Acting

John Lynch

Born 1961-12-26 · 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).

Credits

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