
John Lynch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1961 (age 64)
- Birthplace
- 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
Movie · as Hudson Armitage

The Watchers
Movie · as Kilmartin

Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
Movie

Blue Lights
TV · as James McIntyre · 6 eps

Boys from County Hell
Movie · as George Bogue

The Banishing
Movie · as Malachi

Caravan
Movie · as Sam

The Head
TV · as Arthur Wilde · 18 eps

Kissing Candice
Movie · as Donal

Paul, Apostle of Christ
Movie · as Aquila

Pilgrimage
Movie · as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran

Detour
Movie · as Frank Malone

Upstream
Movie · as Sean

Number One
Movie · as Gary

Alleycats
Movie · as Redman

One of Us
TV · as Bill Douglas · 4 eps

The Trials of Jimmy Rose
TV · as DI Steve McIntyre · 3 eps

Scintilla
Movie · as Powell

The Assets
TV · as Vitaly Yurchenko · 8 eps

Möbius
Movie · as Joshua

The Fall
TV · as Jim Burns · 17 eps

Crossing Lines
TV · as Frankie · 1 ep

Shetland
TV · as Frank Blake · 2 eps

Private Peaceful
Movie · as Sergeant Hanley

Labyrinth
TV · as Simeon de Montfort · 2 eps

Ghosted
Movie · as Jack

Night of the Hunt
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Vera
TV · as Edmund Fulwell · 1 ep

Black Death
Movie · as Wolfstan

13Hrs
Movie · as McRae

Mo
Movie · as Gerry Adams

The Tournament
Movie · as Gene Walker

Holy Water
Movie · as Tom Gaffney

In Tranzit
Movie · as Yakov

The Passion
TV · as Sagan · 6 eps

Merlin
TV · as Balinor · 2 eps

The Yellow House
Movie · as Paul Gaugin

Movie Connections
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Isolation
Movie · as Dan

Lassie
Movie · as Sam Carraclough
The Baby War
Movie · as Pierce O'Carroll

Bleak House
TV · as Nemo / Captain James Hawdon · 2 eps

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie · as Captain Alvarado

Alien Hunter
Movie · as Dr. Michael Straub

Conspiracy of Silence
Movie · as Father Francis

Puckoon
Movie · as O'Brien

Evelyn
Movie · as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

The Jury
TV · as Alan Lane · 5 eps

Spooks
TV · as Davie King · 1 ep

The Seventh Stream
Movie · as Tomas Dunhill

Best
Movie · as George Best

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Movie · as Sean O'Casey

Boston Public
TV · as Jerry · 1 ep

Sliding Doors
Movie · as Gerry

The Quarry
Movie · as The Man

This Is the Sea
Movie · as Padhar McAliskey

Moll Flanders
Movie · as Fielding

Some Mother's Son
Movie · as Bobby Sands

Nothing Personal
Movie · as Liam

Silent Witness
TV · as Tom Flannery · 2 eps

Angel Baby
Movie · as Harry

The Secret of Roan Inish
Movie · as Tadhg

Words Upon the Window Pane
Movie · as John Corbet

Princess Caraboo
Movie · as Amon McCarthy

In the Name of the Father
Movie · as Paul Hill

The Secret Garden
Movie · as Lord Archibald Craven

Peak Practice
TV · as Father Mel Davey · 1 ep

He-Play She-Play
TV · as Jim · 1 ep

Monkey Boy
Movie · as Peter Carson

The Railway Station Man
Movie · as Damian Sweeney

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV · as Sean O'Casey · 1 ep

Edward II
Movie · as Spencer

Out of the Blue
Movie · as Rudy

Chimera
TV · as Peter Carson · 4 eps

All Good Things
TV · as Vincent Gibney · 6 eps

Hardware
Movie · as Shades

1871
Movie · as O'Brien

Who Bombed Birmingham?
Movie · as IRA man in cottage

Making Out
TV · 8 eps
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Movie · as Stephen Dedalus

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV · as Stephen Dedalus · 1 ep

The Play on One
TV · as Rudy · 1 ep
Waiting Tables
Movie

Screen Two
TV · as Spencer, Damian Sweeney · 1 ep

Cal
Movie · as Cal

Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Tomas Dunhill · 1 ep