John Lynch
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).
Born: 26 December 1961
Played In
Movie
Sep 2025
Sew Torn
Hudson Armitage
Movie
Jun 2024
The Watchers
Kilmartin
TV Show
Mar 2023
Blue Lights
James McIntyre
Movie
Feb 2023
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
Movie
Aug 2021
Boys from County Hell
George Bogue
Movie
Apr 2021
The Banishing
Malachi
Movie
Jul 2020
Caravan
Sam
TV Show
Jun 2020
The Head
Arthur Wilde
Movie
Jun 2018
Kissing Candice
Donal
Movie
Mar 2018
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Aquila
Movie
Sep 2017
Number One
Gary
Movie
May 2017
Upstream
Sean
Movie
Apr 2017
Pilgrimage
The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
Movie
Jan 2017
Detour
Frank Malone
TV Show
Aug 2016
One of Us
Bill Douglas
Movie
Jun 2016
Alleycats
Redman
TV Show
Aug 2015
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
DI Steve McIntyre
Movie
Feb 2014
Scintilla
Powell
TV Show
Jan 2014
The Assets
Vitaly Yurchenko
TV Show
Aug 2013
Crossing Lines
Frankie
TV Show
May 2013
The Fall
Jim Burns
TV Show
Mar 2013
Shetland
Frank Blake
Movie
Feb 2013
Möbius
Joshua
TV Show
Nov 2012
Labyrinth
Simeon de Montfort
Movie
Oct 2012
Private Peaceful
Sergeant Hanley
Movie
Jun 2011
Ghosted
Jack
TV Show
May 2011
Vera
Edmund Fulwell
Movie
Feb 2011
Night of the Hunt
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Aug 2010
13Hrs
McRae
Movie
Jun 2010
Black Death
Wolfstan
Movie
Jan 2010
Mo
Gerry Adams
Movie
Jul 2009
Holy Water
Tom Gaffney
Movie
May 2009
The Tournament
Gene Walker
TV Show
Sep 2008
Merlin
Balinor
TV Show
Mar 2008
The Passion
Sagan
Movie
Mar 2008
In Tranzit
Yakov
TV Show
Sep 2007
Movie Connections
Self
Movie
Mar 2007
The Yellow House
Paul Gaugin
Movie
Dec 2005
Lassie
Sam Carraclough
Movie
Nov 2005
Isolation
Dan
TV Show
Oct 2005
Bleak House
Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
Movie
Dec 2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Captain Alvarado
Movie
Jul 2003
Alien Hunter
Dr. Michael Straub
Movie
May 2003
Conspiracy of Silence
Movie
Sep 2002
Evelyn
Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
TV Show
May 2002
Spooks
Davie King
TV Show
Feb 2002
The Jury
Alan Lane
Movie
Jan 2002
Puckoon
O'Brien
Movie
Feb 2001
The Seventh Stream
Tomas Dunhill
TV Show
Oct 2000
Boston Public
Jerry
Movie
Jul 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Sean O'Casey
Movie
May 2000
Best
George Best
Movie
Sep 1998
The Quarry
The Man
Movie
Apr 1998
Sliding Doors
Gerry
Movie
Sep 1997
This Is the Sea
Padhar McAliskey
Movie
Oct 1996
Nothing Personal
Liam
Movie
Sep 1996
Some Mother's Son
Bobby Sands
Movie
Jun 1996
Moll Flanders
Fielding
TV Show
Feb 1996
Silent Witness
Tom Flannery
Movie
Oct 1995
Angel Baby
Harry
Movie
Sep 1994
Princess Caraboo
Amon McCarthy
Movie
Jun 1994
Words Upon the Window Pane
John Corbet
Movie
May 1994
The Secret of Roan Inish
Tadhg
Movie
Dec 1993
In the Name of the Father
Paul Hill
Movie
Aug 1993
The Secret Garden
Lord Archibald Craven
TV Show
May 1993
Peak Practice
Father Mel Davey
Movie
Dec 1992
Monkey Boy
Peter Carson
Movie
Oct 1992
The Railway Station Man
Damian Sweeney
Movie
Sep 1991
Edward II
Spencer
Movie
Aug 1991
Out of the Blue
Rudy
TV Show
Jul 1991
Chimera
Peter Carson
TV Show
May 1991
All Good Things
Vincent Gibney
Movie
Sep 1990
Hardware
Shades
Movie
Sep 1990
1871
O'Brien
Movie
Apr 1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?
IRA man in cottage
TV Show
Jan 1989
Making Out
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Play on One
Rudy
Movie
Jan 1988
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Stephen Dedalus
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Stephen Dedalus
Movie
Jan 1986
Waiting Tables
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Spencer
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Damian Sweeney
Movie
Aug 1984
Cal
Cal
TV Show
Oct 1983
Natural World
Narrator
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tomas Dunhill