John Lynch Biography (1961-)

Born December 26, 1961, in Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland; married MaryMcGuckian (a director), 1997. Addresses: Agent: J. Michael Bloom & Associates, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 710, Los Angeles, CA 90069; William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: Irish
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: December 26, 1961; Corrinshego, Northern Ireland

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Wedding guest, Crossplot, 1969
Cal McCluskie (title role), Cal, Warner Bros., 1984
Allen Green, Metropolitan, 1989
O'Brien, 1871, 1990
Shades, Hardware (also known as M.A.R.K. 13), 1990
Rudy, Out of the Blue, 1991
Spencer, Edward II, Prime Films, 1991
Lord Craven, The Secret Garden, Warner Bros., 1993
Paul Hill, In the Name of the Father, United International Pictures, 1993
John Corbet, Words upon the Window Pane, 1994
Tadhg Conneelly, The Secret of Roan Inish, Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
Amon McCarthy, Princess Caraboo, Lauren Film, 1994
Liam Kelly, Nothing Personal, Trimark Pictures, 1995
Harry, Angel Baby, Cinepix, 1995
Skipper number one, The Cure, 1995
Bobby Sands, Some Mother's Son, Filmayer/Castle Rock/Turner, 1996
Jonathon Fielding, Moll Flanders, Metro-Goldywn-Mayer/Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Gerry, Sliding Doors, Miramax, 1998
Padhar McAliskey, This Is the Sea, Paramount, 1998
The Man, The Quarry (also known as La faille), 1998
George Best (title role), Best, 2000
O'Brien, Puckoon, United Artists, 2002
Title role, Re-inventing Eddie, BBG, 2002

Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe, Evelyn, United Artists, 2002
Fr. Matthew Francis, Conspiracy of Silence, Flick, 2003
Michael Straub, Alien Hunter, Columbia, 2003
Film Work
Director, Fireflies (short film), 1993
Director, A Painful Case (short film), 1993
Second unit director, This Is the Sea, Paramount, 1998
Director, Night Train, 1998
Executive producer, Best, 2000
Television Appearances
Movies
Peter Carson, Chimera (also known as Monkey Boy), Arts andEntertainment, 1991
Damian Sweeney, The Railway Station Man, TNT, 1992
Tomas Dunhill, The Seventh Stream, CBS, 2001
Also appeared in Young Indy; Small Change; Shrinks; Out of the Blue, BBC, The Roughest Way, BBC; Who Bombed Birmingham?; Making Out, BBC; Total Eclipse, LWT.
Specials
Stephen Dedalus, "James Joyce," The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, PBS, 1988
Narrator, Congo, BBC, 2001
Episodic
Narrator, The Natural World, 1988
Sean O'Casey, "Ireland, April 1916," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1993
Father Mel Daley, "Impulsive Behaviour," Peak Practice, 1993
Crazy Larry, "Boss," Life's Work, ABC, 1996
Joe York, "Going Home," The Visitor, Fox, 1997
Stage Appearances
Konstantin, The Seagull, 1984
(Broadway debut) Smike, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby, Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadhurst Theatre, 1986-1987
George, "Terry Won't Talk," Terry by Terry, Manhattan Punch Line,New York City, 1988
Desire under the Elms, City Center Theater, New York City, 1989
Rodrigo Quast and Customer, The First Lulu, Bouwerie Lane Theatre,New York City, 1993
Also appeared in The Strangeness of Others, National Theatre, London; Electra, Abbey Theatre, London; The Way South, National Theatre; By the Border, National Theatre; The Tutor, Old Vic, London; Infidelities, Lyric-Hammersmith, London; Up to the Sun Down theCentre, Royal Court Theatre, London; Arturo Ui, Contact Theatre,Manchester, England; Scarps, Contact Theatre; and The Tempest,Contact Theatre.
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Lynch provided the narration for a reading of an abridged version of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Durkin Hayes Audio.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Mary McGuckian) Best, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, August 8, 1997, p. 81
Harper's Bazaar, September, 1996, p. 310
Maclean's, June 24, 1996, p. 52
National Review, October 18, 1993, p. 70
Variety, January 19, 1998, p. 89

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