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