John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as Drew Carey's cross-dressing brother on The Drew Carey Show, and for his role as Norm, the unassuming husband of Margie Gunderson (Frances McDormand) in Fargo. In the fall of 2003, he starred in the CBS show The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, with Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, and Ann Cusack. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes. He also had a recurring role in the HBO show Carnivàle, playing escaped convict Varlyn Stroud. Lynch appeared as a district attorney in the CBS series Close to Home and as NASA official Bob Gilruth in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. Lynch appeared in the 2003 thriller Gothika and the 2007 biopic Zodiac.
123 acting credits · 3 directing credits
Acting · 123
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
American Dad!
2005
The Walking Dead
2010
American Horror Story
2011
Monk
2002
Frasier
1993
The West Wing
1999
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Billions
2016
The Practice
1997
The Drew Carey Show
1995
The Americans
2013
Elsbeth
2024
Body of Proof
2011
Veep
2012
Evil
2019
Lie to Me
2009
Close to Home
2005
Big Love
2006
Ted 2
2015
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Big Sky
2020
Family Law
1999
American Horror Stories
2021
Shutter Island
2010
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
Paul
2011
The Glades
2010
Murder One
1995
Manhattan
2014
The Beauty
2026
Carnivàle
2003
Talking Dead
2011
Zodiac
2007
L.A. Doctors
1998
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
Face/Off
1997
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
Ballard
2025
Channel Zero
2016
She Rides Shotgun
2025
Fargo
1996
Gaslit
2022
Hot Pursuit
2015
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
The Visitor
1997
White House Plumbers
2023
The Client
1995
The Founder
2016
Full of It
2007
Gran Torino
2008
Miracles from Heaven
2016
The Good Cop
2018
Perfect Harmony
2019
Gothika
2003
Volcano
1997
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
Sorry, Baby
2025
Life's Work
1996
K-Ville
2007
Mercury Rising
1998
Babes
2024
Catch That Kid
2004
The Invitation
2016
Do No Harm
2013
Pushing Tin
1999
The Highwaymen
2019
The Cure
1995
Jackie
2016
Camp X-Ray
2014
Beautiful Girls
1996
The Fan
1996
Grumpy Old Men
1993
Anywhere but Here
1999
One Dollar
2018
The Good Girl
2002
Love Happens
2009
Waking the Dead
2000
Hesher
2010
Bubble Boy
2001
The Next Best Thing
2000
Confidence
2003
Live from Baghdad
2002
Lay the Favorite
2012
Things We Lost in the Fire
2007
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
Family Movie
2026
A Thousand Acres
1997
Private Life
2018
Crawford
2018
The Minus Man
1999
Feeling Minnesota
1996
Shangri-La Suite
2016
The White Orchid
2018
Outlaw Posse
2024
Sympathy for Delicious
2010
Late Last Night
1999
Restaurant
1999
Tuesdays with Morrie
1999
The Naked Man
1998
Anything
2018
The Architect
2016
Highland Park
2013
A Friend's Betrayal
1996
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
Kiss Me Kosher!
2020
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
The Pretty One
2014
Mozart and the Whale
2005
Bug
2002
Par 6
2002
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997
The Prince of Motor City
2008
Voice from the Grave
1996
Fade to Black
—
Hoke
2014
Freak Weather
2005
Cattywampus
2025
Triumph of the Will
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Painting with Fire
2004
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004
The Grand Strand
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Be Absolute for Death
2020
