John Lynch
- Acting
- December 26, 1961 · Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
John Lynch (born 26 December 1961) is an Irish 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
- Sew Torn · Hudson Armitage
- The Watchers · Kilmartin
- Blue Lights · James McIntyre
- Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
- Boys from County Hell · George Bogue
- The Banishing · Malachi
- Caravan · Sam
- The Head · Arthur Wilde
- Kissing Candice · Donal
- Paul, Apostle of Christ · Aquila
- Number One · Gary
- Upstream · Sean
- Pilgrimage · The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
- Detour · Frank Malone
- One of Us · Bill Douglas
- Alleycats · Redman
- The Trials of Jimmy Rose · DI Steve McIntyre
- Scintilla · Powell
- The Assets · Vitaly Yurchenko
- Crossing Lines · Frankie
- The Fall · Jim Burns
- Shetland · Frank Blake
- Möbius · Joshua
- Labyrinth · Simeon de Montfort
- Private Peaceful · Sergeant Hanley
- Ghosted · Jack
- Vera · Edmund Fulwell
- Night of the Hunt · Narrator (Voice)
- 13Hrs · McRae
- Black Death · Wolfstan
- Mo · Gerry Adams
- Holy Water · Tom Gaffney
- The Tournament · Gene Walker
- Merlin · Balinor
- The Passion · Sagan
- In Tranzit · Yakov
- Movie Connections · Self
- The Yellow House · Paul Gaugin
- Lassie · Sam Carraclough
- Isolation · Dan
- Bleak House · Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey · Captain Alvarado
- Alien Hunter · Dr. Michael Straub
- Conspiracy of Silence · Father Francis
- Evelyn · Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
- Spooks · Davie King
- The Jury · Alan Lane
- Puckoon · O'Brien
- The Seventh Stream · Tomas Dunhill
- blur | The Best Of · Cinematography
- Boston Public · Jerry
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song · Sean O'Casey
- Best · George Best, Writer
- The Quarry · The Man
- Sliding Doors · Gerry
- Night Train · Director
- This Is the Sea · Padhar McAliskey
- Nothing Personal · Liam
- Some Mother's Son · Bobby Sands
- Moll Flanders · Fielding
- Silent Witness · Tom Flannery
- Angel Baby · Harry
- Princess Caraboo · Amon McCarthy
- Words Upon the Window Pane · John Corbet
- The Secret of Roan Inish · Tadhg
- In the Name of the Father · Paul Hill
- The Secret Garden · Lord Archibald Craven
- Peak Practice · Father Mel Davey
- He-Play She-Play · Jim
- Monkey Boy · Peter Carson
- The Railway Station Man · Damian Sweeney
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · Sean O'Casey
- Edward II · Spencer
- Out of the Blue · Rudy
- Chimera · Peter Carson
- All Good Things · Vincent Gibney
- Hardware · Shades
- 1871 · O'Brien
- Who Bombed Birmingham? · IRA man in cottage
- Making Out