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John Lynch
Born	26 December 1961 (1961-12-26) (age 48) Corrinshego, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Spouse(s)	Mary McGuckian

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

Biography

Lynch was born in the village of Corrinshego in County Armagh, near Newry, County Down 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, Susan Lynch.

Acting career

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 Gyneth 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

• 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) Lord Craven
• 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) as Paul Hill
• 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) 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 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
• Merlin (2009) as Balinor
• Silent Witness (2009) BBC TV Series

External links

• John Lynch at the Internet Movie Database