John Carroll Lynch
Born: 1963-08-01 in Boulder, Colorado, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as Drew Carey's cross-dressing brother on The Drew Carey Show, and for his role as Norm, the unassuming husband of Margie Gunderson (Frances McDormand) in Fargo. In the fall of 2003, he starred in the CBS show The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, with Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, and Ann Cusack. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes. He also had a recurring role in the HBO show Carnivàle, playing escaped convict Varlyn Stroud. Lynch appeared as a district attorney in the CBS series Close to Home and as NASA official Bob Gilruth in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. Lynch appeared in the 2003 thriller Gothika and the 2007 biopic Zodiac.
Filmography
2027
- Family Movie as Bill
2026
- The Whisper Man ... (Thanks)
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord as Nico Deemis (voice)
- The Beauty as Meyer Williams
2025
- Ballard as Thomas Laffont
- Sorry, Baby as Pete
- She Rides Shotgun as Houser
- Cattywampus as Barry
- The Grand Strand as Pop
2024
- Elsbeth as Edwin Dousant
- Babes as Dr. Morris
- Outlaw Posse as Carson
2023
- White House Plumbers as John Mitchell
2022
- Gaslit as L. Patrick Gray
2021
- American Horror Stories as Larry Bitterman
2020
- Big Sky as Rick Legarski
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 as David Dellinger
- Kiss Me Kosher! as Ron Shalev
- Be Absolute for Death
2019
- Evil as Henry Stick
- The Highwaymen as Lee Simmons
- Perfect Harmony as Pastor Magnus
2018
- The Good Cop as Sherman Smalls
- One Dollar as Bud Carl
- Private Life as Charlie Grimes
- The White Orchid as Sheriff Mann
- Crawford as Owen
- Anything as Early Landry
2017
- Lucky ... (Director)
2016
- Billions as Mr. Gilbert
- The Founder as Mac McDonald
- Channel Zero as John Sleator
- Miracles from Heaven as Pastor Scott
- The Invitation as Pruitt
- Jackie as Lyndon B. Johnson
- Shangri-La Suite as Colonel Tom Parker
- The Architect as Conway
2015
- Ted 2 as Tom Jessup
- Hot Pursuit as Captain Emmett
2014
- Manhattan as Daniel Ellis
- Camp X-Ray as Col. Drummond
- The Pretty One as Frank
- Hoke as Bill Henderson
2013
- The Americans as Fred
- Do No Harm as Will Hayes
- Highland Park as Rory
2012
- Veep as Lloyd Hennick
- House of Lies as Gil Selby
- Lay the Favorite as Dave Greenberg
2011
- American Horror Story as John Wayne Gacy
- Body of Proof as Bud Morris
- Talking Dead as Self
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Bernie
- Paul as Moses Buggs
2010
- The Walking Dead as Eastman
- Shutter Island as Deputy Warden McPherson
- The Glades
- Hesher as Larry
- Sympathy for Delicious as Evangelist Carroll
2009
- Lie to Me as Mr. Reed
- Love Happens as Walter
2008
- Gran Torino as Barber Martin
- The Prince of Motor City as Paul Riley
2007
- Zodiac as Arthur Leigh Allen
- Full of It as Mr. Leonard
- K-Ville as Captain James Embry
- Things We Lost in the Fire as Howard Glassman
2006
- Big Love as Officer Chuck Tuttle
- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Stewart
2005
- American Dad! as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
- Close to Home as Steve Sharpe
- Mozart and the Whale as Gregory
- Freak Weather as Ed
2004
- Catch That Kid as Mr. Hartman
- On the Set of 'Gothika' as Self
- Painting with Fire as Self
2003
- Carnivàle as Varlyn Stroud
- The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire as Garrett Shaw
- Gothika as Sheriff Ryan
- Confidence as Grant Ashby
2002
- Monk as Kurt Pressman
- The Good Girl as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
- Live from Baghdad as Josh Holliman
- Bug as Wallace
- Par 6 as Dour O'Dowell
2001
- Bubble Boy as Mr. Livingston
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Buddy Arnold
- Gone in Sixty Seconds as Impound Manager
- The Next Best Thing as Abbie's Lawyer
- Waking the Dead as Father Mileski
1999
- The West Wing as Jack Reese
- Family Law
- Pushing Tin as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)
- Anywhere but Here as Jack Irwin
- The Minus Man as Bartender (uncredited)
- Late Last Night as Sgt. Van Wyck
- Tuesdays with Morrie as Walter
- Restaurant as John English
1998
- From the Earth to the Moon as Bob Gilruth
- L.A. Doctors as Gus (uncredited)
- Mercury Rising as Martin Lynch
- The Naked Man as Driver
1997
- The Practice as Dr. Robert Larson
- Face/Off as Prison Guard Walton
- The Visitor as Joe York
- Volcano as Stan Olber
- A Thousand Acres as Ken LaSalle
- Dead Men Can't Dance as Plonder
1996
- Fargo as Norm Gunderson
- Life's Work
- Beautiful Girls as Frank Womack
- The Fan as Shopkeeper
- Feeling Minnesota as Cop
- Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
- A Friend's Betrayal as Mr. Franks
- Voice from the Grave as Prosecutor O'Gane
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Gerald Moss
- The Drew Carey Show as Steve Carey
- Murder One as Officer Carl Bickley
- The Client as Frank
- The Cure as Skipper #1
- In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as The Major
1993
- Frasier as Franklin
- Grumpy Old Men as Moving Man