John Lynch

ActorProducerWriterCrewDirector Dec 26 (age 64) Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK 1983–2025 (42 year career)

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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

Film

In the Name of the Father

Paul Hill

Film

The Fall

Jim Burns

Film

The Secret Garden

Lord Archibald Craven

Film

Sliding Doors

Gerry

Film

The Watchers

Kilmartin

Film

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Aquila

Film

Black Death

Wolfstan

Film

The Tournament

Gene Walker

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (57)

Sew Torn

as Hudson Armitage

The Watchers

as Kilmartin

Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late

The Banishing

as Malachi

Boys from County Hell

2021

as George Bogue

5.7

Caravan

2020

as Sam

Paul, Apostle of Christ

as Aquila

Kissing Candice

as Donal

Pilgrimage

as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran

Detour

as Frank Malone

Number One

as Gary

Upstream

as Sean

Alleycats

as Redman

Scintilla

as Powell

Möbius

as Joshua

Private Peaceful

as Sergeant Hanley

Ghosted

as Jack

Night of the Hunt

as Narrator (voice)

Black Death

as Wolfstan

13Hrs

as McRae

as Gerry Adams

The Tournament

as Gene Walker

Holy Water

as Tom Gaffney

In Tranzit

as Yakov

The Yellow House

as Paul Gaugin

Lassie

as Sam Carraclough

Isolation

as Dan

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004

as Captain Alvarado

5.1

Alien Hunter

2003

as Dr. Michael Straub

5.1

Conspiracy of Silence

Puckoon

as O'Brien

Evelyn

as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

The Seventh Stream

as Tomas Dunhill

Best

as George Best

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

as Sean O'Casey

Sliding Doors

as Gerry

The Quarry

as The Man

This Is the Sea

as Padhar McAliskey

Moll Flanders

as Fielding

Some Mother's Son

as Bobby Sands

Nothing Personal

as Liam

Angel Baby

as Harry

Words Upon the Window Pane

1994

as John Corbet

Princess Caraboo

1994

as Amon McCarthy

5.5

The Secret of Roan Inish

1994

as Tadhg

6.7

The Secret Garden

1993

as Lord Archibald Craven

7.4

In the Name of the Father

1993

as Paul Hill

7.9

The Railway Station Man

1992

as Damian Sweeney

5.9

Monkey Boy

1992

as Peter Carson

Edward II

as Spencer

Out of the Blue

as Rudy

Hardware

as Shades

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

as IRA man in cottage

7.0

1871

1990

as O'Brien

4.5

James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

1988

as Stephen Dedalus

Waiting Tables

1986

Cal

1984

as Cal

5.7

Television (27)

Blue Lights

as James McIntyre

The Head

as Arthur Wilde

One of Us

as Bill Douglas

The Trials of Jimmy Rose

as DI Steve McIntyre

The Assets

as Vitaly Yurchenko

Shetland

as Frank Blake

The Fall

as Jim Burns

Crossing Lines

as Frankie

Labyrinth

as Simeon de Montfort

Vera

as Edmund Fulwell

Merlin

as Balinor

The Passion

as Sagan

Movie Connections

as Self

Bleak House

2005

as Nemo / Captain James Hawdon

Spooks

as Davie King

The Jury

as Alan Lane

Boston Public

as Jerry

Trial & Retribution

Silent Witness

as Tom Flannery

Arli$$

Peak Practice

as Father Mel Davey

Chimera

as Peter Carson

All Good Things

as Vincent Gibney

Making Out

1989

5.8

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Stephen Dedalus

Natural World

1983

as Narrator

7.4

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Tomas Dunhill

8.6

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Best

Executive Producer

Best

Writer

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Cinematography

Night Train

Director