John Lynch
Acting
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).
Born: December 26, 1961
Place of Birth: Corrinshego, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Bleak House
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
Night of the Hunt
Using the latest advances in camera technology, NGC penetrates the nocturnal hunting behaviors of the lion. Often asleep during the day, at night these iconic cats become active predators. With thermal imaging and infrared technology, see how experienced lions use the night to their advantage while stalking their prey
In the Name of the Father
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Merlin
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
The Yellow House
John Simm stars as Vincent Van Gogh in The Yellow House, a feature-length drama that tells the moving human story of the most influential and explosive housemates in art history. For just nine weeks, in late 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin share a home, The Yellow House, in Arles, southern France.
Spooks
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
The Fall
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
Boston Public
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Risking his life, Luke ventures to Rome to visit Paul -- the apostle who's bound in chains and held captive in Nero's darkest and bleakest prison cell. Haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds, Paul wonders if he's been forgotten as he awaits his grisly execution. Before Paul's death, Luke resolves to write another book that details the birth of what will come to be known as the church.
Filmography
as Hudson Armitage
as Kilmartin
as James McIntyre
as George Bogue
as Malachi
as Sam
as Arthur Wilde
as Donal
as Aquila
as Gary
as Sean
as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
as Frank Malone
as Bill Douglas
as Redman
as DI Steve McIntyre
as Powell
as Vitaly Yurchenko
as Frankie
as Jim Burns
as Frank Blake
as Joshua
as Simeon de Montfort
as Sergeant Hanley
as Jack
as Edmund Fulwell
as Narrator (voice)
as McRae
as Wolfstan
as Gerry Adams
as Tom Gaffney
as Gene Walker
as Balinor
as Sagan
as Yakov
as Self
as Paul Gaugin
as Sam Carraclough
as Dan
as Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
as Captain Alvarado
as Dr. Michael Straub
as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
as Davie King
as Alan Lane
as O'Brien
as Tomas Dunhill
as Jerry
as Sean O'Casey
as George Best
as The Man
as Gerry
as Padhar McAliskey
as Liam
as Bobby Sands
as Fielding
as Tom Flannery
as Harry
as Amon McCarthy
as John Corbet
as Tadhg
as Paul Hill
as Lord Archibald Craven
as Father Mel Davey
as Peter Carson
as Damian Sweeney
as Spencer
as Rudy
as Peter Carson
as Vincent Gibney
as Shades
as O'Brien
as IRA man in cottage
as Stephen Dedalus
as Cal
as Narrator
as Tomas Dunhill