John Lynch
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-12-26 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
John Lynch
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
Acting
(2025)
Sew Torn
as Hudson Armitage
(2024)
The Watchers
as Kilmartin
(2023)
(2021)
The Banishing
as Malachi
(2021)
Boys from County Hell
as George Bogue
(2020)
Caravan
as Sam
(2018)
Paul, Apostle of Christ
as Aquila
(2018)
Kissing Candice
as Donal
(2017)
Number One
as Gary
(2017)
Pilgrimage
as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
(2017)
Detour
as Frank Malone
(2017)
Upstream
as Sean
(2016)
Alleycats
as Redman
(2014)
Scintilla
as Powell
(2013)
Möbius
as Joshua
(2012)
Private Peaceful
as Sergeant Hanley
(2011)
Ghosted
as Jack
(2011)
Night of the Hunt
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
13Hrs
as McRae
(2010)
Black Death
as Wolfstan
(2010)
Mo
as Gerry Adams
(2009)
The Tournament
as Gene Walker
(2009)
Holy Water
as Tom Gaffney
(2008)
In Tranzit
as Yakov
(2007)
The Yellow House
as Paul Gaugin
(2005)
Isolation
as Dan
(2005)
Lassie
as Sam Carraclough
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Captain Alvarado
(2003)
Alien Hunter
as Dr. Michael Straub
(2003)
(2002)
Puckoon
as O'Brien
(2002)
Evelyn
as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
(2001)
The Seventh Stream
as Tomas Dunhill
(2000)
Best
as George Best
(2000)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Sean O'Casey
(1998)
The Quarry
as The Man
(1998)
Sliding Doors
as Gerry
(1997)
This Is the Sea
as Padhar McAliskey
(1996)
Moll Flanders
as Fielding
(1996)
Some Mother's Son
as Bobby Sands
(1996)
Nothing Personal
as Liam
(1995)
Angel Baby
as Harry
(1994)
Words Upon the Window Pane
as John Corbet
(1994)
The Secret of Roan Inish
as Tadhg
(1994)
Princess Caraboo
as Amon McCarthy
(1993)
In the Name of the Father
as Paul Hill
(1993)
The Secret Garden
as Lord Archibald Craven
(1992)
The Railway Station Man
as Damian Sweeney
(1992)
Monkey Boy
as Peter Carson
(1991)
Edward II
as Spencer
(1991)
Out of the Blue
as Rudy
(1990)
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as IRA man in cottage
(1990)
1871
as O'Brien
(1990)
Hardware
as Shades
(1988)
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
as Stephen Dedalus
(1986)
(1984)
Cal
as Cal
Crew
(2000)
blur | The Best Of
Cinematography
(2000)
Best
Writer, Executive Producer
(1998)
Night Train
Director