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