John Lynch
Acting
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).
Filmography 85
Movies (58)
Sew Torn2025Hudson Armitage
The Watchers2024Kilmartin
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late2023
Boys from County Hell2021George Bogue
The Banishing2021Malachi
Caravan2020Sam
Kissing Candice2018Donal
Paul, Apostle of Christ2018Aquila
Number One2017Gary
Upstream2017Sean
Pilgrimage2017The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
Detour2017Frank Malone
Alleycats2016Redman
Scintilla2014Powell
Möbius2013Joshua
Private Peaceful2012Sergeant Hanley
Ghosted2011Jack
Night of the Hunt2011Narrator (voice)
13Hrs2010McRae
Black Death2010Wolfstan
Mo2010Gerry Adams
Holy Water2009Tom Gaffney
The Tournament2009Gene Walker
In Tranzit2008Yakov
The Yellow House2007Paul Gaugin
Lassie2005Sam Carraclough
Isolation2005Dan
The Bridge of San Luis Rey2004Captain Alvarado
Alien Hunter2003Dr. Michael Straub
Conspiracy of Silence2003
Shows (27)
Blue Lights2023James McIntyre
The Head2020Arthur Wilde
One of Us2016Bill Douglas
The Trials of Jimmy Rose2015DI Steve McIntyre
The Assets2014Vitaly Yurchenko
Crossing Lines2013Frankie
The Fall2013Jim Burns
Shetland2013Frank Blake
Labyrinth2012Simeon de Montfort
Vera2011Edmund Fulwell
Merlin2008Balinor
The Passion2008Sagan
Movie Connections2007Self
Bleak House2005Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
Spooks2002Davie King
The Jury2002Alan Lane
Boston Public2000Jerry
Silent Witness1996Tom Flannery
Peak Practice1993Father Mel Davey
Chimera1991Peter Carson
All Good Things1991Vincent Gibney
Making Out1989
The Play on One1988Rudy
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers1988Stephen Dedalus
Screen Two1985Spencer
Natural World1983Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951Tomas Dunhill