Acting
John Lynch
Born 26 December 1961 in Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
90 credits
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
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- 2025Sew TornFilmHudson Armitage
- 2024The WatchersFilmKilmartin
- 2023Blue LightsSeriesJames McIntyre
- 2023Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up LateFilm
- 2021The BanishingFilmMalachi
- 2021Boys from County HellFilmGeorge Bogue
- 2020The HeadSeriesArthur Wilde
- 2020CaravanFilmSam
- 2018Paul, Apostle of ChristFilmAquila
- 2018Kissing CandiceFilmDonal
- 2017PilgrimageFilmThe Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
- 2017DetourFilmFrank Malone
- 2017Number OneFilmGary
- 2017UpstreamFilmSean
- 2016One of UsSeriesBill Douglas
- 2016AlleycatsFilmRedman
- 2015The Trials of Jimmy RoseSeriesDI Steve McIntyre
- 2014The AssetsSeriesVitaly Yurchenko
- 2014ScintillaFilmPowell
- 2013ShetlandSeriesFrank Blake
- 2013The FallSeriesJim Burns
- 2013Crossing LinesSeriesFrankie
- 2013MöbiusFilmJoshua
- 2012LabyrinthSeriesSimeon de Montfort
- 2012Private PeacefulFilmSergeant Hanley
- 2011VeraSeriesEdmund Fulwell
- 2011GhostedFilmJack
- 2011Night of the HuntFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2010Black DeathFilmWolfstan
- 201013HrsFilmMcRae
- 2010MoFilmGerry Adams
- 2009The TournamentFilmGene Walker
- 2009Holy WaterFilmTom Gaffney
- 2008MerlinSeriesBalinor
- 2008In TranzitFilmYakov
- 2008The PassionSeriesSagan
- 2007The Yellow HouseFilmPaul Gaugin
- 2007Movie ConnectionsSeriesSelf
- 2005Bleak HouseSeriesNemo / Captain James Hawdon
- 2005IsolationFilmDan
- 2005LassieFilmSam Carraclough
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyFilmCaptain Alvarado
- 2003Alien HunterFilmDr. Michael Straub
- 2003Conspiracy of SilenceFilmFather Francis
- 2002SpooksSeriesDavie King
- 2002EvelynFilmSenior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
- 2002The JurySeriesAlan Lane
- 2002PuckoonFilmO'Brien
- 2001The Seventh StreamFilmTomas Dunhill
- 2000Boston PublicSeriesJerry
- 2000BestFilmGeorge Best
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet SongFilmSean O'Casey
- 1998Sliding DoorsFilmGerry
- 1998The QuarryFilmThe Man
- 1997This Is the SeaFilmPadhar McAliskey
- 1996Silent WitnessSeriesTom Flannery
- 1996Moll FlandersFilmFielding
- 1996Some Mother's SonFilmBobby Sands
- 1996Nothing PersonalFilmLiam
- 1995Angel BabyFilmHarry
- 1994The Secret of Roan InishFilmTadhg
- 1994Princess CarabooFilmAmon McCarthy
- 1994Words Upon the Window PaneFilmJohn Corbet
- 1993In the Name of the FatherFilmPaul Hill
- 1993The Secret GardenFilmLord Archibald Craven
- 1993Peak PracticeSeriesFather Mel Davey
- 1993He-Play She-PlaySeriesJim
- 1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSeriesSean O'Casey
- 1992The Railway Station ManFilmDamian Sweeney
- 1992Monkey BoyFilmPeter Carson
- 1991Edward IIFilmSpencer
- 1991ChimeraSeriesPeter Carson
- 1991Out of the BlueFilmRudy
- 1991All Good ThingsSeriesVincent Gibney
- 1990HardwareFilmShades
- 19901871FilmO'Brien
- 1990Who Bombed Birmingham?FilmIRA man in cottage
- 1989Making OutSeries
- 1988The Play on OneSeriesRudy
- 1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersSeriesStephen Dedalus
- 1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses'FilmStephen Dedalus
- 1986Waiting TablesFilm
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesDamian Sweeney, Spencer
- 1984CalFilmCal
- 1983Natural WorldSeriesNarrator
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesTomas Dunhill
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