Acting · Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK · Born December 26, 1961
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).
MovieSew Torn
2025
as Hudson Armitage
MovieThe Watchers
2024
as Kilmartin
TVBlue Lights
2023
as James McIntyre
MovieStarting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
MovieBoys from County Hell
2021
as George Bogue
MovieThe Banishing
2021
as Malachi
MovieCaravan
2020
as Sam
TVThe Head
2020
as Arthur Wilde
MovieKissing Candice
2018
as Donal
MoviePaul, Apostle of Christ
2018
as Aquila
MovieNumber One
2017
as Gary
MovieUpstream
2017
as Sean
MoviePilgrimage
2017
as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
MovieDetour
2017
as Frank Malone
TVOne of Us
2016
as Bill Douglas
MovieAlleycats
2016
as Redman
TVThe Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015
as DI Steve McIntyre
MovieScintilla
2014
as Powell
TVThe Assets
2014
as Vitaly Yurchenko
TVCrossing Lines
2013
as Frankie
TVThe Fall
2013
as Jim Burns
TVShetland
2013
as Frank Blake
MovieMöbius
2013
as Joshua
TVLabyrinth
2012
as Simeon de Montfort
MoviePrivate Peaceful
2012
as Sergeant Hanley
MovieGhosted
2011
as Jack
TVVera
2011
as Edmund Fulwell
MovieNight of the Hunt
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Movie13Hrs
2010
as McRae
MovieBlack Death
2010
as Wolfstan
MovieMo
2010
as Gerry Adams
MovieHoly Water
2009
as Tom Gaffney
MovieThe Tournament
2009
as Gene Walker
TVMerlin
2008
as Balinor
TVThe Passion
2008
as Sagan
MovieIn Tranzit
2008
as Yakov
TVMovie Connections
2007
as Self
MovieThe Yellow House
2007
as Paul Gaugin
MovieLassie
2005
as Sam Carraclough
MovieIsolation
2005
as Dan
TVBleak House
2005
as Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
MovieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Captain Alvarado
MovieAlien Hunter
2003
as Dr. Michael Straub
MovieConspiracy of Silence
2003
MovieEvelyn
2002
as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
TVSpooks
2002
as Davie King
TVThe Jury
2002
as Alan Lane
MoviePuckoon
2002
as O'Brien
MovieThe Seventh Stream
2001
as Tomas Dunhill
TVBoston Public
2000
as Jerry
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
as Sean O'Casey
MovieBest
2000
as George Best
MovieThe Quarry
1998
as The Man
MovieSliding Doors
1998
as Gerry
MovieThis Is the Sea
1997
as Padhar McAliskey
MovieNothing Personal
1996
as Liam
MovieSome Mother's Son
1996
as Bobby Sands
MovieMoll Flanders
1996
as Fielding
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Tom Flannery
MovieAngel Baby
1995
as Harry
MoviePrincess Caraboo
1994
as Amon McCarthy
MovieWords Upon the Window Pane
1994
as John Corbet
MovieThe Secret of Roan Inish
1994
as Tadhg
MovieIn the Name of the Father
1993
as Paul Hill
MovieThe Secret Garden
1993
as Lord Archibald Craven
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Father Mel Davey
MovieMonkey Boy
1992
as Peter Carson
MovieThe Railway Station Man
1992
as Damian Sweeney
MovieEdward II
1991
as Spencer
MovieOut of the Blue
1991
as Rudy
TVChimera
1991
as Peter Carson
TVAll Good Things
1991
as Vincent Gibney
MovieHardware
1990
as Shades
Movie1871
1990
as O'Brien
MovieWho Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as IRA man in cottage
TVMaking Out
1989
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Rudy
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988
as Stephen Dedalus
TVThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Stephen Dedalus
Waiting Tables
1986
TVScreen Two
1985
as Spencer
MovieCal
1984
as Cal
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Tomas Dunhill
