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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 1, 1963
Place of Birth:
Boulder, Colorado, USA
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John Carroll Lynch
Biography
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as Drew Carey's cross-dressing brother on The Drew Carey Show, and for his role as Norm, the unassuming husband of Margie Gunderson (Frances McDormand) in Fargo.
In the fall of 2003, he starred in the CBS show The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, with Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, and Ann Cusack. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes. He also had a recurring role in the HBO show Carnivàle, playing escaped convict Varlyn Stroud. Lynch appeared as a district attorney in the CBS series Close to Home and as NASA official Bob Gilruth in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. Lynch appeared in the 2003 thriller Gothika and the 2007 biopic Zodiac.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sorry, Baby | Pete |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Carson |
| 2024 | Babes | Dr. Morris |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | David Dellinger |
| 2020 | Be Absolute for Death | |
| 2020 | Kiss Me Kosher! | Ron Shalev |
| 2019 | The Highwaymen | Lee Simmons |
| 2018 | Anything | Early Landry |
| 2018 | The White Orchid | Sheriff Mann |
| 2018 | Private Life | Charlie Grimes |
| 2016 | The Invitation | Pruitt |
| 2016 | The Founder | Mac McDonald |
| 2016 | Miracles from Heaven | Pastor Scott |
| 2016 | The Architect | Conway |
| 2016 | Jackie | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 2016 | Shangri-La Suite | Colonel Tom Parker |
| 2015 | Hot Pursuit | Captain Emmett |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Tom Jessup |
| 2014 | The Pretty One | Frank |
| 2014 | Camp X-Ray | Col. Drummond |
| 2014 | Hoke | Bill Henderson |
| 2013 | Highland Park | Rory |
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Dave Greenberg |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Bernie |
| 2011 | Paul | Moses Buggs |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Deputy Warden McPherson |
| 2010 | Hesher | Larry |
| 2010 | Sympathy for Delicious | Evangelist Carroll |
| 2009 | Love Happens | Walter |
| 2008 | Gran Torino | Barber Martin |
| 2008 | The Prince of Motor City | Paul Riley |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Arthur Leigh Allen |
| 2007 | Things We Lost in the Fire | Howard Glassman |
| 2007 | Full of It | Mr. Leonard |
| 2006 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Stewart |
| 2005 | Mozart and the Whale | Gregory |
| 2005 | Freak Weather | Ed |
| 2004 | Catch That Kid | Mr. Hartman |
| 2003 | Gothika | Sheriff Ryan |
| 2003 | Confidence | Grant Ashby |
| 2002 | Bug | Wallace Gregory |
| 2002 | The Good Girl | Jack Field, Your Store Manager |
| 2002 | Par 6 | Dour O'Dowell |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | Josh Holliman |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy | Mr. Livingston |
| 2000 | Restaurant | John English |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Abbie's Lawyer |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Father Mileski |
| 2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Impound Manager |
| 1999 | Late Last Night | Sgt. Van Wyck |
| 1999 | The Minus Man | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Anywhere but Here | Jack Irwin |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Walter |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Doctor Freeze |
| 1998 | The Naked Man | Driver |
| 1998 | Mercury Rising | Martin Lynch |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Prison Guard Walton |
| 1997 | Volcano | Stan Olber |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres | Ken LaSalle |
| 1997 | Dead Men Can't Dance | Plonder |
| 1996 | Fargo | Norm Gunderson |
| 1996 | A Friend's Betrayal | Mr. Franks |
| 1996 | Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | |
| 1996 | Voice from the Grave | Prosecutor O'Gane |
| 1996 | Beautiful Girls | Frank Womack |
| 1996 | The Fan | Shopkeeper |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | Cop |
| 1995 | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | The Major |
| 1995 | The Cure | Skipper #1 |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Moving Man |
| She Rides Shotgun | ||
| Fade to Black | Wayne | |
| Cattywampus | Barry | |
| The Whisper Man |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ballard | Thomas Laffont |
| 2024 | Elsbeth | Judge Edwin Dousant |
| 2023 | White House Plumbers | John Mitchell |
| 2022 | Gaslit | L. Patrick Gray |
| 2021 | American Horror Stories | Larry Bitterman |
| 2020 | Big Sky | Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski |
| 2020 | Big Sky | Rick Legarski |
| 2019 | Perfect Harmony | Pastor Magnus |
| 2019 | Evil | Henry Stick |
| 2018 | One Dollar | Bud Carl |
| 2018 | The Good Cop | Sherman Smalls |
| 2018 | Crawford | Owen |
| 2016 | Channel Zero | John Sleator |
| 2016 | Billions | Mr. Gilbert |
| 2014 | Manhattan | Daniel Ellis |
| 2013 | Do No Harm | Will Hayes |
| 2013 | The Americans | Fred |
| 2012 | Veep | Lloyd Hennick |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Det. Bud Morris |
| 2011 | Talking Dead | Self |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Twisty the Clown |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | John Wayne Gacy |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Benjamin Richter |
| 2010 | The Glades | |
| 2010 | The Glades | Mike Ogletree |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Eastman |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Mr. Reed |
| 2007 | K-Ville | Captain James Embry |
| 2006 | Big Love | |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice) |
| 2005 | Close to Home | |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Steve Sharpe |
| 2003 | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | |
| 2003 | Carnivàle | Varlyn Stroud |
| 2002 | Monk | Kurt Pressman |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Buddy Arnold |
| 1999 | Family Law | |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Jack Reese |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Bob Gilruth |
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | Gus (uncredited) |
| 1997 | The Practice | Dr. Robert Larson |
| 1997 | The Visitor | Joe York |
| 1996 | Life's Work | |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Steve Carey |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Gerald Moss |
| 1995 | The Client | Frank |
| 1995 | Murder One | Officer Carl Bickley |
| 1993 | Frasier | Franklin |