Birthday:
Aug 01, 1963
Place of Birth: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Place of Birth: Boulder, Colorado, USA
John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as Drew Carey's cross-dressing brother on The Drew Carey Show, and for his role as Norm, the unassuming husband of Margie Gunderson (Frances McDormand) in Fargo. In the fall of 2003, he starred in the CBS show The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, with Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, and Ann Cusack. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes. He also had a recurring role in the HBO show Carnivàle, playing escaped convict Varlyn Stroud. Lynch appeared as a district attorney in the CBS series Close to Home and as NASA official Bob Gilruth in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. Lynch appeared in the 2003 thriller Gothika and the 2007 biopic Zodiac.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Fargo | Norm Gunderson | 1996 |
| Face/Off | Prison Guard Walton | 1997 |
| Zodiac | Arthur Leigh Allen | 2007 |
| Volcano | Stan Olber | 1997 |
| Things We Lost in the Fire | Howard Glassman | 2007 |
| Gothika | Sheriff Ryan | 2003 |
| Catch That Kid | Mr. Hartman | 2004 |
| Grumpy Old Men | Moving Man | 1993 |
| Shutter Island | Deputy Warden McPherson | 2010 |
| Mozart and the Whale | Gregory | 2005 |
| The Naked Man | Driver | 1998 |
| Mercury Rising | Martin Lynch | 1998 |
| Bug | Wallace Gregory | 2002 |
| Love Happens | Walter | 2009 |
| Gran Torino | Barber Martin | 2008 |
| The Good Girl | Jack Field, Your Store Manager | 2002 |
| Bubble Boy | Mr. Livingston | 2001 |
| A Friend's Betrayal | Mr. Franks | 1996 |
| Hesher | Larry | 2010 |
| Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | 1996 | |
| A Thousand Acres | Ken LaSalle | 1997 |
| Restaurant | John English | 2000 |
| Dead Men Can't Dance | Plonder | 1997 |
| Lay the Favorite | Dave Greenberg | 2012 |
| Voice from the Grave | Prosecutor O'Gane | 1996 |
| Outlaw Posse | Carson | 2024 |
| Par 6 | Dour O'Dowell | 2002 |
| Highland Park | Rory | 2013 |
| The Pretty One | Frank | 2014 |
| Late Last Night | Sgt. Van Wyck | 1999 |
| Camp X-Ray | Col. Drummond | 2014 |
| The Prince of Motor City | Paul Riley | 2008 |
| Babes | Dr. Morris | 2024 |
| The Invitation | Pruitt | 2016 |
| In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | The Major | 1995 |
| Hot Pursuit | Captain Emmett | 2015 |
| Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Bernie | 2011 |
| She Rides Shotgun | 1970 | |
| Paul | Moses Buggs | 2011 |
| Ted 2 | Tom Jessup | 2015 |
| Hoke | Bill Henderson | 2014 |
| The Founder | Mac McDonald | 2016 |
| Miracles from Heaven | Pastor Scott | 2016 |
| The Minus Man | Bartender (uncredited) | 1999 |
| Anywhere but Here | Jack Irwin | 1999 |
| Beautiful Girls | Frank Womack | 1996 |
| The Architect | Conway | 2016 |
| Tuesdays with Morrie | Walter | 1999 |
| Jackie | Lyndon B. Johnson | 2016 |
| Sympathy for Delicious | Evangelist Carroll | 2010 |
| Anything | Early Landry | 2018 |
| Live from Baghdad | Josh Holliman | 2002 |
| The White Orchid | Sheriff Mann | 2018 |
| Freak Weather | 1999 | |
| Pushing Tin | Doctor Freeze | 1999 |
| Private Life | Charlie Grimes | 2018 |
| The Highwaymen | Lee Simmons | 2019 |
| Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Stewart | 2006 |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | David Dellinger | 2020 |
| The Fan | Shopkeeper | 1996 |
| Be Absolute for Death | 2020 | |
| Shangri-La Suite | Colonel Tom Parker | 2016 |
| The Next Best Thing | Abbie's Lawyer | 2000 |
| Waking the Dead | Father Mileski | 2000 |
| Full of It | Mr. Leonard | 2007 |
| Gone in Sixty Seconds | Impound Manager | 2000 |
| Feeling Minnesota | Cop | 1996 |
| Kiss Me Kosher! | Ron Shalev | 2020 |
| Confidence | Grant Ashby | 2003 |
| Fade to Black | Wayne | 1970 |
| The Cure | Skipper #1 | 1995 |
| Sorry, Baby | 2025 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Drew Carey Show | Steve Carey | 1995 |
| American Dad! | Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice) | 2005 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Gerald Moss | 1995 |
| Monk | Kurt Pressman | 2002 |
| K-Ville | Captain James Embry | 2007 |
| Frasier | Franklin | 1993 |
| The Practice | Dr. Robert Larson | 1997 |
| Close to Home | 2005 | |
| Big Love | 2006 | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Buddy Arnold | 2000 |
| The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | 2003 | |
| The Visitor | Joe York | 1997 |
| Family Law | 1999 | |
| Life's Work | 1996 | |
| One Dollar | Bud Carl | 2018 |
| Do No Harm | Will Hayes | 2013 |
| Body of Proof | Det. Bud Morris | 2011 |
| The Glades | 2010 | |
| American Horror Stories | Larry Bitterman | 2021 |
| The Americans | Fred | 2013 |
| The Glades | Mike Ogletree | 2010 |
| Manhattan | Daniel Ellis | 2014 |
| White House Plumbers | John Mitchell | 2023 |
| The West Wing | Jack Reese | 1999 |
| The Client | Frank | 1995 |
| Gaslit | L. Patrick Gray | 2022 |
| Carnivàle | Varlyn Stroud | 2003 |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Bob Gilruth | 1998 |
| The Walking Dead | Eastman | 2010 |
| Talking Dead | Self | 2011 |
| American Horror Story | John Wayne Gacy | 2011 |
| American Horror Story | Twisty the Clown | 2011 |
| Channel Zero | John Sleator | 2016 |
| Close to Home | Steve Sharpe | 2005 |
| Billions | Mr. Gilbert | 2016 |
| Big Sky | Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski | 2020 |
| Big Sky | Rick Legarski | 2020 |
| Murder One | Officer Carl Bickley | 1995 |
| The Good Cop | Sherman Smalls | 2018 |
| Veep | Lloyd Hennick | 2012 |
| American Horror Story | Benjamin Richter | 2011 |
| Perfect Harmony | Pastor Magnus | 2019 |
| Ballard | Thomas Laffont | 1970 |
| Evil | Henry Stick | 2019 |
| Crawford | Owen | 2018 |
| Lie to Me | Mr. Reed | 2009 |
