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Johnny Flynn

Acting · Born 1983-03-14 · Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Biography

John Patrick Vivian Flynn (born 14 March 1983) is a British actor and singer-songwriter. He has starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom Lovesick, and portrayed David Bowie in the film Stardust. Flynn is the lead singer and songwriter of the band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit. He has released six studio albums and two live albums. He has also composed music for stage, screen, and radio.

Known for

Filmography

2026Elsinore
2026& SonsRichard
2026A Prayer for the DyingJacob Hansen
2025Goodbye JuneConnor
2025A Death in the FamilyNoah
2024RIPLEYDickie Greenleaf
2024National Theatre Live: The Motive and the CueRichard Burton
2023One LifeYoung Nicholas Winton
2023The LoversSeamus O'Hannigan
2022Scrooge: A Christmas CarolBob Cratchit (voice)
2022The ScoreMike
2022Operation MincemeatIan Fleming
2022The OutfitFrancis
2021Ten Degrees of StrangeMusic
2021The DigRory Lomax
2020StardustDavid Bowie
2020Emma.George Knightley
2019CordeliaFrank
2018Les MisérablesFelix Tholomyès
2018Vanity FairWilliam Dobbin
2018BeastPascal Renouf
2017Love Is Thicker Than WaterArthur
2017Contractor 014352Guy
2017GeniusAlbert Einstein
2016National Theatre Live: HangmenMooney
2016The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. WellsAlec
2015BrotherhoodToby
2014LovesickDylan Witter
2014DetectoristsJohnny Piper
2014Clouds of Sils MariaChristopher Giles
2014Inside No. 9Elliot Quinn
2014Song OneJames Forester
2012Something in the AirFolk Singer
2012Twelfth NightViola
2011Lotus EatersCharlie
2011A Bag of HammersMusic
2007KingdomDavid Matthews
2006Crusade in JeansDolf Vega
—A SmallholdingTonkey
—The Idiot(s)Fyodor Dostoyevsky
—CodesJasper Slater
—The Road HomePaul Simon
—LovesongCompositor

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