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John Lynch

John Lynch

Actor · Born December 26, 1961 · Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK

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Highest rated as cast or director

John Lynch's 6 titles from the 1990s have a median Balasaur Score of 70, led by In the Name of the Father (84) and The Secret of Roan Inish (78), against 61 for those from the 2010s.

Biography

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).

Acted in 81

2020s

  1. 2025

    Sew Torn

    Hudson Armitage

    70
  2. 2024

    The Watchers

    Kilmartin

    50
  3. 2023

    Blue Lights

    James McIntyre · 6 episodes

    80

  4. Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late

    Movie

  5. 2021

    Boys from County Hell

    George Bogue

  6. The Banishing

    Malachi

    51
  7. 2020

    Caravan

    Sam

  8. The Head

    Arthur Wilde · 18 episodes

    69

2010s

  1. 2018

    Kissing Candice

    Donal

    58

  2. Paul, Apostle of Christ

    Aquila

    62
  3. 2017

    Number One

    Gary

  4. Upstream

    Sean

  5. Pilgrimage

    The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran

    61

  6. Detour

    Frank Malone

    58
  7. 2016

    One of Us

    Bill Douglas · 4 episodes

  8. Alleycats

    Redman

  9. 2015

    The Trials of Jimmy Rose

    DI Steve McIntyre · 3 episodes

  10. 2014

    Scintilla

    Powell

    47

  11. The Assets

    Vitaly Yurchenko · 8 episodes

  12. 2013

    Crossing Lines

    Frankie · 1 episode

    71

  13. The Fall

    Jim Burns · 17 episodes

    80

  14. Shetland

    Frank Blake · 2 episodes

    81

  15. Möbius

    Joshua

    61
  16. 2012

    Labyrinth

    Simeon de Montfort · 2 episodes

    57

  17. Private Peaceful

    Sergeant Hanley

    61
  18. 2011

    Ghosted

    Jack

    51

  19. Vera

    Edmund Fulwell · 1 episode

    80
  20. 2010

    13Hrs

    McRae

    43

  21. Black Death

    Wolfstan

    67

  22. Mo

    Gerry Adams

1990s

  1. 1998

    The Quarry

    The Man

  2. Sliding Doors

    Gerry

    65
  3. 1997

    This Is the Sea

    Padhar McAliskey

  4. 1996

    Nothing Personal

    Liam

  5. Some Mother's Son

    Bobby Sands

  6. Moll Flanders

    Fielding

    58

  7. Silent Witness

    Tom Flannery · 2 episodes

    78
  8. 1995

    Angel Baby

    Harry

  9. 1994

    Princess Caraboo

    Amon McCarthy

    60

  10. Words Upon the Window Pane

    John Corbet

  11. The Secret of Roan Inish

    Tadhg

    78
  12. 1993

    In the Name of the Father

    Paul Hill

    84

  13. The Secret Garden

    Lord Archibald Craven

    77

  14. Peak Practice

    Father Mel Davey · 1 episode

    64

  15. He-Play She-Play

    Jim · 1 episode

  16. 1992

    Monkey Boy

    Peter Carson

  17. The Railway Station Man

    Damian Sweeney

  18. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    Sean O'Casey · 1 episode

    71
  19. 1991

    Edward II

    Spencer

    75

  20. Out of the Blue

    Rudy

  21. Chimera

    Peter Carson · 4 episodes

  22. All Good Things

    Vincent Gibney · 6 episodes

  23. 1990

    Hardware

    Shades

    52

  24. 1871

    O'Brien

  25. Who Bombed Birmingham?

    IRA man in cottage

1950s

  1. 1951

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Tomas Dunhill · 1 episode

Directed 1

1990s

  1. 1998

    Night Train

    Director

Other crew 1

2000s

  1. 2000

    blur | The Best Of

    Cinematography

Wrote 1

2000s

  1. 2000

    Best

    Writer

Produced 1

2000s

  1. 2000

    Best

    Executive Producer

Appearances3

2010s

  1. 2011

    Night of the Hunt

    Narrator (voice)

2000s

  1. 2007

    Movie Connections

    Self · 1 episode