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Occupation(s) | Actor, writer |
Years active | 1987–present |
Michael McElhatton (born 12 September 1963) is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the role of Roose Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones from the second to the sixth season (2012 - 2016). Other credits include I Went Down (1997), Paths to Freedom (2000), Saltwater (2000), Blow Dry (2001), The Actors (2003), Spin the Bottle (2003), Perrier's Bounty (2009), Albert Nobbs (2011), Death of a Superhero (2011), Pentecost (2012), The Fall (2013), The Hallow (2015), The Zookeeper's Wife (2017), Chernobyl (2019), Das Boot (2020), The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (2020), The Wheel of Time (2021), Jack Ryan (2022) and The Long Shadow (2023).
McElhatton was born on 12 September 1963 in Terenure, [2] a suburb in the south of Dublin. [1] He began studying acting at Terenure College, a school known for its drama tradition, and afterward spent eight years in London where he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1987. [3] McElhatton returned to Ireland in the early nineties, where he began his acting career mainly in theatre and television. [1]
He appeared in a short film titled The Loser in 1990. In 1996, he was directed by John Carney in the film November Afternoon, [2] in which he plays the main character. In the late nineties and early 2000s, McElhatton appeared in I Went Down (1997), [2] Saltwater (2000), [2] Blow Dry (2001), [2] and The Actors (2003). [2] Between 2000 and 2002, McElhatton gained fame from appearing in the situation comedies Paths to Freedom and Fergus's Wedding. [1] In addition to acting, he also took on the role of screenwriter, writing the screenplay for all of the episodes. [1] The character of Rats in Paths to Freedom (2000), which he wrote and starred in, became popular with the public and allowed it to be adapted into an entire feature film Spin the Bottle (2003). As his career went on, McElhatton continued playing minor characters in films by directors such as Lenny Abrahamson, John Boorman and Kari Skogland. McElhatton also appeared in Perrier's Bounty (2009), [2] and Death of a Superhero (2011). [2]
He returned to his role as writer in 2010, writing six episodes of the sitcom Your Bad Self . Over the next decade, McElhatton began appearing in much larger roles. In 2011, he had a role in the film Albert Nobbs , [2] directed by Rodrigo García, and Death of a Superhero (2011). [2] The following year the short Pentecost , [2] which received a nomination for Best Short Film at the 2012 Academy Awards. That same year he took part in the James Marsh directed film Shadow Dancer . [2]
In 2012, McElhatton joined the cast of the HBO television series Game of Thrones , [4] beginning in the second season, playing the character of warlord Roose Bolton. From the fifth season on he was promoted to series regular. [5]
In 2013, he appeared in The Fall , alongside Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. [2] In 2015, he played one of the protagonists in the horror film The Hallow , [2] which was presented at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. He appeared in the screen adaptation of the true story of World War II drama The Zookeeper's Wife in 2017. [2]
In 2019, he starred as Andrei Stepashin in Chernobyl (2019). [2] In 2020, he was Deputy Inspector Thomas O'Leary in Das Boot (2020), [2] and starred in the series The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (2020). [2]
In 2021, McElhatton appeared as Tam al'Thor in the adaptation of The Wheel of Time (2021) on Amazon Prime Video. [6] His casting was announced on 06 November 2019 through Twitter. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1990 | The Loser | Eddie | Keith Boak | Short film | |
1996 | November Afternoon | John | John Carney, Tom Hall | ||
1997 | I Went Down | Johnner Doyle | Paddy Breathnach | ||
All Souls' Day | Alan Gilsenan | ||||
1998 | To the Mountain | Jean Pasley | Short film | ||
Crush Proof | Detective Sergeant Hogan | Paul Tickell | |||
1999 | Between Dreams | Mr. Fitzsimons | Ian Fitzgibbon | Short filmT | |
Underworld | Jimmy | Ronan Gallagher | Short film | ||
2000 | Saltwater | John Traynor | Conor McPherson | ||
2001 | Blow Dry | Robert | Paddy Breathnach | ||
Zulu 9 | Garda Dispatcher | Alan Gilsenan | Short film | ||
