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).
82 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 82
Vera
2011
Silent Witness
1996
Spooks
2002
Merlin
2008
Shetland
2013
Peak Practice
1993
Boston Public
2000
Natural World
1983
Crossing Lines
2013
The Fall
2013
Blue Lights
2023
The Head
2020
The Watchers
2024
Bleak House
2005
The Jury
2002
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Making Out
1989
Alleycats
2016
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Sew Torn
2025
The Secret Garden
1993
Labyrinth
2012
In the Name of the Father
1993
One of Us
2016
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
The Assets
2014
Sliding Doors
1998
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
2015
The Passion
2008
Chimera
1991
Black Death
2010
In Tranzit
2008
Movie Connections
2007
Hardware
1990
The Tournament
2009
The Banishing
2021
Pilgrimage
2017
Möbius
2013
Lassie
2005
Holy Water
2009
All Good Things
1991
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
Moll Flanders
1996
Private Peaceful
2012
Cal
1984
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
Evelyn
2002
Alien Hunter
2003
Edward II
1991
Detour
2017
Princess Caraboo
1994
Some Mother's Son
1996
13Hrs
2010
Boys from County Hell
2021
Ghosted
2011
This Is the Sea
1997
Angel Baby
1995
Puckoon
2002
Best
2000
Scintilla
2014
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
Monkey Boy
1992
The Seventh Stream
2001
Out of the Blue
1991
Number One
2017
Mo
2010
Isolation
2005
Kissing Candice
2018
The Railway Station Man
1992
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
The Yellow House
2007
Nothing Personal
1996
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
1871
1990
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
1988
The Quarry
1998
Caravan
2020
Night of the Hunt
2011
Upstream
2017
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
Waiting Tables
1986
