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John Lynch (born 26 December 1961) is an actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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John Lynch (born 26 December 1961) is an actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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Biography

Lynch was born in Corrinshego
Corrinshego

Corrinshego is a hamlet located to the west of Newry in South Armagh....
, near Newry
Newry

Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
, County Armagh
County Armagh

County Armagh is a counties of Ireland in Ulster in the north east of Ireland. It is the smallest, in area, of the six counties that form Northern Ireland and second smallest in Ulster....
 in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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. He attended St Colman's College, Newry
St Colman's College, Newry

St Colman's College is a college in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore, County Down Diocese Seminary by a Father J.S....
, an all-Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 school. Lynch has said that his family was not political but were "affected" by the Troubles
The Troubles

The Troubles was a period of ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over at various times into England, the Republic of Ireland and Continental Europe....
. His mother is Italian, and he is the brother of British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
-based actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch

Susan Lynch is an Irish people actor.Lynch was born in Corrinshego, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland to an Italian people mother and Irish people father....
. His other sister Pauline Lynch is also an actress, and formally worked as a English and drama teacher in Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick
Downpatrick

Downpatrick is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, about 33 km south of Belfast. It is the county town of Down with a rich history and strong connection to Saint Patrick....
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Acting career

Lynch has appeared in numerous films related to Northern Ireland's problems, such as Cal
Cal (film)

Cal is a 1984 in film film based on the novela Cal written by Bernard MacLaverty who also wrote the script. The film was film director by Pat O'Connor ....
, In the Name of the Father, The Railway Station Man, Nothing Personal and Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son is a 1996 film written and directed by Irish people filmmaker Terry George, co-written by Jim Sheridan, and based on the true story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike in the Maze Prison, in Northern Ireland....
, as well as the Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
-themed film Evelyn, with Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brendan Brosnan, Order of the British Empire is an Republic of Ireland actor, film producer and environmentalist, who holds both Ireland and United States citizenship....
, Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn is an Emmy Award-nominated United States actor....
 and Julianna Margulies
Julianna Margulies

Julianna Luisa Margulies is an American actress.After several small television roles, Margulies achieved success in her continuing role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC medical drama ER , for which she won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series....
.

Lynch played George Best
George Best

George Best was a Northern Irish professional association football player, best known for his years with Manchester United F.C.. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders....
 in the 1999 film Best
Best (film)

Best was a 2000 British film portraying the football career of George Best, particularly his years spent at Manchester United. It was directed by Mary McGuckian....
, directed by his wife Mary McGuckian
Mary McGuckian

Mary McGuckian is a film director, producer and screenwriter from Northern Ireland....
.

Filmography

  • Cal
    Cal (film)

    Cal is a 1984 in film film based on the novela Cal written by Bernard MacLaverty who also wrote the script. The film was film director by Pat O'Connor ....
     (1984
    1984 in film

    Events* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*TriStar Entertainment, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
    )
  • Hardware
    Hardware (1990 film)

    Hardware , also known as M.A.R.K. 13 is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Richard Stanley and starring a young Dylan McDermott....
     (1990
    1990 in film

    The year 1990 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • 1871 (1990)
  • Chimera
    Chimera

    Chimera, chimaira or chimaera may refer to:* Chimera , a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals* Mount Chimaera, the region in Lycia that some believe was the inspiration for the myth...
     (1991) (TV) Peter Carson aka Monkey Boy
  • Out of the Blue (1991) (TV) Rudy
  • Edward II (1991
    1991 in film

    The year 1991 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Railway Station Man
    The Railway Station Man

    The Railway Station Man is a 1992 in film British drama film directed by Michael Whyte and starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland and John Lynch ....
     (1992) Damian Sweeney
  • Making Out
    Making out

    In human sexuality, making out is a sexual euphemism of American English origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used synonymously with the terms "necking" and "petting"....
     (1991) TV Episode as Gavin
  • The Secret Garden (1993
    1993 in film

    The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ...
    )
  • Peak Practice
    Peak Practice

    Peak Practice was a British drama television series about a General Practice in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the Physicians who worked there....
     (1993) TV Episode Impulsive Behavior as Father Mel Davey
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, also known as The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, is an Emmy Award-winning United States television series that ran from 1992 to 1996....
     (1993) TV Episode Ireland, April 1916 as Sean O'Casey
  • In the Name of the Father (1993
    1993 in film

    The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ...
    ) as Paul Hill
  • Words Upon the Window Pane (1994) John Corbet
  • The Secret of Roan Inish
    The Secret of Roan Inish

    The Secret of Roan Inish is an United States independent film written and directed by John Sayles, and released in 1994 in film. It's based on the novel The Secret of Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K....
     (1994
    1994 in film

    The year 1994 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Princess Caraboo
    Princess Caraboo (film)

