Person
John Lynch
Acting · Born 1961-12-26 · Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
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).
Known for
Silent Witness
Tom Flannery
Natural World
Narrator
Vera
Edmund Fulwell
Screen Two
Spencer
Shetland
Frank Blake
Spooks
Davie King
Merlin
Balinor
Peak Practice
Father Mel Davey
Boston Public
Jerry
Crossing Lines
Frankie
Filmography
- 2025Sew TornHudson Armitage
- 2024The WatchersKilmartin
- 2023Blue LightsJames McIntyre
- 2023Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
- 2021Boys from County HellGeorge Bogue
- 2021The BanishingMalachi
- 2020CaravanSam
- 2020The HeadArthur Wilde
- 2018Kissing CandiceDonal
- 2018Paul, Apostle of ChristAquila
- 2017Number OneGary
- 2017UpstreamSean
- 2017PilgrimageThe Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
- 2017DetourFrank Malone
- 2016One of UsBill Douglas
- 2016AlleycatsRedman
- 2015The Trials of Jimmy RoseDI Steve McIntyre
- 2014ScintillaPowell
- 2014The AssetsVitaly Yurchenko
- 2013Crossing LinesFrankie
- 2013The FallJim Burns
- 2013ShetlandFrank Blake
- 2013MöbiusJoshua
- 2012LabyrinthSimeon de Montfort
- 2012Private PeacefulSergeant Hanley
- 2011GhostedJack
- 2011VeraEdmund Fulwell
- 2011Night of the HuntNarrator (voice)
- 201013HrsMcRae
- 2010Black DeathWolfstan
- 2010MoGerry Adams
- 2009Holy WaterTom Gaffney
- 2009The TournamentGene Walker
- 2008MerlinBalinor
- 2008The PassionSagan
- 2008In TranzitYakov
- 2007Movie ConnectionsSelf
- 2007The Yellow HousePaul Gaugin
- 2005LassieSam Carraclough
- 2005IsolationDan
- 2005Bleak HouseNemo / Captain James Hawdon
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyCaptain Alvarado
- 2003Alien HunterDr. Michael Straub
- 2003Conspiracy of Silence
- 2002EvelynSenior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
- 2002SpooksDavie King
- 2002The JuryAlan Lane
- 2002PuckoonO'Brien
- 2001The Seventh StreamTomas Dunhill
- 2000blur | The Best OfCinematography
- 2000Boston PublicJerry
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet SongSean O'Casey
- 2000BestGeorge Best
- 1998The QuarryThe Man
- 1998Sliding DoorsGerry
- 1998Night TrainDirector
- 1997This Is the SeaPadhar McAliskey
- 1996Nothing PersonalLiam
- 1996Some Mother's SonBobby Sands
- 1996Moll FlandersFielding
- 1996Silent WitnessTom Flannery
- 1995Angel BabyHarry
- 1994Princess CarabooAmon McCarthy
- 1994Words Upon the Window PaneJohn Corbet
- 1994The Secret of Roan InishTadhg
- 1993In the Name of the FatherPaul Hill
- 1993The Secret GardenLord Archibald Craven
- 1993Peak PracticeFather Mel Davey
- 1992Monkey BoyPeter Carson
- 1992The Railway Station ManDamian Sweeney
- 1991Edward IISpencer
- 1991Out of the BlueRudy
- 1991ChimeraPeter Carson
- 1991All Good ThingsVincent Gibney
- 1990HardwareShades
- 19901871O'Brien
- 1990Who Bombed Birmingham?IRA man in cottage
- 1989Making Out
- 1988The Play on OneRudy
- 1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses'Stephen Dedalus
- 1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersStephen Dedalus
- 1986Waiting Tables
- 1985Screen TwoSpencer
- 1984CalCal
- 1983Natural WorldNarrator
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameTomas Dunhill
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