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John Lynch (born 26 December 1961) is an Irish actor from Northern Ireland.

Biography[link]

John Lynch was born in the United Kingdom and moved to his father's native home in Corrinshego, County Armagh, near Newry, County Down in Northern Ireland as a child. He attended St Colman's College, Newry, a Catholic school. Lynch has said that his family was not political although his grandfather also called John was a candidate in the 1959 and 1964 general election in the Parliament constituency of Armagh. He has said his family were "affected" by the Troubles. His mother is Italian, and he is the brother of actress Susan Lynch. He is also a novelist. His first novel, Torn Water, was published in November 2005 by the Fourth Estate, a literary imprint of Harper and Collins, and his second, Falling out of Heaven, was published on 13 May 2010 by the same publisher.

Acting career[link]

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. He starred as Gwyneth Paltrow's boyfriend in Sliding Doors, and as a supporting actor in Derek Jarman's Edward II.

Lynch played the part of football legend George Best in the 2000 film Best, directed by his wife Mary McGuckian.^[1]

Filmography[link]

• Cal (1984)
• "James Joyce's Ulysses". The Modern World: Ten Great Writers. season 1. 10 Jan. 1988. BBC4. 
• Hardware (1990)
• 1871 (1990)
• Chimera (1991) (TV) Peter Carson
• 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) Lord Craven
• Peak Practice (1993) TV episode Impulsive Behavior as Father Mel Davey
• In the Name of the Father (1993) as Paul Hill
• Words Upon the Window Pane (1994) John Corbet
• The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
• Princess Caraboo (1994)
• Angel Baby (1995)
• Nothing Personal (1995) Liam
• Some Mother's Son (1996) Bobby Sands
• Monkey Boy (1996)
• Moll Flanders (1996) Nominated Best Supporting Actor - Satellite Awards
• This Is the Sea (1997) Padhar McAliskey
• Sliding Doors (1998) Gerry
• The Quarry (1998) The Man
• "Red Dwarf" (1999) TV episode Back in the Red: 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
• Merlin (2009) as Balinor
• Silent Witness (2009) BBC TV series
• Holy Water Film (2009) Gaffer Dir Tom Reeve
• Five Day Shelter Film (2009) Stephen Dir Ger Leonard
• Mo (The Mo Mowlam story) (2009) Gerry Adams
• The Tournament (2009) Gene Walker
• Black Death (2010) Wolfstan, Dir. Chris Smith
• The Nativity (2010) The Archangel Gabriel ^[2]
• The Jury (2011) (TV series) Alan Lane
• Labyrinth (2012) (TV miniseries) Simon de Montfortt

References[link]

External links[link]

• John Lynch at the Internet Movie Database