    Princess Caraboo is a 1994 in film, directed by Michael Austin, based on the real-life 19th-century character Princess Caraboo, who passed herself off in British society as an exotic princess who spoke a strange foreign language....
     (1994
    1994 in film

    The year 1994 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Angel Baby
    Angel Baby

    Angel Baby may refer to:*Angel Baby , a 1960 single by Rosie and the Originals*Angel Baby , starring George Hamilton and Mercedes McCambridge...
     (1995) Harry
  • Nothing Personal (1995) Liam
  • Some Mother's Son
    Some Mother's Son

    Some Mother's Son is a 1996 film written and directed by Irish people filmmaker Terry George, co-written by Jim Sheridan, and based on the true story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike in the Maze Prison, in Northern Ireland....
     (1996) Bobby Sands
  • Monkey Boy (1996)
  • Moll Flanders
    Moll Flanders

    The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722 in literature.Defoe wrote this after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer....
     (1996
    1996 in film

    The year '1996 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo , Trainspotting , The English Patient , Independence Day , Twister , Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna 's Evita ....
    )
  • This Is the Sea
    This Is the Sea

    This Is the Sea is the third and last of The Waterboys' "Big Music" albums. Considered by critics to be the finest album of their early rock and roll-oriented sound, described as "epic" and "a defining moment", it was the first Waterboys album to enter the United Kingdom charts, peaking at number thirty-seven....
     (1997) Padhar McAliskey
  • Sliding Doors
    Sliding Doors

    Sliding Doors is a 1998 in film film written and directed by Peter Howitt. It starred Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah , and featured John Lynch , Jeanne Tripplehorn and Virginia McKenna....
     (1998
    1998 in film

    The year 1998 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Quarry
    The Quarry

    The Quarry is the main public park in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The park was created in 1719 and encompasses 23 acres....
     (1998) The Man
  • "Red Dwarf
    Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf is a United Kingdom science fiction television situation comedy Media franchise, primarily comprising eight series of a television sitcom that ran on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and gained a cult following....
    "     (1999) TV Episode Pete: Part 1 as Nigel
  • Best
    Best

    Best is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. It's situated northwest of the city Eindhoven, and Best is also part of the agglomeration of this city....
     (1999
    1999 in film

    The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...
    )
  • The Seventh Stream (2001) (TV) Tomas Dunhill
  • Boston Public
    Boston Public

    Boston Public is an United States of America television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company from October 2000 to January 2004....
     (2002) TV Episode Chapter Thirty-One Jerry
  • Puckoon
    Puckoon

    Puckoon is a comic novel by Spike Milligan, first published in 1963. It is his first full-length novel, and only major fictional work. Set in 1924, it details the troubles brought to the fictional Irish village of Puckoon by the Partition of Ireland: the new border, due to the incompetence of the Boundary Commission , passes directly thro...
     (2002) O'Brien
  • Re-inventing Eddie (2002) Eddie Harris
  • Evelyn
    Evelyn

    Evelyn is a surname, a male and female given name, and a place name; it is perhaps mostcommon as a female given name.The name Evelyn, meaning "little bird," is derived from the French name "Aveline" of the same meaning....
     (2002) Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
  • Conspiracy of Silence
    Conspiracy of silence

    Conspiracy of silence can refer to:* A definition by Pope Pius XI referring to Church persecutions Conspiracy of silence * A film: Conspiracy of Silence ...
     (2003) Fr. Matthew Francis
  • Alien Hunter
    Alien Hunter

    Alien Hunter is a 2003 film, directed by Ron Krauss and starring James Spader....
     (2003
    2003 in film

    The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
    )
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004 film)

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 2004 in film drama film directed by Mary McGuckian and featuring an ensemble cast of United States and international actors....
     (2004
    2004 in film

    The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
    )
  • The Baby War (2005) (TV) Pierce O'Carroll
  • Isolation
    Isolation

    The term Isolation may refer to:isolation: the act of being alone; separation.* Solitude, a social state* Solitary confinement* Isolation , measures taken to prevent the spread of communicable disease in a patient....
     (2005) Dan
  • Bleak House
    Bleak House

    Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon....
     (2005) (TV) Nemo
  • Lassie
    Lassie (2005 film)

    Lassie is a family-based United Kingdom/Ireland/France 2005 in film directed by Charles Sturridge. When a family hits financial crisis, they have no choice but to sell Lassie....
     (2005
    2005 in film

    The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
    ) Sam Carraclough
  • The Yellow House (2007) (TV) Paul Gauguin
  • In Tranzit (2007) Yakov
  • Men Don't Lie (2007)
  • The Passion
    The Passion (TV serial)

    The Passion is a television drama serial produced by the BBC and HBO Films in association with Deep Indigo Productions. It tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus....
     (2008) BBC TV Series


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