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.

Filmography

• House of Guinness — John Potter
• Invasion: The Normans — Narrator
• 2023The Ghastly Ghoul — Orson
• The Long Shadow — CC Ronald Gregory
• Dangerous Liaisons — Jean de Merteuil
• The Dry — Finbar
• 2021Arracht — Lieutenant
• 2021The Last Duel — Bernard de Latour
• The Wheel of Time — Tam al'Thor
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Black Clad Alpha
• 2020The Winter Lake — Ward
• Chernobyl — Prosecutor Andrei Stepashin
• 2019The Last Right — Frank Delaney
• 2019Togo — Jafet Lindeberg
• 2018Agatha and the Truth of Murder — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 2018Boy Saint — Poem Narrator
• 2018Captain Morten and the Spider Queen — Felix (voice)
• The Alienist — Dr. Markoe
• 2018The Overcoat — Petrovich (voice)
• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan — Bill Tuttle
• Genius — Philipp Lenard, Jonas Salk
• 2017Handsome Devil — Walter Curly
• 2017Justice League — Black Clad Alpha
• 2017King Arthur: Legend of the Sword — Jack's Eye
• 2017The Foreigner — Jim Kavanagh
• 2017The Zookeeper's Wife — Jerzyk
• 2016Mammal — Matt Quinn
• 2016Norm of the North — Laurence (voice)
• 2016The Autopsy of Jane Doe — Sheriff Sheldon
• 2016The Siege of Jadotville — General McEntee
• 2015The Hallow — Colm Donnelly
• New Worlds — John Hawkins
• 2014The Legend of Longwood — Black Knight
• The Fall — Rob Breedlove
• The Ice Cream Girls — Brian
• 2012Shadow Dancer — Liam Hughes
• Titanic: Blood and Steel — Albert Hatton
• 2011Albert Nobbs — Mr. Moore
• 2011Death of a Superhero — James Clarke
• Game of Thrones — Roose Bolton
• 2010Parked — Frank
• 2010Pentecost — Pat Lynch
• 2010Perrier's Bounty — Ivan
• 2010The Santa Incident — Ross
• 2009The Man Inside
• 2008Fifty Dead Men Walking — Robbie
• 2008Spacemen Three
• 2007My Boy Jack — Leo Amery MP
• 2006The Tiger's Tail — Dr. Alex Loden
• 2005Mickybo and Me — Mechanic
• 2004Adam & Paul — Martin (voice)
• 2004God's Early Work
• 2003Ape — Dandy (Voice)
• 2003Intermission — Sam
• Killinaskully — Ghost of Christmas Present
• 2003Spin the Bottle — Rats, Writer
• 2003The Actors — Jock
• 2003The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels — narrator
• 2003Waterloo Dentures
• 2001Blow Dry — Robert
• Rebel Heart — Cathal Brugha
• Paths to Freedom
• 2000Saltwater — John Traynor
• 1999Guy's Dog — Voice
• 1999Vicious Circle — Garrett
• 1998Crush Proof — Detective Sergeant Hogan
• 1998Just in Time
• 1997All Souls' Day
• 1997Ballyseedy — Comdt. Ed Breslin
• 1997I Went Down — Johnner Doyle
• 1996November Afternoon — John
• The Bard
• The Death Notice of Eamonn McCarty — Eamonn McCarty
• Underworld — Jimmy

Appearances as themselves (1)

• DNA Journey — Self - Narrator (voice)