKinnon actor: Iain Robertson / Joseph McFadden …
other title: Glasgow Trainspotting - Small Faces / Vidas Enfrentadas
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. Lex's cockiness and immaturity unfortunately prevent him from understanding the effect his subsequent crimes will have on both himself, and on those around him.
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Leap Year (2010) [Movie] WikiData Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb
Leap Year
5.2 (6 ratings) director: Anand Tucker actor: Amy Adams / Matthew Goode …
other title: Una proposta per dire sì / Tinhas Mesmo Que Ser Tu... …
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
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High Country (2024) [TV] TMDB
High Country
director: Marcia Gardner / John Ridley actor: Leah Purcell / Henry Nixon …
When detective Andrea 'Andie' Whitford is transferred to the Victorian High Country, she is thrust into a baffling mystery of five missing persons who have vanished into the wilderness. Through an edge-of-the-seat, high-stakes investigation, Andie uncovers a complex web involving murder, deceit and revenge.
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Unforgotten (2015) [TV] IMDb TMDB
Unforgotten
director: Chris Lang actor: Sanjeev Bhaskar / Sinéad Keenan …
other title: Unforgotten : Le passé déterré / Uforglemt
London police detectives Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan investigate historic cold cases involving missing persons, murder and long-hidden secrets.
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Mrs Wilson (2018) [TV] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mrs Wilson
actor: Ruth Wilson / Iain Glen …
After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.