Person
Michael McElhatton
Acting · Born 1963-09-12 · Terenure, Dublin, Ireland
Biography
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. He joined the series as a guest star in the second season, and continued to play this role until the sixth season, promoted to a regular cast member from the fifth season onwards.
Known for
Game of Thrones
Roose Bolton
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Bill Tuttle
Chernobyl
Prosecutor Andrei Stepashin
The Wheel of Time
Tam al'Thor
Genius
Philipp Lenard
The Alienist
Dr. Markoe
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Black Clad Alpha
Justice League
Black Clad Alpha
The Fall
Rob Breedlove
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Sheriff Sheldon
Filmography
- 2025House of GuinnessJohn Potter
- 2024Invasion: The NormansNarrator
- 2023The Ghastly GhoulOrson
- 2023The Long ShadowCC Ronald Gregory
- 2022Dangerous LiaisonsJean de Merteuil
- 2022The DryFinbar
- 2021The Wheel of TimeTam al'Thor
- 2021ArrachtLieutenant
- 2021The Last DuelBernard de Latour
- 2021Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueBlack Clad Alpha
- 2020The Winter LakeWard
- 2019TogoJafet Lindeberg
- 2019The Last RightFrank Delaney
- 2019DNA JourneySelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2019ChernobylProsecutor Andrei Stepashin
- 2018Agatha and the Truth of MurderSir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 2018Boy SaintPoem Narrator
- 2018Tom Clancy's Jack RyanBill Tuttle
- 2018Captain Morten and the Spider QueenFelix (voice)
- 2018The OvercoatPetrovich (voice)
- 2018The AlienistDr. Markoe
- 2017Justice LeagueBlack Clad Alpha
- 2017The ForeignerJim Kavanagh
- 2017King Arthur: Legend of the SwordJack's Eye
- 2017GeniusPhilipp Lenard
- 2017The Zookeeper's WifeJerzyk
- 2017Handsome DevilWalter Curly
- 2016The Autopsy of Jane DoeSheriff Sheldon
- 2016The Siege of JadotvilleGeneral McEntee
- 2016MammalMatt
- 2016Norm of the NorthLaurence (voice)
- 2015The HallowColm Donnelly
- 2014The Legend of LongwoodBlack Knight
- 2014New WorldsJohn Hawkins
- 2013The FallRob Breedlove
- 2013The Ice Cream GirlsBrian
- 2012Titanic: Blood and SteelAlbert Hatton
- 2012Shadow DancerLiam Hughes
- 2011Albert NobbsMr. Moore
- 2011Death of a SuperheroJames Clarke
- 2011Game of ThronesRoose Bolton
- 2010The Santa IncidentRoss
- 2010PentecostPat Lynch
- 2010ParkedFrank
- 2009Perrier's BountyIvan
- 2009The Man Inside
- 2008Fifty Dead Men WalkingRobbie
- 2008Spacemen Three
- 2007My Boy JackLeo Amery MP
- 2005Mickybo and MeMechanic
- 2004God's Early Work
- 2004Adam & PaulMartin (voice)
- 2003KillinaskullyGhost of Christmas Present
- 2003ApeDandy (Voice)
- 2003Spin the BottleRats
- 2003The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewelsnarrator
- 2003IntermissionSam
- 2003The ActorsJock
- 2003Waterloo Dentures
- 2001Blow DryRobert
- 2001Rebel HeartCathal Brugha
- 2000Paths to Freedom
- 2000SaltwaterJohn Traynor
- 1999Guy's DogVoice
- 1999Vicious CircleGarrett
- 1998Crush ProofDetective Sergeant Hogan
- 1998Just in Time
- 1997BallyseedyComdt. Ed Breslin
- 1997All Souls' Day
- 1997I Went DownJohnner Doyle
- 1996November AfternoonJohn
- —UnderworldJimmy
- —The Death Notice of Eamonn McCartyEamonn McCarty
- —The Bard
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