Actor profile

John Lynch

26th December 1961 Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK Acting

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).

57 Movies 25 TV Shows 82 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sew Torn poster

Sew Torn 11th September 2025 as Hudson Armitage

The Watchers poster

The Watchers 6th June 2024 as Kilmartin

Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late poster

Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late 13th February 2023

Boys from County Hell poster

Boys from County Hell 6th August 2021 as George Bogue

The Banishing poster

The Banishing 29th April 2021 as Malachi

Caravan poster

Caravan 15th July 2020 as Sam

Kissing Candice poster

Kissing Candice 22nd June 2018 as Donal

Paul, Apostle of Christ poster

Paul, Apostle of Christ 23rd March 2018 as Aquila

Number One poster

Number One 8th September 2017 as Gary

Upstream poster

Upstream 3rd May 2017 as Sean

Pilgrimage poster

Pilgrimage 23rd April 2017 as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran

Detour poster

Detour 20th January 2017 as Frank Malone

Alleycats poster

Alleycats 23rd June 2016 as Redman

Scintilla poster

Scintilla 28th February 2014 as Powell

Möbius poster

Möbius 17th February 2013 as Joshua

Private Peaceful poster

Private Peaceful 12th October 2012 as Sergeant Hanley

Ghosted poster

Ghosted 24th June 2011 as Jack

Night of the Hunt poster

Night of the Hunt 27th February 2011 as Narrator (voice)

13Hrs poster

13Hrs 28th August 2010 as McRae

Black Death poster

Black Death 7th June 2010 as Wolfstan

Mo poster

Mo 31st January 2010 as Gerry Adams

Holy Water poster

Holy Water 1st July 2009 as Tom Gaffney

The Tournament poster

The Tournament 1st May 2009 as Gene Walker

In Tranzit poster

In Tranzit 4th March 2008 as Yakov

The Yellow House poster

The Yellow House 22nd March 2007 as Paul Gaugin

Lassie poster

Lassie 16th December 2005 as Sam Carraclough

Isolation poster

Isolation 6th November 2005 as Dan

The Bridge of San Luis Rey poster

The Bridge of San Luis Rey 22nd December 2004 as Captain Alvarado

Alien Hunter poster

Alien Hunter 19th July 2003 as Dr. Michael Straub

Conspiracy of Silence poster

Conspiracy of Silence 15th May 2003

Evelyn poster

Evelyn 30th September 2002 as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

Puckoon poster

Puckoon 1st January 2002 as O'Brien

The Seventh Stream poster

The Seventh Stream 4th February 2001 as Tomas Dunhill

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song 12th July 2000 as Sean O'Casey

Best poster

Best 10th May 2000 as George Best

The Quarry poster

The Quarry 9th September 1998 as The Man

Sliding Doors poster

Sliding Doors 23rd April 1998 as Gerry

This Is the Sea poster

This Is the Sea 15th September 1997 as Padhar McAliskey

Nothing Personal poster

Nothing Personal 18th October 1996 as Liam

Some Mother's Son poster

Some Mother's Son 13th September 1996 as Bobby Sands

Moll Flanders poster

Moll Flanders 14th June 1996 as Fielding

Angel Baby poster

Angel Baby 26th October 1995 as Harry

Princess Caraboo poster

Princess Caraboo 16th September 1994 as Amon McCarthy

Words Upon the Window Pane poster

Words Upon the Window Pane 10th June 1994 as John Corbet

The Secret of Roan Inish poster

The Secret of Roan Inish 14th May 1994 as Tadhg

In the Name of the Father poster

In the Name of the Father 27th December 1993 as Paul Hill

The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden 13th August 1993 as Lord Archibald Craven

Monkey Boy poster

Monkey Boy 31st December 1992 as Peter Carson

The Railway Station Man poster

The Railway Station Man 18th October 1992 as Damian Sweeney

Edward II poster

Edward II 11th September 1991 as Spencer

Out of the Blue poster

Out of the Blue 22nd August 1991 as Rudy

Hardware poster

Hardware 14th September 1990 as Shades

1871 poster

1871 9th September 1990 as O'Brien

Who Bombed Birmingham? poster

Who Bombed Birmingham? 22nd April 1990 as IRA man in cottage

James Joyce's 'Ulysses' 10th January 1988 as Stephen Dedalus

Waiting Tables 1st January 1986

Cal 24th August 1984 as Cal

Blue Lights poster

Blue Lights 27th March 2023 as James McIntyre

The Head poster

The Head 12th June 2020 as Arthur Wilde

One of Us poster

One of Us 23rd August 2016 as Bill Douglas

The Trials of Jimmy Rose poster

The Trials of Jimmy Rose 30th August 2015 as DI Steve McIntyre

The Assets poster

The Assets 2nd January 2014 as Vitaly Yurchenko

Crossing Lines poster

Crossing Lines 22nd August 2013 as Frankie

The Fall poster

The Fall 12th May 2013 as Jim Burns

Shetland poster

Shetland 10th March 2013 as Frank Blake

Labyrinth poster

Labyrinth 24th November 2012 as Simeon de Montfort

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Edmund Fulwell

Merlin poster

Merlin 20th September 2008 as Balinor

The Passion poster

The Passion 16th March 2008 as Sagan

Movie Connections poster

Movie Connections 10th September 2007 as Self

Bleak House poster

Bleak House 27th October 2005 as Nemo / Captain James Hawdon

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Davie King

The Jury poster

The Jury 17th February 2002 as Alan Lane

Boston Public poster

Boston Public 23rd October 2000 as Jerry

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as Tom Flannery

Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice 10th May 1993 as Father Mel Davey

Chimera poster

Chimera 7th July 1991 as Peter Carson

All Good Things poster

All Good Things 14th May 1991 as Vincent Gibney

Making Out poster

Making Out 6th January 1989

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers 10th January 1988 as Stephen Dedalus

Natural World poster

Natural World 30th October 1983 as Narrator

Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame 24th December 1951 as Tomas Dunhill