John Lynch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 26 December 1961 · Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
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
Acting 57
- 2025Sew Torn as Hudson Armitage
- 2024The Watchers as Kilmartin
- 2023Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
- 2021Boys from County Hell as George Bogue
- 2021The Banishing as Malachi
- 2020Caravan as Sam
- 2018Kissing Candice as Donal
- 2018Paul, Apostle of Christ as Aquila
- 2017Number One as Gary
- 2017Upstream as Sean
- 2017Pilgrimage as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
- 2017Detour as Frank Malone
- 2016Alleycats as Redman
- 2014Scintilla as Powell
- 2013Möbius as Joshua
- 2012Private Peaceful as Sergeant Hanley
- 2011Ghosted as Jack
- 2011Night of the Hunt as Narrator (voice)
- 201013Hrs as McRae
- 2010Black Death as Wolfstan
- 2010Mo as Gerry Adams
- 2009Holy Water as Tom Gaffney
- 2009The Tournament as Gene Walker
- 2008In Tranzit as Yakov
- 2007The Yellow House as Paul Gaugin
- 2005Lassie as Sam Carraclough
- 2005Isolation as Dan
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Captain Alvarado
- 2003Alien Hunter as Dr. Michael Straub
- 2003Conspiracy of Silence as Father Francis
- 2002Evelyn as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
- 2002Puckoon as O'Brien
- 2001The Seventh Stream as Tomas Dunhill
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song as Sean O'Casey
- 2000Best as George Best
- 1998The Quarry as The Man
- 1998Sliding Doors as Gerry
- 1997This Is the Sea as Padhar McAliskey
- 1996Nothing Personal as Liam
- 1996Some Mother's Son as Bobby Sands
- 1996Moll Flanders as Fielding
- 1995Angel Baby as Harry
- 1994Princess Caraboo as Amon McCarthy
- 1994Words Upon the Window Pane as John Corbet
- 1994The Secret of Roan Inish as Tadhg
- 1993In the Name of the Father as Paul Hill
- 1993The Secret Garden as Lord Archibald Craven
- 1992Monkey Boy as Peter Carson
- 1992The Railway Station Man as Damian Sweeney
- 1991Edward II as Spencer
- 1991Out of the Blue as Rudy
- 1990Hardware as Shades
- 19901871 as O'Brien
- 1990Who Bombed Birmingham? as IRA man in cottage
- 1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses' as Stephen Dedalus
- 1986Waiting Tables
- 1984Cal as Cal
crew 1
- 2000blur | The Best Of · cinematography
Production 1
- 2000Best · executive producer
Writing 1
- 2000Best · writer
Directing 1
- 1998Night Train · director