
John Lynch (born 26 December 1961) is an Irish actor and novelist from Northern Ireland. He won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actor for the 1995 film Angel Baby. His other film appearances include Cal (1984), The Secret Garden (1993), In the Name of the Father (1993), Sliding Doors (1998), The Fall (2013–2016), Medici (2019), The Head (2020), and The Banishing (2021).
Lynch has also written two novels, Torn Water (2005) and Falling Out of Heaven (2010).

The Watchers
2024 · as Kilmartin

Black Death
2010 · as Wolfstan

The Secret Garden
1993 · as Lord Archibald Craven

Sliding Doors
1998 · as Gerry

In the Name of the Father
1993 · as Paul Hill

Hardware
1990 · as Shades

Paul, Apostle of Christ
2018 · as Aquila

Princess Caraboo
1994 · as Amon McCarthy

In Tranzit
2008 · as Yakov

The Tournament
2009 · as Gene Walker

Moll Flanders
1996 · as Fielding

Sew Torn
2025 · as Hudson Armitage

Pilgrimage
2017 · as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran

Lassie
2005 · as Sam Carraclough

The Banishing
2021 · as Malachi

Alien Hunter
2003 · as Dr. Michael Straub

Edward II
1991 · as Spencer

Private Peaceful
2012 · as Sergeant Hanley