John Lynch

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).

Actor

1984

[ ] Cal (Cal)

1986

[ ] Waiting Tables (????)

1988

[ ] James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (Stephen Dedalus)

1990

[ ] Hardware (Shades)
[ ] 1871 (O'Brien)
[ ] Who Bombed Birmingham? (IRA man in cottage)

1991

[ 6/10 ] Edward II (Spencer)
[ ] Out of the Blue (Rudy)

1992

[ ] Monkey Boy (Peter Carson)
[ ] The Railway Station Man (Damian Sweeney)

1993

[ 8/10 ] In the Name of the Father (Paul Hill)
[ ] The Secret Garden (Lord Archibald Craven)

1994

[ ] The Secret of Roan Inish (Tadhg)
[ ] Words Upon the Window Pane (John Corbet)
[ ] Princess Caraboo (Amon McCarthy)

1995

[ ] Angel Baby (Harry)

1996

[ ] Moll Flanders (Fielding)
[ ] Some Mother's Son (Bobby Sands)
[ ] Nothing Personal (Liam)

1997

[ ] This Is the Sea (Padhar McAliskey)

1998

[ ] Sliding Doors (Gerry)
[ ] The Quarry (The Man)

2000

[ ] Best (George Best)
[ ] The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (Sean O'Casey)

2001

[ ] The Seventh Stream (Tomas Dunhill)

2002

[ ] Puckoon (O'Brien)
[ ] Evelyn (Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe)

2003

[ ] Alien Hunter (Dr. Michael Straub)
[ ] Conspiracy of Silence (????)

2004

[ ] The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Captain Alvarado)

2005

[ 7/10 ] Isolation (Dan)
[ ] Lassie (Sam Carraclough)

2007

[ ] The Yellow House (Paul Gaugin)

2008

[ ] In Tranzit (Yakov)

2009

[ ] The Tournament (Gene Walker)
[ ] Holy Water (Tom Gaffney)

2010

[ ] Black Death (Wolfstan)
[ ] 13Hrs (McRae)
[ ] Mo (Gerry Adams)

2011

[ ] Ghosted (Jack)
[ ] Night of the Hunt (Narrator (voice))

2012

[ ] Private Peaceful (Sergeant Hanley)

2013

[ ] Möbius (Joshua)

2014

[ ] Scintilla (Powell)

2016

[ ] Alleycats (Redman)

2017

[ ] Pilgrimage (The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran)
[ ] Detour (Frank Malone)
[ ] Upstream (Sean)
[ ] Number One (Gary)

2018

[ ] Kissing Candice (Donal)
[ ] Paul, Apostle of Christ (Aquila)

2020

[ ] Caravan (Sam)

2021

[ ] Boys from County Hell (George Bogue)
[ ] The Banishing (Malachi)

2023

[ ] Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late (????)

2024

[ ] The Watchers (Kilmartin)

2025

[ ] Sew Torn (Hudson Armitage)

Directing

1998

[ ] Night Train (Director)

Crew

2000

[ ] blur | The Best Of (Cinematography)

Writing

2000

[ ] Best (Writer)

Production

2000

[ ] Best (Executive Producer)