John Lynch
A handsome, naturalistic British player of film, stage and TV, Lynch first gained notice with his heartfelt portrayal of a confused IRA terrorist who falls for an older woman (Helen Mirren), his victim's widow, in Pat O'Connor's "Cal" (1984). Prior to that success, he had studied at England's famed Central School of Speech and Drama. Lynch's subsequent film work generally has consisted of supporting roles. In Ken McMullen's "1871" (1990), he was an Irish expatriate in Paris caught between his love for an actress and his revolutionary causes. As Spencer in Derek Jarman's "Edward II" (1991), he was caught in the intrigue of 14th Century England. Lynch was Lord Craven, owner of the Gothic home Misselthwaite in "The Secret Garden" and was Paul Hill, an Irishman accused of a terrorist bombing in Jim Sheridan's "In the Name of the Father" (both 1993). He was featured in "Princess Cariboo" and portrayed the relative who explains the legend of the Selkie, a half-woman, half-seal (portrayed by his sister, actress Susan Lynch) in John Sayles' whimsical "The Secret of Roan Inish" (both 1994). Lynch co-starred in the award-winning Australian film "Angel Baby" (1995), and starred opposite Robin Wright in Pen Desham's "Moll Flanders" and as the real-life Irish Republican Army prisoner Bobby Sands whose story is the centerpiece of the fictional "Some Mother's Son" (both 1996).
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John Lynch
Filmography
Movies
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100% | No Score Yet | Sew Torn | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey Remastered | Captain Alvarado (Character) | - | 2022 |
82% |
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Boys from County Hell | George Bogue (Character) | - | 2020 |
65% |
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The Banishing | Malachi (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rising Star |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2019 |
47% |
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Paul, Apostle of Christ | Aquila (Character) | $17.5M | 2018 |
73% |
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Kissing Candice | Donal (Character) | - | 2017 |
68% |
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Pilgrimage | Brother Ciaran (Character) | - | 2017 |
100% |
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Number One | Gary Adams (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eddie | Director | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Alleycats | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
63% |
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Detour | Frank (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | En amont du fleuve | Sean (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Scintilla | Powell (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Möbius | Joshua (Character) | - | 2013 |
63% |
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Private Peaceful | Sergeant Hanley (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hot Potato | Bill (Character) | - | 2011 |
36% |
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Ghosted | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghosted | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
72% |
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Black Death | Wolfstan (Character) | $22.0K | 2010 |
7% |
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Holy Water | Gaffer (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Tournament | Gene Walker (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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In Tranzit | Yakov (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Yellow House | Paul Gauguin (Character) | - | 2007 |
70% |
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Isolation | Dan (Character) | - | 2005 |
93% |
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Lassie | Sam Carraclough (Character) | $651.4K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Hawking | Executive Producer | - | 2004 |
4% |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Capitán Alvarado (Character) | $42.9K | 2004 |
33% |
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Conspiracy of Silence | Father Matthew Francis (Character) | $2.6K | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Alien Hunter | Dr. Michael Straub (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Puckoon | O'Brien (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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The Seventh Stream | Tomas Dunhill (Character) | - | 2001 |
20% |
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The Quarry | The Man (Character) | $3.4K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Best |
George Best (Character), Executive Producer, Writer |
- | 2000 |
65% |
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Sliding Doors | Gerry (Character) | $11.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Night Train | Director | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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This Is the Sea | Padhar McAliskey (Character) | - | 1997 |
46% |
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Moll Flanders | Artist (Character) | $3.4M | 1996 |
71% |
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Some Mother's Son | Bobby Sands (Character) | $608.0K | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Shadow Zone: The Undead Express | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Nothing Personal | Liam (Character) | $5.6K | 1995 |
92% |
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Angel Baby | Harry (Character) | $124.9K | 1995 |
95% |
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The Secret of Roan Inish | Tadhg (Character) | $82.6K | 1994 |
65% |
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Princess Caraboo | Amon McCarthy (Character) | $3.0M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Words Upon the Window Pane | John Corbet (Character) | - | 1994 |
94% |
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In the Name of the Father | Paul Hill (Character) | $24.6M | 1993 |
89% |
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The Secret Garden | Lord Craven (Character) | $30.0M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Love's Sweet Song | Sean O'Casey (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Railway Station Man | Damian Sweeney (Character) | - | 1992 |
100% |
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Edward II | Spencer (Character) | $1.7K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monkey Boy | Peter Carson (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chimera | Unknown (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1871 | O'Brien (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Killing American Style | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
46% |
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Hardware | Shades (Character) | $5.1M | 1990 |
91% |
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Cal | Cal (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Painful Case | Director | - |
TV
Credit | ||||
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92% | 90% | Blue Lights | James McIntyre (Character) | 2023 |
90% | 63% | The Head | Arthur Wilde (Character) | 2020 2022 |
60% | 53% | Tin Star | Pastor Johan (Character) | 2019-2020 |
85% | 85% | The Fall | Jim Burns (Character) | 2013-2014 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Retribution | Bill Douglas (Character) | 2016 |
85% | 88% | The Adventures of Merlin |
Balinor (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2009 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Labyrinth | Simeon de Montfortt (Character) | 2012 |
62% | No Score Yet | Arli$$ | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life's Work | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
78% | 85% | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |