John Lynch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 26, 1961 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
- Credits
- 86
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
2025Movie
Hudson Armitage
The Watchers
2024Movie
Kilmartin
Blue Lights
2023TV
James McIntyre
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023Movie
Boys from County Hell
2021Movie
George Bogue
The Banishing
2021Movie
Malachi
Caravan
2020Movie
Sam
The Head
2020TV
Arthur Wilde
Kissing Candice
2018Movie
Donal
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018Movie
Aquila
Number One
2017Movie
Gary
Upstream
2017Movie
Sean
Pilgrimage
2017Movie
The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
Detour
2017Movie
Frank Malone
One of Us
2016TV
Bill Douglas
Alleycats
2016Movie
Redman
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015TV
DI Steve McIntyre
Scintilla
2014Movie
Powell
The Assets
2014TV
Vitaly Yurchenko
Crossing Lines
2013TV
Frankie
The Fall
2013TV
Jim Burns
Shetland
2013TV
Frank Blake
Möbius
2013Movie
Joshua
Labyrinth
2012TV
Simeon de Montfort
Private Peaceful
2012Movie
Sergeant Hanley
Ghosted
2011Movie
Jack
Vera
2011TV
Edmund Fulwell
Night of the Hunt
2011Movie
Narrator (voice)
13Hrs
2010Movie
McRae
Black Death
2010Movie
Wolfstan
Mo
2010Movie
Gerry Adams
Holy Water
2009Movie
Tom Gaffney
The Tournament
2009Movie
Gene Walker
Merlin
2008TV
Balinor
The Passion
2008TV
Sagan
In Tranzit
2008Movie
Yakov
Movie Connections
2007TV
Self
The Yellow House
2007Movie
Paul Gaugin
Lassie
2005Movie
Sam Carraclough
Isolation
2005Movie
Dan
Bleak House
2005TV
Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004Movie
Captain Alvarado
Alien Hunter
2003Movie
Dr. Michael Straub
Conspiracy of Silence
2003Movie
Father Francis
Evelyn
2002Movie
Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
Spooks
2002TV
Davie King
The Jury
2002TV
Alan Lane
Puckoon
2002Movie
O'Brien
The Seventh Stream
2001Movie
Tomas Dunhill
Boston Public
2000TV
Jerry
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000Movie
Sean O'Casey
Best
2000Movie
George Best
The Quarry
1998Movie
The Man
Sliding Doors
1998Movie
Gerry
This Is the Sea
1997Movie
Padhar McAliskey
Nothing Personal
1996Movie
Liam
Some Mother's Son
1996Movie
Bobby Sands
Moll Flanders
1996Movie
Fielding
Silent Witness
1996TV
Tom Flannery
Angel Baby
1995Movie
Harry
Princess Caraboo
1994Movie
Amon McCarthy
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994Movie
John Corbet
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994Movie
Tadhg
In the Name of the Father
1993Movie
Paul Hill
The Secret Garden
1993Movie
Lord Archibald Craven
Peak Practice
1993TV
Father Mel Davey
He-Play She-Play
1993TV
Jim
Monkey Boy
1992Movie
Peter Carson
The Railway Station Man
1992Movie
Damian Sweeney
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992TV
Sean O'Casey
Edward II
1991Movie
Spencer
Out of the Blue
1991Movie
Rudy
Chimera
1991TV
Peter Carson
All Good Things
1991TV
Vincent Gibney
Hardware
1990Movie
Shades
1871
1990Movie
O'Brien
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990Movie
IRA man in cottage
Making Out
1989TV
The Play on One
1988TV
Rudy
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988Movie
Stephen Dedalus
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988TV
Stephen Dedalus
Waiting Tables
1986Movie
Screen Two
1985TV
Spencer, Damian Sweeney
Cal
1984Movie
Cal
Natural World
1983TV
Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Tomas Dunhill