John Lynch
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Silent Witness
Tom Flannery
1996
Series
Vera
Edmund Fulwell
2011
Series
Shetland
Frank Blake
2013
Series
Merlin
Balinor
2008
Series
Peak Practice
Father Mel Davey
1993
Series
Spooks
Davie King
2002
Series
Boston Public
Jerry
2000
Series
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Series
Screen Two
Spencer
1985
Series
Screen Two
Damian Sweeney
1985
Series
Crossing Lines
Frankie
2013
Series
The Fall
Jim Burns
2013
Series
Blue Lights
James McIntyre
2023
Series
The Play on One
Rudy
1988
Series
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Sean O'Casey
1992
Film
The Watchers
Kilmartin
2024
Series
The Head
Arthur Wilde
2020
Film
In the Name of the Father
Paul Hill
1993
Series
Bleak House
Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
2005
Series
The Jury
Alan Lane
2002
Film
The Secret Garden
Lord Archibald Craven
1993
Film
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Aquila
2018
Series
One of Us
Bill Douglas
2016
Film
In Tranzit
Yakov
2008
Film
Hardware
Shades
1990
Film
Sliding Doors
Gerry
1998
Film
Black Death
Wolfstan
2010
Film
Pilgrimage
The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
2017
Series
Making Out
1989
Series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Stephen Dedalus
1988
Series
The Passion
Sagan
2008
Series
The Assets
Vitaly Yurchenko
2014
Series
Labyrinth
Simeon de Montfort
2012
Film
Sew Torn
Hudson Armitage
2025
Film
The Tournament
Gene Walker
2009
Film
Moll Flanders
Fielding
1996
Series
Chimera
Peter Carson
1991
Film
Lassie
Sam Carraclough
2005
Film
Edward II
Spencer
1991
Film
Alien Hunter
Dr. Michael Straub
2003
Film
Evelyn
Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
2002
Film
The Banishing
Malachi
2021
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tomas Dunhill
1951
Film
Princess Caraboo
Amon McCarthy
1994
Film
Möbius
Joshua
2013
Series
All Good Things
Vincent Gibney
1991
Film
The Secret of Roan Inish
Tadhg
1994
Film
Kissing Candice
Donal
2018
Film
Alleycats
Redman
2016
Film
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Captain Alvarado
2004
Series
Movie Connections
Self
2007
Series
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
DI Steve McIntyre
2015
Film
Holy Water
Tom Gaffney
2009
Film
Isolation
Dan
2005
Film
Some Mother's Son
Bobby Sands
1996
Film
Boys from County Hell
George Bogue
2021
Film
Private Peaceful
Sergeant Hanley
2012
Film
Cal
Cal
1984
Film
Detour
Frank Malone
2017
Film
The Railway Station Man
Damian Sweeney
1992
Film
Who Bombed Birmingham?
IRA man in cottage
1990
Film
This Is the Sea
Padhar McAliskey
1997
Film
13Hrs
McRae
2010
Film
Number One
Gary
2017
Film
The Seventh Stream
Tomas Dunhill
2001
Film
Ghosted
Jack
2011
Film
The Yellow House
Paul Gaugin
2007
Film
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Sean O'Casey
2000
Film
Out of the Blue
Rudy
1991
Film
Best
George Best
2000
Waiting Tables
1986
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Stephen Dedalus
1988
Film
Scintilla
Powell
2014
Film
Upstream
Sean
2017
Film
Mo
Gerry Adams
2010
Film
Puckoon
O'Brien
2002
Film
Words Upon the Window Pane
John Corbet
1994
Film
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
Film
Angel Baby
Harry
1995
Film
Night of the Hunt
Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
1871
O'Brien
1990
Series
He-Play She-Play
Jim
1993
Film
The Quarry
The Man
1998
Film
Monkey Boy
Peter Carson
1992
Film
Nothing Personal
Liam
1996
Film
Caravan
Sam
2020