Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 26, 1961
Place of Birth:
Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
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John Lynch
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Lynch (born 26 December 1961) is an actor and novelist from Northern Ireland. He won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actor for the 1995 film Angel Baby. His other film appearances include Cal (1984), The Secret Garden (1993), In the Name of the Father (1993), Sliding Doors (1998), The Fall (2013–2016), Medici (2019), The Head (2020), and The Banishing (2021).
Lynch has also written two novels, Torn Water (2005) and Falling Out of Heaven (2010).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sew Torn | Hudson Armitage |
| 2024 | The Watchers | Kilmartin |
| 2023 | Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late | |
| 2021 | Boys from County Hell | George Bogue |
| 2021 | The Banishing | Malachi |
| 2020 | Caravan | Sam |
| 2018 | Kissing Candice | Donal |
| 2018 | Paul, Apostle of Christ | Aquila |
| 2017 | Pilgrimage | The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran |
| 2017 | Detour | Frank Malone |
| 2017 | Upstream | Sean |
| 2017 | Number One | Gary |
| 2016 | Alleycats | Redman |
| 2014 | Scintilla | Powell |
| 2013 | Möbius | Joshua |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Sergeant Hanley |
| 2011 | Ghosted | Jack |
| 2011 | Night of the Hunt | Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Black Death | Wolfstan |
| 2010 | 13Hrs | McRae |
| 2010 | Mo | Gerry Adams |
| 2009 | The Tournament | Gene Walker |
| 2009 | Holy Water | Tom Gaffney |
| 2008 | In Tranzit | Yakov |
| 2007 | The Yellow House | Paul Gaugin |
| 2005 | Isolation | Dan |
| 2005 | Lassie | Sam Carraclough |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Captain Alvarado |
| 2003 | Alien Hunter | Dr. Michael Straub |
| 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | |
| 2002 | Puckoon | O'Brien |
| 2002 | Evelyn | Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe |
| 2001 | The Seventh Stream | Tomas Dunhill |
| 2000 | Best | George Best |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song | Sean O'Casey |
| 1998 | Sliding Doors | Gerry |
| 1998 | The Quarry | The Man |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Padhar McAliskey |
| 1996 | Moll Flanders | Fielding |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | Bobby Sands |
| 1996 | Nothing Personal | Liam |
| 1995 | Angel Baby | Harry |
| 1994 | The Secret of Roan Inish | Tadhg |
| 1994 | Words Upon the Window Pane | John Corbet |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Amon McCarthy |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Paul Hill |
| 1993 | The Secret Garden | Lord Archibald Craven |
| 1992 | Monkey Boy | Peter Carson |
| 1992 | The Railway Station Man | Damian Sweeney |
| 1991 | Edward II | Spencer |
| 1991 | Out of the Blue | Rudy |
| 1990 | Hardware | Shades |
| 1990 | 1871 | O'Brien |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | IRA man in cottage |
| 1988 | James Joyce's 'Ulysses' | Stephen Dedalus |
| 1986 | Waiting Tables | |
| 1984 | Cal | Cal |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Blue Lights | James McIntyre |
| 2020 | The Head | Arthur Wilde |
| 2016 | One of Us | Bill Douglas |
| 2015 | The Trials of Jimmy Rose | DI Steve McIntyre |
| 2014 | The Assets | Vitaly Yurchenko |
| 2013 | The Fall | Jim Burns |
| 2013 | Crossing Lines | Frankie |
| 2013 | Shetland | Frank Blake |
| 2012 | Labyrinth | Simeon de Montfort |
| 2011 | Vera | Edmund Fulwell |
| 2008 | The Passion | Sagan |
| 2008 | Merlin | Balinor |
| 2007 | Movie Connections | Self |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Nemo / Captain James Hawdon |
| 2002 | The Jury | Alan Lane |
| 2002 | Spooks | Davie King |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Jerry |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | |
| 1996 | Arliss | |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Tom Flannery |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Father Mel Davey |
| 1991 | Chimera | Peter Carson |
| 1991 | All Good Things | Vincent Gibney |
| 1989 | Making Out | |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Stephen Dedalus |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Tomas Dunhill |