John Lynch: movies and TV shows
John Lynch has 89 credits in the archive: 61 films and 28 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 2000 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sew Torn | Hudson Armitage | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2024 | The Watchers | Kilmartin | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2023 | Blue Lights | James McIntyre | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2023 | Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late | Film | 5.0 | 61 | |
| 2021 | The Banishing | Malachi | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 2021 | Boys from County Hell | George Bogue | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 2020 | The Head | Arthur Wilde | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2020 | Caravan | Sam | Film | — | 58 |
| 2018 | Paul, Apostle of Christ | Aquila | Film | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2018 | Kissing Candice | Donal | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2017 | Pilgrimage | The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2017 | Number One | Gary | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 2017 | Detour | Frank Malone | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2017 | Upstream | Sean | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2016 | One of Us | Bill Douglas | TV | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2016 | Alleycats | Redman | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 2015 | The Trials of Jimmy Rose | DI Steve McIntyre | TV | 4.8 | 53 |
| 2014 | The Assets | Vitaly Yurchenko | TV | 6.9 | 52 |
| 2014 | Scintilla | Powell | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 2013 | Shetland | Frank Blake | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2013 | Crossing Lines | Frankie | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2013 | The Fall | Jim Burns | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 2013 | Möbius | Joshua | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 2012 | Labyrinth | Simeon de Montfort | TV | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Sergeant Hanley | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2011 | Vera | Edmund Fulwell | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 2011 | Ghosted | Jack | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 2011 | Night of the Hunt | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 2010 | Black Death | Wolfstan | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 2010 | 13Hrs | McRae | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 2010 | Mo | Gerry Adams | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 2009 | The Tournament | Gene Walker | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 2009 | Holy Water | Tom Gaffney | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 2008 | Merlin | Balinor | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 2008 | In Tranzit | Yakov | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 2008 | The Passion | Sagan | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 2007 | Movie Connections | Self | TV | — | 45 |
| 2007 | The Yellow House | Paul Gaugin | Film | 7.4 | 45 |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Nemo / Captain James Hawdon | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2005 | Lassie | Sam Carraclough | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 2005 | Isolation | Dan | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Captain Alvarado | Film | 5.2 | 42 |
| 2003 | Alien Hunter | Dr. Michael Straub | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | Film | 4.8 | 41 | |
| 2002 | Spooks | Davie King | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 2002 | The Jury | Alan Lane | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 2002 | Evelyn | Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 2002 | Puckoon | O'Brien | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 2001 | The Seventh Stream | Tomas Dunhill | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Jerry | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song | Sean O'Casey | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 2000 | blur | The Best Of | Film | 8.4 | 38 | |
| 2000 | Best | George Best | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 2000 | Best | Film | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 2000 | Best | Film | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 1998 | Sliding Doors | Gerry | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1998 | Night Train | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1998 | The Quarry | The Man | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Padhar McAliskey | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Tom Flannery | TV | 7.6 | 34 |
| 1996 | Moll Flanders | Fielding | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | Bobby Sands | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1996 | Nothing Personal | Liam | Film | 4.8 | 34 |
| 1995 | Angel Baby | Harry | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Amon McCarthy | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1994 | The Secret of Roan Inish | Tadhg | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1994 | Words Upon the Window Pane | John Corbet | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Father Mel Davey | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Paul Hill | Film | 7.9 | 31 |
| 1993 | The Secret Garden | Lord Archibald Craven | Film | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1992 | The Railway Station Man | Damian Sweeney | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1992 | Monkey Boy | Peter Carson | Film | — | 30 |
| 1991 | Chimera | Peter Carson | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1991 | Edward II | Spencer | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1991 | Out of the Blue | Rudy | Film | 4.3 | 29 |
| 1991 | All Good Things | Vincent Gibney | TV | — | 29 |
| 1990 | Hardware | Shades | Film | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | IRA man in cottage | Film | 8.5 | 28 |
| 1990 | 1871 | O'Brien | Film | 4.9 | 28 |
| 1989 | Making Out | TV | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Rudy | TV | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Stephen Dedalus | TV | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1988 | James Joyce's 'Ulysses' | Stephen Dedalus | Film | — | 26 |
| 1986 | Waiting Tables | Film | 9.0 | 24 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Spencer | TV | 7.1 | 23 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Damian Sweeney | TV | 7.1 | 23 |
| 1984 | Cal | Cal | Film | 5.8 | 22 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 21 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Tomas Dunhill | TV | 8.8 | 10 |