John Carroll Lynch

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1963-08-01 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Boulder, Colorado, USA

Also Known As John Caroll Lynch, John Lynch, Τζον Κάρολ Λιντς, Τζον Λιντς

John Carroll Lynch

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

Fade to Black

as Wayne

Ballard

as Thomas Laffont

2024
Babes

as Dr. Morris

2024
Outlaw Posse

as Carson

2023
White House Plumbers

as John Mitchell

2022
Gaslit

as L. Patrick Gray

2021
American Horror Stories

as Larry Bitterman

2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7

as David Dellinger

2020
2020
Big Sky

as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski

2020
Big Sky

as Rick Legarski

2019
The Highwaymen

as Lee Simmons

2019
Perfect Harmony

as Pastor Magnus

2019
Evil

as Henry Stick

2018
Private Life

as Charlie Grimes

2018
Anything

as Early Landry

2018
The White Orchid

as Sheriff Mann

2018
The Good Cop

as Sherman Smalls

2018
One Dollar

as Bud Carl

2018
Crawford

as Owen

2016
Jackie

as Lyndon B. Johnson

2016
The Founder

as Mac McDonald

2016
Shangri-La Suite

as Colonel Tom Parker

2016
The Architect

as Conway

2016
The Invitation

as Pruitt

2016
Miracles from Heaven

as Pastor Scott

2016
Channel Zero

as John Sleator

2016
Billions

as Mr. Gilbert

2015
Ted 2

as Tom Jessup

2015
Hot Pursuit

as Captain Emmett

2014
Camp X-Ray

as Col. Drummond

2014
2014
Hoke

as Bill Henderson

2014
Manhattan

as Daniel Ellis

2013
2013
Do No Harm

as Will Hayes

2013
2012
Lay the Favorite

as Dave Greenberg

2012
Veep

as Lloyd Hennick

2011
2011
Paul

as Moses Buggs

2011
Talking Dead

as Self

2011
American Horror Story

as John Wayne Gacy

2011
American Horror Story

as Twisty the Clown

2011
American Horror Story

as Benjamin Richter

2011
Body of Proof

as Det. Bud Morris

2010
Sympathy for Delicious

as Evangelist Carroll

2010
Shutter Island

as Deputy Warden McPherson

2010
Hesher

as Larry

2010
The Walking Dead

as Eastman

2010
The Glades

as Mike Ogletree

2009
Love Happens

as Walter

2009
Lie to Me

as Mr. Reed

2008
Gran Torino

as Barber Martin

2008
2007
Things We Lost in the Fire

as Howard Glassman

2007
Zodiac

as Arthur Leigh Allen

2007
Full of It

as Mr. Leonard

2007
K-Ville

as Captain James Embry

2005
2005
Close to Home

as Steve Sharpe

2005
American Dad!

as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)

2004
Catch That Kid

as Mr. Hartman

2003
Gothika

as Sheriff Ryan

2003
Confidence

as Grant Ashby

2003
Carnivàle

as Varlyn Stroud

2002
Live from Baghdad

as Josh Holliman

2002
The Good Girl

as Jack Field, Your Store Manager

2002
Par 6

as Dour O'Dowell

2002
Bug

as Wallace Gregory

2002
Monk

as Kurt Pressman

2001
Bubble Boy

as Mr. Livingston

2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Impound Manager

2000
Waking the Dead

as Father Mileski

2000
The Next Best Thing

as Abbie's Lawyer

2000
Restaurant

as John English

2000
1999
1999
Anywhere but Here

as Jack Irwin

1999
Late Last Night

as Sgt. Van Wyck

1999
Pushing Tin

as Doctor Freeze

1999
The Minus Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

1999
The West Wing

as Jack Reese

1998
The Naked Man

as Driver

1998
Mercury Rising

as Martin Lynch

1998
1997
A Thousand Acres

as Ken LaSalle

1997
Face/Off

as Prison Guard Walton

1997
Volcano

as Stan Olber

1997
1997
The Visitor

as Joe York

1997
The Practice

as Dr. Robert Larson

1996
The Fan

as Shopkeeper

1996
A Friend's Betrayal

as Mr. Franks

1996
Voice from the Grave

as Prosecutor O'Gane

1996
Fargo

as Norm Gunderson

1996
Beautiful Girls

as Frank Womack

1995
The Cure

as Skipper #1

1995
Murder One

as Officer Carl Bickley

1995
The Client

as Frank

1995
The Drew Carey Show

as Steve Carey

1995
Star Trek: Voyager

as Gerald Moss

1993
Grumpy Old Men

as Moving Man

1993
Frasier

as Franklin

Director

2020
2017
Lucky

as Director