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

• 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