John Lynch
Acting
Biography
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).
As actor 86
Silent Witness
1996
Merlin
2008
Vera
2011
Shetland
2013
Natural World
1983
Spooks
2002
Peak Practice
1993
Screen Two
1985
Boston Public
2000
The Watchers
2024
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Crossing Lines
2013
The Fall
2013
Blue Lights
2023
The Head
2020
The Jury
2002
The Play on One
1988
In the Name of the Father
1993
Bleak House
2005
Making Out
1989
The Secret Garden
1993
Black Death
2010
In Tranzit
2008
Sliding Doors
1998
Hardware
1990
The Assets
2014
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
The Tournament
2009
Lassie
2005
Labyrinth
2012
One of Us
2016
Pilgrimage
2017
Möbius
2013
Sew Torn
2025
Alien Hunter
2003
The Passion
2008
The Banishing
2021
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Moll Flanders
1996
Chimera
1991
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Alleycats
2016
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
Some Mother's Son
1996
Isolation
2005
All Good Things
1991
Evelyn
2002
Movie Connections
2007
Edward II
1991
Princess Caraboo
1994
Cal
1984
Holy Water
2009
Kissing Candice
2018
13Hrs
2010
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015
Detour
2017
Private Peaceful
2012
Boys from County Hell
2021
Nothing Personal
1996
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
He-Play She-Play
1993
This Is the Sea
1997
Ghosted
2011
Number One
2017
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
Out of the Blue
1991
Mo
2010
Best
2000
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
Waiting Tables
1986
Upstream
2017
The Seventh Stream
2001
Puckoon
2002
The Railway Station Man
1992
The Yellow House
2007
Angel Baby
1995
Monkey Boy
1992
Night of the Hunt
2011
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988
Scintilla
2014
Caravan
2020
The Quarry
1998
1871
1990
