Johnny Flynn

Biography

John Patrick Vivian Flynn (born 14 March 1983) is a British actor and singer-songwriter. He has starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom Lovesick, and portrayed David Bowie in the film Stardust.

Flynn is the lead singer and songwriter of the band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit. He has released six studio albums and two live albums. He has also composed music for stage, screen, and radio.

Known For

Inside No. 9

Elliot Quinn

Detectorists

Johnny Piper

Lovesick

Dylan Witter

Genius

Albert Einstein

Genius

Alain Cuny

Kingdom

David Matthews

Vanity Fair

William Dobbin

The Lovers

Seamus O'Hannigan

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	A Death in the Family	Noah
2024	National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue	Richard Burton
2023	One Life	Young Nicholas Winton
2022	Scrooge: A Christmas Carol	Bob Cratchit (voice)
2022	The Score	Mike
2022	Operation Mincemeat	Ian Fleming
2022	The Outfit	Francis
2021	The Dig	Rory Lomax
2020	Emma.	George Knightley
2020	Stardust	David Bowie
2019	Cordelia	Frank
2018	Beast	Pascal Renouf
2017	Love Is Thicker Than Water	Arthur
2017	Contractor 014352	Guy
2016	National Theatre Live: Hangmen	Mooney
2014	Song One	James Forester
2014	Clouds of Sils Maria	Christopher Giles
2013	Lotus Eaters	Charlie
2012	Something in the Air	Folk Singer
2012	Twelfth Night	Viola
2006	Crusade in Jeans	Dolf Vega
	A Prayer for the Dying	Jacob Hansen
	A Smallholding	Tonkey
	& Sons
	Goodbye June
	The Idiots	Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	RIPLEY	Dickie Greenleaf
2023	The Lovers	Seamus O'Hannigan
2018	Vanity Fair	William Dobbin
2018	Les Misérables	Felix Tholomyès
2017	Genius	Albert Einstein
2017	Genius	Alain Cuny
2016	The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells	Alec
2015	Brotherhood	Toby
2014	Lovesick	Dylan Witter
2014	Detectorists	Johnny Piper
2014	Inside No. 9	Elliot Quinn
2007	Kingdom	David Matthews