Michael McElhatton
Biography
Michael McElhatton is an Irish actor and writer who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1987. After returning to Ireland in the early 1990s, he worked mainly in theater and television before taking the lead in John Carney's November Afternoon in 1996. His film credits include I Went Down (1997), Saltwater (2000), Blow Dry (2001), Perrier's Bounty (2009), Albert Nobbs (2011), Death of a Superhero (2011), The Hallow (2015), and The Zookeeper's Wife (2017). He became known through the sitcoms Paths to Freedom and Fergus's Wedding, which he also wrote, and the character Rats led to the feature Spin the Bottle (2003), earning IFTA nominations for acting and script. He played Roose Bolton in Game of Thrones from the second through sixth seasons and was promoted to series regular. He received a Screen Actors Guild ensemble nomination. Television work includes The Fall, Chernobyl, Das Boot, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, and The Wheel of Time.
63years old
Turns 64 on September 12in 334 days
- Born Dublin
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 24 years1997 to 2021
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Behind the camera
McElhatton wrote and starred in the sitcom Paths to Freedom, and his popular character Rats led the show to be adapted into the feature film Spin the Bottle in 2003.
Early training
McElhatton trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 1987 after eight years in the city.
Behind the camera
McElhatton wrote the screenplays for all episodes of the sitcoms Paths to Freedom and Fergus's Wedding between 2000 and 2002.
Michael McElhatton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Paddy Breathnach directed two of these films, Ian Fitzgibbon two. Brendan Gleeson appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Brendan Gleeson's page
Colm Meaney's page
Brian Cox's page
David Wilmot's page
Peter McDonald's page
Conor MacNeill's page
Paddy BreathnachDirector, 2 films, 1997 to 2001
All films by Paddy Breathnach
All films by Ian Fitzgibbon
Box office
What Michael McElhatton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$237 million
9 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 12Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$145M61.5% of the total
- 2$31M12.9% of the total
- 3$26M11.1% of the total
- 4$17M7.2% of the total
- 5$6.2M2.6% of the total
- 6$5.6M2.4% of the total
- 7$4.9M2.1% of the total
- 8$638K0.3% of the total
$77,542from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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