2002 | Ape | Dandy Dance | Rory Bresnihan | Short film, voice only | |
2003 | The Actors | Jock | Conor McPherson | ||
Intermission | Sam | John Crowley | |||
Spin the Bottle | Rats | Ian Fitzgibbon | [1] | ||
2004 | Waterloo Dentures | Captain | Rachael Moriarty, Peter Murphy | Short film | |
Mickybo and Me | Mechanic | Terry Loane | |||
Adam & Paul | Martin | Lenny Abrahamson | Voice only | ||
God's Early Work | God | Rory Bresnihan | Short film, voice only | ||
2005 | George | Rory Bresnihan, John Butler | Short film | ||
English | Rory Bresnihan | Short film | |||
2006 | The Tiger's Tail | Dr. Alex Loden | John Boorman | ||
2007 | The Martyr's Crown | Officer | Rory Bresnihan | Short film | |
2008 | Spacemen Three | Dr. Yuri Semyonov | Hugh O'Conor | Short film | |
Fifty Dead Men Walking | Robbie | Kari Skogland | |||
The Man Inside | Locksmith | Rory Bresnihan | Short film | ||
2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Ivan | Ian Fitzgibbon | ||
Happy Ever Afters | Detective Norman Ginty | Stephen Burke | |||
2010 | Parked | Frank | Darragh Byrne | ||
2011 | Pentecost | Pat Lynch | Peter McDonald | Short film | |
Albert Nobbs | Mr. Moore | Rodrigo García | |||
Death of a Superhero | James Clarke | Ian Fitzgibbon | |||
2012 | Shadow Dancer | Liam Hughes | James Marsh | ||
2013 | The Food Guide to Love | Famine narrator | Dominic Harari, Teresa Pelegri | Voice only | |
2014 | The Legend of Longwood | The Black Knight | Lisa Mulcahy | Voice only | |
2015 | The Hallow | Colm Donnelly | Corin Hardy | ||
2016 | Norm of the North | Laurence | Trevor Wall | Voice only | |
Mammal | Matt | Rebecca Daly | |||
The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Sheriff Sheldon | André Øvredal | |||
Handsome Devil | Walter Curly | John Butler | |||
The Siege of Jadotville | McEntee | Richie Smyth | |||
2017 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Jerzyk | Niki Caro | ||
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Jack's Eye | Guy Ritchie | |||
The Foreigner | Jim Kavanagh | Martin Campbell | |||
Justice League | Terrorist Leader | Zack Snyder | |||
2019 | The Last Right | Frank Delaney | Aoife Crehan | ||
Arracht | Lieutenant | Tomás Ó Súilleabháin | Irish language | ||
Togo | Jafet Lindeberg | Ericson Core | |||
2021 | The Last Duel | Bernard Latour | Ridley Scott |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1997 | Ballyseedy | Comdt. Ed. Breslin | Television film | |
1999 | Vicious Circle | Garrett | Television film | |
The Ambassador | Commander 2 | Episode: "Vacant Possession" | ||
Vicious Circle | Garrett | Television film | ||
2000 | Paths to Freedom | Raymond 'Rats' Doyle | 6 episodes | |
2001 | Rebel Heart | Cathal Brugha | Mini-series 3 episodes | |
2002 | Fergus's Wedding | Fergus Walsh | 4 episodes | |
2006 | Hide & Seek | Paul Holden | 4 episodes | |
2007 | My Boy Jack | Leo Amery MP | Television film | |
2010 | Your Bad Self | 6 episodes | ||
The Santa Incident | Ross | Television film | ||
2011 | Zen | Ernesto Heuber | Mini-series Episode: "Ratking" | |
2012–2016 | Game of Thrones | Roose Bolton | 19 episodes | [8] |
2013 | The Fall | Rob Breedlove | 4 episodes | |
Ripper Street | Commissioner James Monro | 2 episodes | ||
The Ice Cream Girls | Brian | Mini-series 3 episodes | ||
2014 | New Worlds | John Hawkins | 3 episodes | |
2015 | Strike Back: Legacy | Oppenheimer | 2 episodes | |
2016 | Mammon | Melanie Holly, CIA Agent | 2 episodes | |
2017–2018 | Genius | Dr. Philipp Lenard / Jonas Salk | 4 episodes | |
2018 | Agatha and the Truth of Murder | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Television film | |
2019 | The Rook | Lorik | 4 episodes | |
Chernobyl | Andrei Stepashin | Episode: "Vichnaya Pamyat" | ||
Ant & Dec's DNA Journey | Voiceover | Television documentary | ||
2020 | Das Boot | Deputy Inspector Thomas O'Leary | 4 episodes | |
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness | Dr. Markoe | 6 episodes | ||
2021 | The Wheel of Time | Tam al'Thor | [9] | |
2023 | Jack Ryan | Bill Tuttle | 6 episodes | [10] |
The Long Shadow | Chief Constable Ronald Gregory | |||
Year | Title | Voice role | Ref. |
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2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Vance Travers | |
2019 | Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood | Gaius Baelsar | |
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers |
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