John Lynch
Born: 1961-12-26 in Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Sew Torn as Hudson Armitage
2024
- The Watchers as Kilmartin
2023
- Blue Lights as James McIntyre
- Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2021
- The Banishing as Malachi
- Boys from County Hell as George Bogue
2018
- Paul, Apostle of Christ as Aquila
- Kissing Candice as Donal
2017
- Pilgrimage as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
- Detour as Frank Malone
- Number One as Gary
- Upstream as Sean
2015
- The Trials of Jimmy Rose as DI Steve McIntyre
2014
- Scintilla as Powell
- The Assets as Vitaly Yurchenko
2013
- Shetland as Frank Blake
- The Fall as Jim Burns
- Crossing Lines as Frankie
- Möbius as Joshua
2012
- Private Peaceful as Sergeant Hanley
- Labyrinth as Simeon de Montfort
2011
- Vera as Edmund Fulwell
- Ghosted as Jack
- Night of the Hunt as Narrator (voice)
2010
- Black Death as Wolfstan
- 13Hrs as McRae
- Mo as Gerry Adams
2009
- Holy Water as Tom Gaffney
- The Tournament as Gene Walker
2008
- Merlin as Balinor
- The Passion as Sagan
- In Tranzit as Yakov
2007
- The Yellow House as Paul Gaugin
- Movie Connections as Self
2005
- Isolation as Dan
- Bleak House as Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
- Lassie as Sam Carraclough
2004
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Captain Alvarado
2003
- Alien Hunter as Dr. Michael Straub
- Conspiracy of Silence
2002
2001
- The Seventh Stream as Tomas Dunhill
2000
- Boston Public as Jerry
- Best as George Best
- blur | The Best Of ... (Cinematography)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song as Sean O'Casey
1998
- Sliding Doors as Gerry
- Night Train ... (Director)
- The Quarry as The Man
1997
- Trial & Retribution
- This Is the Sea as Padhar McAliskey
1996
- Silent Witness as Tom Flannery
- Arli$$
- Moll Flanders as Fielding
- Nothing Personal as Liam
- Some Mother's Son as Bobby Sands
1995
- Angel Baby as Harry
1994
- Princess Caraboo as Amon McCarthy
- The Secret of Roan Inish as Tadhg
- Words Upon the Window Pane as John Corbet
1993
- Peak Practice as Father Mel Davey
- The Secret Garden as Lord Archibald Craven
- In the Name of the Father as Paul Hill
1992
- The Railway Station Man as Damian Sweeney
- Monkey Boy as Peter Carson
1991
- Edward II as Spencer
- Out of the Blue as Rudy
- Chimera as Peter Carson
- All Good Things as Vincent Gibney
1990
- Hardware as Shades
- Who Bombed Birmingham? as IRA man in cottage
- 1871 as O'Brien
1989
1988
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Stephen Dedalus
- James Joyce's 'Ulysses' as Stephen Dedalus
1986
1984
- Cal as Cal
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tomas Dunhill