John Lynch (actor)

For other persons named John Lynch, see John Lynch (disambiguation).

John Lynch

Born	December 26, 1961 (1961-12-26) (age 46) Corrinshego, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

John Lynch (born December 26, 1961) is a Northern Irish actor.

Lynch was born in Corrinshego, near Newry, County Armagh in Northern Ireland. He attended St Colman's College, Newry, an all-Catholic school. Lynch has said that his family was not political but were "affected" by the Troubles. His mother is Italian, and he is the brother of British-based actress of films and TV, Susan Lynch. His other sister Pauline Lynch is also an actress, but works as an English and drama teacher in Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick.

Lynch has appeared in numerous films related to Northern Ireland's problems, such as Cal, In the Name of the Father, The Railway Station Man, Nothing Personal and Some Mother's Son, as well as the Irish-themed film Evelyn, with Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn and Julianna Margulies.

Lynch played George Best in the 1999 film Best, directed by his wife Mary McGuckian.

[edit] Filmography

Cal (1984)
Hardware (1990)
1871 (1990)
Chimera (1991) (TV) Peter Carson aka Monkey Boy
Out of the Blue (1991) (TV) Rudy
Edward II (1991)
The Railway Station Man (1992) Damian Sweeney
Making Out (1991) TV Episode as Gavin
The Secret Garden (1993)
Peak Practice (1993) TV Episode Impulsive Behavior as Father Mel Davey
"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1993) TV Episode Ireland, April 1916 as Sean O'Casey
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Words Upon the Window Pane (1994) John Corbet
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Princess Caraboo (1994)
Angel Baby (1995) Harry
Nothing Personal (1995) Liam
Some Mother's Son (1996) Bobby Sands
Monkey Boy (1996)
Moll Flanders (1996)
This Is the Sea (1997) Padhar McAliskey
Sliding Doors (1998)
The Quarry (1998) The Man
"Red Dwarf" (1999) TV Episode Pete: Part 1 as Nigel
Best (1999)
The Seventh Stream (2001) (TV) Tomas Dunhill
Boston Public (2002) TV Episode Chapter Thirty-One Jerry
Puckoon (2002) O'Brien
Re-inventing Eddie (2002) Eddie Harris
Evelyn (2002) Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
Conspiracy of Silence (2003) Fr. Matthew Francis
Alien Hunter (2003)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
The Baby War (2005) (TV) Pierce O'Carroll
Isolation (2005) Dan
Bleak House (2005) (TV) Nemo
Lassie (2005) Sam Carraclough
The Yellow House (2007) (TV) Paul Gauguin
In Tranzit (2007) Yakov
Men Don't Lie (2007)
The Passion (2008) BBC TV Series