Cast & creator
John Lynch
Best known for Silent Witness, Vera, Peak Practice
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).
Also known as: 존 린치 분, جان لینچ
61
film credits
30
television credits
87
1951–2025 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (91)
Showing 91 of 91 credits
Silent Witness
Tom Flannery
1996
Vera
Edmund Fulwell
2011
Peak Practice
Father Mel Davey
1993
Screen Two
Spencer
1985Screen Two
Damian Sweeney
1985
Boston Public
Jerry
2000
Shetland
Frank Blake
2013
Spooks
Davie King
2002
Merlin
Balinor
2008
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Blue Lights
James McIntyre
2023
Crossing Lines
Frankie
2013
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Sean O'Casey
1992
The Play on One
Rudy
1988
The Fall
Jim Burns
2013
The Watchers
Kilmartin
2024
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Stephen Dedalus
1988
The Head
Arthur Wilde
2020
Bleak House
Nemo / Captain James Hawdon
2005
Making Out
1989
Paul, Apostle of Christ
Aquila
2018
In the Name of the Father
Paul Hill
1993
The Banishing
Malachi
2021
The Jury
Alan Lane
2002
One of Us
Bill Douglas
2016
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tomas Dunhill
1951
The Trials of Jimmy Rose
DI Steve McIntyre
2015
The Secret Garden
Lord Archibald Craven
1993
Sliding Doors
Gerry
1998
The Assets
Vitaly Yurchenko
2014
The Tournament
Gene Walker
2009
Hardware
Shades
1990
The Passion
Sagan
2008
Chimera
Peter Carson
1991
Labyrinth
Simeon de Montfort
2012
Black Death
Wolfstan
2010
In Tranzit
Yakov
2008
Sew Torn
Hudson Armitage
2025
Moll Flanders
Fielding
1996
Alien Hunter
Dr. Michael Straub
2003
Pilgrimage
The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran
2017
Princess Caraboo
Amon McCarthy
1994
Movie Connections
Self
2007
All Good Things
Vincent Gibney
1991
Some Mother's Son
Bobby Sands
1996
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Captain Alvarado
2004
Lassie
Sam Carraclough
2005
The Secret of Roan Inish
Tadhg
1994
Evelyn
Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
2002
He-Play She-Play
Jim
1993
Alleycats
Redman
2016
Kissing Candice
Donal
2018
Möbius
Joshua
2013
Boys from County Hell
George Bogue
2021
Edward II
Spencer
1991
Out of the Blue
Rudy
1991
Private Peaceful
Sergeant Hanley
2012
Holy Water
Tom Gaffney
2009
This Is the Sea
Padhar McAliskey
1997
Isolation
Dan
2005
The Seventh Stream
Tomas Dunhill
2001
blur | The Best Of
Cinematography
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Sean O'Casey
2000
The Railway Station Man
Damian Sweeney
1992
Detour
Frank Malone
2017
Cal
Cal
1984
Mo
Gerry Adams
2010
Words Upon the Window Pane
John Corbet
1994
The Yellow House
Paul Gaugin
2007
13Hrs
McRae
2010
Scintilla
Powell
2014
Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late
2023James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Stephen Dedalus
1988Waiting Tables
1986
Upstream
Sean
2017
Angel Baby
Harry
1995
Number One
Gary
2017
Who Bombed Birmingham?
IRA man in cottage
1990
Ghosted
Jack
2011
Conspiracy of Silence
Father Francis
2003
Nothing Personal
Liam
1996
Night Train
Director
1998
Best
George Best
2000Best
Writer
2000Best
Executive Producer
2000
Night of the Hunt
Narrator (voice)
2011
Puckoon
O'Brien
2002
1871
O'Brien
1990
Monkey Boy
Peter Carson
1992
Caravan
Sam
2020
The Quarry
The Man
1998