John Lynch
Known for acting · Born 26 December 1961 · 64 · Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
89 credits
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
Sliding Doors
1998
The Fall
2013
In the Name of the Father
1993
The Watchers
2024
Hardware
1990
Black Death
2010
The Head
2020
Isolation
2005
The Banishing
2021
Alien Hunter
2003
Lassie
2005
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
Acting (86)
2025Sew TornHudson ArmitageFilm
2024The WatchersKilmartinFilm
2023Blue LightsJames McIntyre · 6 episodesSeries
2023Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up LateFilm
2021The BanishingMalachiFilm
2021Boys from County HellGeorge BogueFilm
2020The HeadArthur Wilde · 18 episodesSeries
2020CaravanSamFilm
2018Paul, Apostle of ChristAquilaFilm
2018Kissing CandiceDonalFilm
2017PilgrimageThe Herbalist - Brother CiaranFilm
2017DetourFrank MaloneFilm
2017Number OneGaryFilm
2017UpstreamSeanFilm
2016One of UsBill Douglas · 4 episodesSeries
2016AlleycatsRedmanFilm
2015The Trials of Jimmy RoseDI Steve McIntyre · 3 episodesSeries
2014ScintillaPowellFilm
2014The AssetsVitaly Yurchenko · 8 episodesSeries
2013The FallJim Burns · 17 episodesSeries
2013MöbiusJoshuaFilm
2013ShetlandFrank Blake · 2 episodesSeries
2013Crossing LinesFrankieSeries
2012LabyrinthSimeon de Montfort · 2 episodesSeries
2012Private PeacefulSergeant HanleyFilm
2011VeraEdmund FulwellSeries
2011GhostedJackFilm
2011Night of the HuntNarrator (voice)Film
2010Black DeathWolfstanFilm
201013HrsMcRaeFilm
2010MoGerry AdamsFilm
2009The TournamentGene WalkerFilm
2009Holy WaterTom GaffneyFilm
2008MerlinBalinor · 2 episodesSeries
2008In TranzitYakovFilm
2008The PassionSagan · 6 episodesSeries
2007The Yellow HousePaul GauginFilm
2007Movie ConnectionsSelfSeries
2005IsolationDanFilm
2005LassieSam CarracloughFilm
2005Bleak HouseNemo / Captain James Hawdon · 2 episodesSeries
2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyCaptain AlvaradoFilm
2003Alien HunterDr. Michael StraubFilm
2003Conspiracy of SilenceFather FrancisFilm
2002SpooksDavie KingSeries
2002EvelynSenior Counsel Mr. WolfeFilm
2002The JuryAlan Lane · 5 episodesSeries
2002PuckoonO'BrienFilm
2001The Seventh StreamTomas DunhillFilm
2000Boston PublicJerrySeries
2000BestGeorge BestFilm
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet SongSean O'CaseyFilm
1998Sliding DoorsGerryFilm
1998The QuarryThe ManFilm
1997This Is the SeaPadhar McAliskeyFilm
1996Silent WitnessTom Flannery · 2 episodesSeries
1996Moll FlandersFieldingFilm
1996Some Mother's SonBobby SandsFilm
1996Nothing PersonalLiamFilm
1995Angel BabyHarryFilm
1994The Secret of Roan InishTadhgFilm
1994Princess CarabooAmon McCarthyFilm
1994Words Upon the Window PaneJohn CorbetFilm
1993In the Name of the FatherPaul HillFilm
1993The Secret GardenLord Archibald CravenFilm
1993Peak PracticeFather Mel DaveySeries
1993He-Play She-PlayJimSeries
1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSean O'CaseySeries
1992The Railway Station ManDamian SweeneyFilm
1992Monkey BoyPeter CarsonFilm
1991Edward IISpencerFilm
1991Out of the BlueRudyFilm
1991ChimeraPeter Carson · 4 episodesSeries
1991All Good ThingsVincent Gibney · 6 episodesSeries
1990HardwareShadesFilm
19901871O'BrienFilm
1990Who Bombed Birmingham?IRA man in cottageFilm
1989Making Out · 8 episodesSeries
1988The Play on OneRudySeries
1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersStephen DedalusSeries
1988James Joyce's 'Ulysses'Stephen DedalusFilm
1986Waiting TablesFilm
1985Screen TwoSpencer, Damian SweeneySeries
1984CalCalFilm
1983Natural WorldNarratorSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameTomas DunhillSeries
Crew (1)
2000blur | The Best OfCinematographyFilm
Directing (1)
1998Night TrainDirectorFilm
Writing (1)
2000BestWriter, Executive ProducerFilm