John Carroll Lynch

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-08-01 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Boulder, Colorado, USA

John Carroll Lynch

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 offic...

Acting

1996

Fargo

as Norm Gunderson

1997

Face/Off

as Prison Guard Walton

2007

Zodiac

as Arthur Leigh Allen

1997

Volcano

as Stan Olber

2007

Things We Lost in the Fire

as Howard Glassman

2004

Catch That Kid

as Mr. Hartman

2003

Gothika

as Sheriff Ryan

1993

Grumpy Old Men

as Moving Man

2010

Shutter Island

as Deputy Warden McPherson

2005

1998

The Naked Man

as Driver

1998

Mercury Rising

as Martin Lynch

2002

Bug

as Wallace Gregory

2009

Love Happens

as Walter

2008

Gran Torino

as Barber Martin

2002

The Good Girl

as Jack Field, Your Store Manager

2001

Bubble Boy

as Mr. Livingston

1996

A Friend's Betrayal

as Mr. Franks

2010

Hesher

as Larry

1997

A Thousand Acres

as Ken LaSalle

2000

Restaurant

as John English

1997

2012

Lay the Favorite

as Dave Greenberg

1996

Voice from the Grave

as Prosecutor O'Gane

2024

Outlaw Posse

as Carson

2002

Par 6

as Dour O'Dowell

2013

2014

1999

Late Last Night

as Sgt. Van Wyck

2014

Camp X-Ray

as Col. Drummond

2008

2024

Babes

as Dr. Morris

2016

2015

Hot Pursuit

as Captain Emmett

2011

Paul

as Moses Buggs

2015

Ted 2

as Tom Jessup

2014

Hoke

as Bill Henderson

2016

The Founder

as Mac McDonald

2016

Miracles from Heaven

as Pastor Scott

1999

The Minus Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

1999

Anywhere but Here

as Jack Irwin

1996

Beautiful Girls

as Frank Womack

2016

The Architect

as Conway

2016

Jackie

as Lyndon B. Johnson

2010

Sympathy for Delicious

as Evangelist Carroll

2018

Anything

as Early Landry

2002

Live from Baghdad

as Josh Holliman

2018

The White Orchid

as Sheriff Mann

2005

1999

Pushing Tin

as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)

2018

Private Life

as Charlie Grimes

2019

The Highwaymen

as Lee Simmons

2020

The Trial of the Chicago 7

as David Dellinger

1996

The Fan

as Shopkeeper

2016

Shangri-La Suite

as Colonel Tom Parker

2000

The Next Best Thing

as Abbie's Lawyer

2000

Waking the Dead

as Father Mileski

2007

Full of It

as Mr. Leonard

2000

Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Impound Manager

2020

Kiss Me Kosher!

as Ron Shalev

2003

Confidence

as Grant Ashby

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1995

The Cure

as Skipper #1

2025

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Cattywampus

as Barry

Production

2017

Lucky

as Director

2020

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