John Carroll Lynch
Birthday
1963/08/01 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Also know as
John Caroll Lynch, John Lynch, Τζον Κάρολ Λιντς, Τζον Λιντς
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1996) Fargo
as Norm Gunderson
(1997) Face/Off
as Prison Guard Walton
(2007) Zodiac
as Arthur Leigh Allen
(1997) Volcano
as Stan Olber
(2007) Things We Lost in the Fire
as Howard Glassman
(2003) Gothika
as Sheriff Ryan
(2004) Catch That Kid
as Mr. Hartman
(1993) Grumpy Old Men
as Moving Man
(2010) Shutter Island
as Deputy Warden McPherson
(2005) Mozart and the Whale
as Gregory
(1998) The Naked Man
as Driver
(1998) Mercury Rising
as Martin Lynch
(2002) Bug
as Wallace Gregory
(2009) Love Happens
as Walter
(2008) Gran Torino
as Barber Martin
(2002) The Good Girl
as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
(2001) Bubble Boy
as Mr. Livingston
(1996) A Friend's Betrayal
as Mr. Franks
(2010) Hesher
as Larry
(1996) Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
as ---
(1997) A Thousand Acres
as Ken LaSalle
(2000) Restaurant
as John English
(1997) Dead Men Can't Dance
as Plonder
(2012) Lay the Favorite
as Dave Greenberg
(1996) Voice from the Grave
as Prosecutor O'Gane
(2024) Outlaw Posse
as Carson
(2002) Par 6
as Dour O'Dowell
(2013) Highland Park
as Rory
(2014) The Pretty One
as Frank
(1999) Late Last Night
as Sgt. Van Wyck
(2014) Camp X-Ray
as Col. Drummond
(2008) The Prince of Motor City
as Paul Riley
(2024) Babes
as Dr. Morris
(2016) The Invitation
as Pruitt
(1995) In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as The Major
(2015) Hot Pursuit
as Captain Emmett
(2011) Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Bernie
She Rides Shotgun
as ---
(2011) Paul
as Moses Buggs
(2015) Ted 2
as Tom Jessup
(2014) Hoke
as Bill Henderson
(2016) The Founder
as Mac McDonald
(2016) Miracles from Heaven
as Pastor Scott
(1999) The Minus Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1999) Anywhere but Here
as Jack Irwin
(1996) Beautiful Girls
as Frank Womack
(2016) The Architect
as Conway
(1999) Tuesdays with Morrie
as Walter
(2016) Jackie
as Lyndon B. Johnson
(2010) Sympathy for Delicious
as Evangelist Carroll
(2018) Anything
as Early Landry
(2002) Live from Baghdad
as Josh Holliman
(2018) The White Orchid
as Sheriff Mann
(1999) Freak Weather
as ---
(1999) Pushing Tin
as Doctor Freeze
(2018) Private Life
as Charlie Grimes
(2019) The Highwaymen
as Lee Simmons
(2006) Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
as Stewart
(2020) The Trial of the Chicago 7
as David Dellinger
(1996) The Fan
as Shopkeeper
(2020) Be Absolute for Death
as ---
(2016) Shangri-La Suite
as Colonel Tom Parker
(2000) The Next Best Thing
as Abbie's Lawyer
(2000) Waking the Dead
as Father Mileski
(2007) Full of It
as Mr. Leonard
(2000) Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Impound Manager
(1996) Feeling Minnesota
as Cop
(2020) Kiss Me Kosher!
as Ron Shalev
(2003) Confidence
as Grant Ashby
Fade to Black
as Wayne
(1995) The Cure
as Skipper #1
(2025) Sorry, Baby
as ---
(1995) The Drew Carey Show
as Steve Carey
(2005) American Dad!
as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
(1995) Star Trek: Voyager
as Gerald Moss
(2002) Monk
as Kurt Pressman
(2007) K-Ville
as Captain James Embry
(1993) Frasier
as Franklin
(1997) The Practice
as Dr. Robert Larson
(2005) Close to Home
as ---
(2006) Big Love
as ---
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Buddy Arnold
(2003) The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
as ---
(1997) The Visitor
as Joe York
(1999) Family Law
as ---
(1996) Life's Work
as ---
(2018) One Dollar
as Bud Carl
(2013) Do No Harm
as Will Hayes
(2011) Body of Proof
as Det. Bud Morris
(2010) The Glades
as ---
(2021) American Horror Stories
as Larry Bitterman
(2013) The Americans
as Fred
(2010) The Glades
as Mike Ogletree
(2014) Manhattan
as Daniel Ellis
(2023) White House Plumbers
as John Mitchell
(1999) The West Wing
as Jack Reese
(1995) The Client
as Frank
(2022) Gaslit
as L. Patrick Gray
(2003) Carnivàle
as Varlyn Stroud
(1998) From the Earth to the Moon
as Bob Gilruth
(2010) The Walking Dead
as Eastman
(2011) Talking Dead
as Self
(2011) American Horror Story
as Twisty the Clown
(2011) American Horror Story
as John Wayne Gacy
(2016) Channel Zero
as John Sleator
(2005) Close to Home
as Steve Sharpe
(2016) Billions
as Mr. Gilbert
(2020) Big Sky
as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
(2020) Big Sky
as Rick Legarski
(1995) Murder One
as Officer Carl Bickley
(2018) The Good Cop
as Sherman Smalls
(2012) Veep
as Lloyd Hennick
(2011) American Horror Story
as Benjamin Richter
(2019) Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Magnus
Ballard
as Thomas Laffont
(2019) Evil
as Henry Stick
(2018) Crawford
as Owen
(2009) Lie to Me
as Mr. Reed