John Lynch
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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).
Known for
Credits
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
as Aquila
The Watchers (2024)
as Kilmartin
The Secret Garden (1993)
as Lord Archibald Craven
In the Name of the Father (1993)
as Paul Hill
Sliding Doors (1998)
as Gerry
In Tranzit (2008)
as Yakov
Hardware (1990)
as Shades
Black Death (2010)
as Wolfstan
The Tournament (2009)
as Gene Walker
Möbius (2013)
as Joshua
Pilgrimage (2017)
as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
Lassie (2005)
as Sam Carraclough
Moll Flanders (1996)
as Fielding
Kissing Candice (2018)
as Donal
Sew Torn (2025)
as Hudson Armitage
Alleycats (2016)
as Redman
Edward II (1991)
as Spencer
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
as Tadhg
Princess Caraboo (1994)
as Amon McCarthy
Some Mother's Son (1996)
as Bobby Sands
Evelyn (2002)
as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
Alien Hunter (2003)
as Dr. Michael Straub
This Is the Sea (1997)
as Padhar McAliskey
Boys from County Hell (2021)
as George Bogue
Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
Actor
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
as Captain Alvarado
Private Peaceful (2012)
as Sergeant Hanley
Holy Water (2009)
as Tom Gaffney
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988)
as Stephen Dedalus
The Railway Station Man (1992)
as Damian Sweeney
The Banishing (2021)
as Malachi
Isolation (2005)
as Dan
Cal (1984)
as Cal
The Seventh Stream (2001)
as Tomas Dunhill
Nothing Personal (1996)
as Liam
Number One (2017)
as Gary
The Yellow House (2007)
as Paul Gaugin
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late (2023)
Actor
13Hrs (2010)
as McRae
Out of the Blue (1991)
as Rudy
Best (2000)
as George Best
Waiting Tables (1986)
Actor
Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
as IRA man in cottage
Puckoon (2002)
as O'Brien
The Quarry (1998)
as The Man
Mo (2010)
as Gerry Adams
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000)
as Sean O'Casey
Ghosted (2011)
as Jack
Detour (2017)
as Frank Malone
Angel Baby (1995)
as Harry
Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)
as John Corbet
Scintilla (2014)
as Powell
Monkey Boy (1992)
as Peter Carson
Night of the Hunt (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
1871 (1990)
as O'Brien
Upstream (2017)
as Sean
Caravan (2020)
as Sam