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