John Lynch
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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
Filmography
Sew Torn
2025
as Hudson Armitage
The Watchers
2024
as Kilmartin
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
Blue Lights
2023
as James McIntyre
Boys from County Hell
2021
as George Bogue
The Banishing
2021
as Malachi
Caravan
2020
as Sam
The Head
2020
as Arthur Wilde
Kissing Candice
2018
as Donal
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
as Aquila
Pilgrimage
2017
as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
Detour
2017
as Frank Malone
Upstream
2017
as Sean
Number One
2017
as Gary
Alleycats
2016
as Redman
One of Us
2016
as Bill Douglas
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015
as DI Steve McIntyre
Scintilla
2014
as Powell
The Assets
2014
as Vitaly Yurchenko
Möbius
2013
as Joshua
The Fall
2013
as Jim Burns
Crossing Lines
2013
as Frankie
Shetland
2013
as Frank Blake
Private Peaceful
2012
as Sergeant Hanley
Labyrinth
2012
as Simeon de Montfort
Ghosted
2011
as Jack
Night of the Hunt
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Vera
2011
as Edmund Fulwell
Black Death
2010
as Wolfstan
13Hrs
2010
as McRae
Mo
2010
as Gerry Adams
The Tournament
2009
as Gene Walker
Holy Water
2009
as Tom Gaffney
In Tranzit
2008
as Yakov
The Passion
2008
as Sagan
Merlin
2008
as Balinor
The Yellow House
2007
as Paul Gaugin
Movie Connections
2007
as Self
Isolation
2005
as Dan
Lassie
2005
as Sam Carraclough
Bleak House
2005
as Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Captain Alvarado
Alien Hunter
2003
as Dr. Michael Straub
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
Puckoon
2002
as O'Brien
Evelyn
2002
as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
The Jury
2002
as Alan Lane
Spooks
2002
as Davie King
The Seventh Stream
2001
as Tomas Dunhill
Best
2000
as George Best
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
as Sean O'Casey
Boston Public
2000
as Jerry
Sliding Doors
1998
as Gerry
The Quarry
1998
as The Man
This Is the Sea
1997
as Padhar McAliskey
Trial & Retribution
1997
Moll Flanders
1996
as Fielding
Some Mother's Son
1996
as Bobby Sands
Nothing Personal
1996
as Liam
Silent Witness
1996
as Tom Flannery
Angel Baby
1995
as Harry
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
as Tadhg
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
as John Corbet
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Amon McCarthy
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Paul Hill
The Secret Garden
1993
as Lord Archibald Craven
Peak Practice
1993
as Father Mel Davey
Monkey Boy
1992
as Peter Carson
The Railway Station Man
1992
as Damian Sweeney
Edward II
1991
as Spencer
Out of the Blue
1991
as Rudy
Chimera
1991
as Peter Carson
All Good Things
1991
as Vincent Gibney
Hardware
1990
as Shades
1871
1990
as O'Brien
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as IRA man in cottage
Making Out
1989
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988
as Stephen Dedalus
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Stephen Dedalus
Waiting Tables
1986
Cal
1984
as Cal
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Tomas Dunhill