- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 6.42
- Peak run
- 2000’10
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ian by the numbers
Average
6.42
13 rated films
Vote weighted
6.42
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.38
rating spread
Career
45y
1982 to 2026
Total votes
234K
across every film
Best
6.5
Leap Year
Worst
5.3
Sacrifice
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Finnegan's Foursome | Jack Finnegan | · | 147 |
| 2026 | The Lost Children of Tuam | P.J. Haverty | · | 102 |
| 2023 | The Last Rifleman | Tom Malcolmson | 6.8 | 4,721 |
| 2017 | Zoo | Mr. Shawcross | 6.5 | 1,643 |
| 2017 | Bad Day for the Cut | Eamon | 6.5 | 9,181 |
| 2016 | Sacrifice | D.I. McKie | 5.3 | 5,164 |
| 2016 | The Journey | Rory O'Suaird | 6.7 | 2,337 |
| 2015 | A Patch of Fog | Freddie Clarke | 6.5 | 2,013 |
| 2010 |  Leap Year | Priest | 6.5 | 118K |
| 2009 |  Triage | Ivan | 6.5 | 10,996 |
| 2008 |  City of Ember | Builder | 6.4 | 73,564 |
| 2006 | The Front Line | Mikey | 6.5 | 1,028 |
| 2000 | Borstal Boy | Verreker | 6.8 | 2,721 |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Da Stokes | · | 415 |
| 1992 | The Playboys | Joe Cassidy | 6.2 | 1,401 |
| 1982 | Angel | Groom | 6.3 | 1,075 |
Takes
On Ian McElhinney
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