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John Lynch
Born: 1961-12-26 in Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
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).
Rated Filmography (53)
Sorted by Score9.0
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
8.5
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
8.0
Night of the Hunt
2011
7.9
In the Name of the Father
1993
7.6
Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018
7.4
The Secret Garden
1993
7.4
The Yellow House
2007
7.3
The Seventh Stream
2001
6.8
Angel Baby
1995
6.8
Some Mother's Son
1996
6.7
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
6.6
Private Peaceful
2012
6.6
Sew Torn
2025
6.6
Sliding Doors
1998
6.4
Lassie
2005
6.4
Evelyn
2002
6.4
The Watchers
2024
6.3
Edward II
1991
6.3
Puckoon
2002
6.2
Detour
2017
6.2
Upstream
2017
6.2
Best
2000
6.1
Number One
2017
6.1
Moll Flanders
1996
6.1
The Railway Station Man
1992
6.1
Black Death
2010
6.0
Pilgrimage
2017
6.0
This Is the Sea
1997
5.9
The Tournament
2009
5.9
Hardware
1990
5.8
Cal
1984
5.8
Mo
2010
5.7
Holy Water
2009
5.7
Möbius
2013
5.6
Boys from County Hell
2021
5.5
Isolation
2005
5.5
Princess Caraboo
1994
5.5
Kissing Candice
2018
5.5
In Tranzit
2008
5.5
The Quarry
1998
5.2
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
5.2
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
5.2
Ghosted
2011
5.1
Alien Hunter
2003
5.1
The Banishing
2021
5.1
Alleycats
2016
5.0
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023
4.9
Scintilla
2014
4.8
Nothing Personal
1996
4.8
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
4.8
1871
1990
4.3
13Hrs
2010
4.2
Out of the Blue
1991