Acting
John Lynch
Born December 26, 1961 · 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
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8.1
In the Name of the Father
Paul Hill
325.7
The Watchers
Kilmartin
576.7
Sliding Doors
Gerry
757.9
Merlin
Balinor
797.3
The Secret Garden
Lord Archibald Craven
798.1
The Fall
Jim Burns
506.4
Black Death
Wolfstan
336.0
The Tournament
Gene Walker
586.7
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Aquila
366.0
Hardware
Shades
425.9
Pilgrimage
The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
376.1
Möbius
Joshua
838.3
Shetland
Frank Blake
365.6
Isolation
Dan
446.2
Detour
Frank Malone
346.8
The Head
Arthur Wilde
808.2
Vera
Edmund Fulwell
174.5
The Banishing
Malachi
225.2
Alien Hunter
Dr. Michael Straub
848.3
Spooks
Davie King
Filmography
- 2025Sew TornHudson ArmitageMovie
- 2024The WatchersKilmartinMovie
- 2023Blue LightsJames McIntyreSeries
- 2023Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up LateMovie
- 2021Boys from County HellGeorge BogueMovie
- 2021The BanishingMalachiMovie
- 2020CaravanSamMovie
- 2020The HeadArthur WildeSeries
- 2018Kissing CandiceDonalMovie
- 2018Paul, Apostle of ChristAquilaMovie
- 2017Number OneGaryMovie
- 2017UpstreamSeanMovie
- 2017PilgrimageThe Herbalist - Brother CiaranMovie
- 2017DetourFrank MaloneMovie
- 2016One of UsBill DouglasSeries
- 2016AlleycatsRedmanMovie
- 2015The Trials of Jimmy RoseDI Steve McIntyreSeries
- 2014ScintillaPowellMovie
- 2014The AssetsVitaly YurchenkoSeries
- 2013Crossing LinesFrankieSeries
- 2013The FallJim BurnsSeries
- 2013ShetlandFrank BlakeSeries
- 2013MöbiusJoshuaMovie
- 2012LabyrinthSimeon de MontfortSeries
- 2012Private PeacefulSergeant HanleyMovie
- 2011GhostedJackMovie
- 2011VeraEdmund FulwellSeries
- 2011Night of the HuntNarrator (voice)Movie
- 201013HrsMcRaeMovie
- 2010Black DeathWolfstanMovie
- 2010MoGerry AdamsMovie
- 2009Holy WaterTom GaffneyMovie
- 2009The TournamentGene WalkerMovie
- 2008MerlinBalinorSeries
- 2008The PassionSaganSeries
- 2008In TranzitYakovMovie
- 2007Movie ConnectionsSelfSeries
- 2007The Yellow HousePaul GauginMovie
- 2005LassieSam CarracloughMovie
- 2005IsolationDanMovie
- 2005Bleak HouseNemo / Captain James HawdonSeries
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyCaptain AlvaradoMovie
- 2003Alien HunterDr. Michael StraubMovie
- 2003Conspiracy of SilenceFather FrancisMovie
- 2002EvelynSenior Counsel Mr. WolfeMovie
- 2002SpooksDavie KingSeries
- 2002The JuryAlan LaneSeries
- 2002PuckoonO'BrienMovie
- 2001The Seventh StreamTomas DunhillMovie
- 2000blur | The Best OfCinematographyMovie
- 2000Boston PublicJerrySeries
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet SongSean O'CaseyMovie
- 2000BestGeorge Best, Writer, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1998The QuarryThe ManMovie
- 1998Sliding DoorsGerryMovie
- 1998Night TrainDirectorMovie
- 1997This Is the SeaPadhar McAliskeyMovie
- 1996Nothing PersonalLiamMovie
- 1996Some Mother's SonBobby SandsMovie
- 1996Moll FlandersFieldingMovie
- 1996Silent WitnessTom FlannerySeries
- 1995Angel BabyHarryMovie
- 1994Princess CarabooAmon McCarthyMovie
- 1994Words Upon the Window PaneJohn CorbetMovie
- 1994The Secret of Roan InishTadhgMovie
- 1993In the Name of the FatherPaul HillMovie
- 1993The Secret GardenLord Archibald CravenMovie
- 1993Peak PracticeFather Mel DaveySeries
- 1993He-Play She-PlayJimSeries
- 1992Monkey BoyPeter CarsonMovie
- 1992The Railway Station ManDamian SweeneyMovie
- 1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSean O'CaseySeries
- 1991Edward IISpencerMovie
- 1991Out of the BlueRudyMovie
- 1991ChimeraPeter CarsonSeries
- 1991All Good ThingsVincent GibneySeries
- 1990HardwareShadesMovie
- 19901871O'BrienMovie
- 1990Who Bombed Birmingham?IRA man in cottageMovie
- 1989Making OutSeries
- 1988The Play on OneRudySeries
- 1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersStephen DedalusSeries
- 1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses'Stephen DedalusMovie
- 1986Waiting TablesMovie
- 1985Screen TwoSpencer, Damian SweeneySeries
- 1984CalCalMovie
- 1983Natural WorldNarratorSeries
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameTomas DunhillSeries