John Lynch

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-12-26 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK

John Lynch

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Lynch (born 26 December 1961) is an 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).

Acting

1998

1995

Angel Baby

as Harry

2003

Alien Hunter

as Dr. Michael Straub

1990

Hardware

as Shades

2009

The Tournament

as Gene Walker

2008

In Tranzit

as Yakov

2005

Isolation

as Dan

2010

Black Death

as Wolfstan

1984

Cal

as Cal

2005

Lassie

as Sam Carraclough

1991

Edward II

as Spencer

2009

Holy Water

as Tom Gaffney

1997

This Is the Sea

as Padhar McAliskey

2010

13Hrs

as McRae

1991

2011

Ghosted

as Jack

2000

Best

as George Best

1998

The Quarry

as The Man

2007

The Yellow House

as Paul Gaugin

2012

Private Peaceful

as Sergeant Hanley

2013

Möbius

as Joshua

1990

1871

as O'Brien

1996

Moll Flanders

as Fielding

2014

Scintilla

as Powell

1992

Monkey Boy

as Peter Carson

1996

Some Mother's Son

as Bobby Sands

2024

Sew Torn

as Hudson Armitage

2017

Pilgrimage

as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran

2011

Night of the Hunt

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Detour

as Frank Malone

1990

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as IRA man in cottage

1993

The Secret Garden

as Lord Archibald Craven

2024

The Watchers

as Kilmartin

2016

Alleycats

as Redman

2017

Upstream

as Sean

2004

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Captain Alvarado

1996

1988

James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

as Stephen Dedalus

2001

The Seventh Stream

as Tomas Dunhill

1992

The Railway Station Man

as Damian Sweeney

2010

Mo

as Gerry Adams

2018

2017

Number One

as Gary

2002

Puckoon

as O'Brien

1994

2021

Boys from County Hell

as George Bogue

1994

Princess Caraboo

as Amon McCarthy

2021

The Banishing

as Malachi

2020

Caravan

as Sam

2002

Evelyn

as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

Production

1998

Night Train

as Director

2000

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as Cinematography

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