Acting
John Lynch
Dec 26, 1961 (64 years) 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).
Known for
7.8
Merlin
Balinor
6.3
The Watchers
Kilmartin
7.7
The Fall
Jim Burns
7.9
In the Name of the Father
Paul Hill
7.5
Shetland
Frank Blake
7.4
Vera
Edmund Fulwell
7.6
Silent Witness
Tom Flannery
6.5
Sliding Doors
Gerry
7.7
Spooks
Davie King
6.1
Black Death
Wolfstan
7.4
The Secret Garden
Lord Archibald Craven
5.9
The Tournament
Gene Walker
7.6
Blue Lights
James McIntyre
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Sean O'Casey
7.6
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Aquila
Filmography
6.4
Sew Torn
2025 · Hudson Armitage
6.3
The Watchers
2024 · Kilmartin
7.6
Blue Lights
2023 · James McIntyre
5.0
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
5.1
The Banishing
2021 · Malachi
5.6
Boys from County Hell
2021 · George Bogue
7.1
The Head
2020 · Arthur Wilde
Caravan
2020 · Sam
7.6
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018 · Aquila
5.5
Kissing Candice
2018 · Donal
6.0
Pilgrimage
2017 · The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
6.2
Detour
2017 · Frank Malone
6.1
Number One
2017 · Gary
6.2
Upstream
2017 · Sean
6.5
One of Us
2016 · Bill Douglas
5.1
Alleycats
2016 · Redman
4.8
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015 · DI Steve McIntyre
6.9
The Assets
2014 · Vitaly Yurchenko
4.9
Scintilla
2014 · Powell
7.7
The Fall
2013 · Jim Burns
7.5
Shetland
2013 · Frank Blake
6.7
Crossing Lines
2013 · Frankie
5.7
Möbius
2013 · Joshua
5.5
Labyrinth
2012 · Simeon de Montfort
6.6
Private Peaceful
2012 · Sergeant Hanley
7.4
Vera
2011 · Edmund Fulwell
5.2
Ghosted
2011 · Jack
8.0
Night of the Hunt
2011 · Narrator (voice)
6.1
Black Death
2010 · Wolfstan
4.3
13Hrs
2010 · McRae