- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
John Lynch
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).
Filmography
movieSew Torn
2025 · Hudson Armitage
movieThe Watchers
2024 · Kilmartin
tvBlue Lights
2023 · James McIntyre
movieStarting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
movieBoys from County Hell
2021 · George Bogue
movieThe Banishing
2021 · Malachi
movieCaravan
2020 · Sam
tvThe Head
2020 · Arthur Wilde
movieKissing Candice
2018 · Donal
moviePaul, Apostle of Christ
2018 · Aquila
movieNumber One
2017 · Gary
movieUpstream
2017 · Sean
moviePilgrimage
2017 · The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
movieDetour
2017 · Frank Malone
tvOne of Us
2016 · Bill Douglas
movieAlleycats
2016 · Redman
tvThe Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015 · DI Steve McIntyre
movieScintilla
2014 · Powell
tvThe Assets
2014 · Vitaly Yurchenko
tvCrossing Lines
2013 · Frankie
tvThe Fall
2013 · Jim Burns
tvShetland
2013 · Frank Blake
movieMöbius
2013 · Joshua
tvLabyrinth
2012 · Simeon de Montfort
moviePrivate Peaceful
2012 · Sergeant Hanley
movieGhosted
2011 · Jack
tvVera
2011 · Edmund Fulwell
movieNight of the Hunt
2011 · Narrator (voice)
movie13Hrs
2010 · McRae
movieBlack Death
2010 · Wolfstan
movieMo
2010 · Gerry Adams
movieHoly Water
2009 · Tom Gaffney
movieThe Tournament
2009 · Gene Walker
tvMerlin
2008 · Balinor
tvThe Passion
2008 · Sagan
movieIn Tranzit
2008 · Yakov
tvMovie Connections
2007 · Self
movieThe Yellow House
2007 · Paul Gaugin
movieLassie
2005 · Sam Carraclough
movieIsolation
2005 · Dan
tvBleak House
2005 · Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
movieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 · Captain Alvarado
movieAlien Hunter
2003 · Dr. Michael Straub
movieConspiracy of Silence
2003
movieEvelyn
2002 · Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
tvSpooks
2002 · Davie King
tvThe Jury
2002 · Alan Lane
moviePuckoon
2002 · O'Brien
movieThe Seventh Stream
2001 · Tomas Dunhill
movieblur | The Best Of
2000 · Cinematography
tvBoston Public
2000 · Jerry
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000 · Sean O'Casey
movieBest
2000 · George Best, Writer, Executive Producer
movieThe Quarry
1998 · The Man
movieSliding Doors
1998 · Gerry
movieNight Train
1998 · Director
movieThis Is the Sea
1997 · Padhar McAliskey
movieNothing Personal
1996 · Liam
movieSome Mother's Son
1996 · Bobby Sands
movieMoll Flanders
1996 · Fielding
tvSilent Witness
1996 · Tom Flannery
movieAngel Baby
1995 · Harry
moviePrincess Caraboo
1994 · Amon McCarthy
movieWords Upon the Window Pane
1994 · John Corbet
movieThe Secret of Roan Inish
1994 · Tadhg
movieIn the Name of the Father
1993 · Paul Hill
movieThe Secret Garden
1993 · Lord Archibald Craven
tvPeak Practice
1993 · Father Mel Davey
movieMonkey Boy
1992 · Peter Carson
movieThe Railway Station Man
1992 · Damian Sweeney
movieEdward II
1991 · Spencer
movieOut of the Blue
1991 · Rudy
tvChimera
1991 · Peter Carson
tvAll Good Things
1991 · Vincent Gibney
movieHardware
1990 · Shades
movie1871
1990 · O'Brien
movieWho Bombed Birmingham?
1990 · IRA man in cottage
tvMaking Out
1989
tvThe Play on One
1988 · Rudy
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
movieJames Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988 · Stephen Dedalus
tvThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Stephen Dedalus
Waiting Tables
movieWaiting Tables
1986
tvScreen Two
1985 · Spencer, Damian Sweeney
movieCal
1984 · Cal
tvNatural World
1983 · Narrator
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Tomas Dunhill