Actor

John Carroll Lynch

Born 1 August 1963 · Boulder, Colorado, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2027Family Movie1h 21mBill
  2. 2025Cattywampus19mBarry
  3. 2025Ballard2 seasonsThomas Laffont
  4. 2025The Grand Strand1h 53mPop
  5. 2025Sorry, Baby1h 43mPete
  6. 2025She Rides Shotgun2hHouser
  7. 2024Outlaw Posse1h 48mCarson
  8. 2024Babes1h 44mDr. Morris
  9. 2020The Trial of the Chicago 72h 10mDavid Dellinger
  10. 2020Be Absolute for Death3m
  11. 2020Kiss Me Kosher!1h 45mRon Shalev
  12. 2019The Highwaymen2h 13mLee Simmons
  13. 2018One Dollar1 seasonBud Carl
  14. 2018Anything1h 34mEarly Landry
  15. 2018Crawford1 seasonOwen
  16. 2018The White Orchid1h 22mSheriff Mann
  17. 2018Private Life2h 4mCharlie Grimes
  18. 2017Lucky1h 28mDirector
  19. 2016The Founder1h 55mMac McDonald
  20. 2016The Architect1h 35mConway
  21. 2016The Invitation1h 40mPruitt
  22. 2016Miracles from Heaven1h 59mPastor Scott
  23. 2016Shangri-La Suite1h 30mColonel Tom Parker
  24. 2016Jackie1h 40mLyndon B. Johnson
  25. 2015Hot Pursuit1h 27mCaptain Emmett
  26. 2015Ted 21h 55mTom Jessup
  27. 2014HokeBill Henderson
  28. 2014The Pretty One1h 30mFrank
  29. 2014Camp X-Ray1h 57mCol. Drummond
  30. 2013Do No Harm1 seasonWill Hayes
  31. 2013Highland Park1h 23mRory
  32. 2012Lay the Favorite1h 34mDave Greenberg
  33. 2011Paul1h 44mMoses Buggs
  34. 2011Crazy, Stupid, Love.1h 58mBernie
  35. 2010Hesher1h 46mLarry
  36. 2010Sympathy for Delicious1h 36mEvangelist Carroll
  37. 2010Shutter Island2h 18mDeputy Warden McPherson
  38. 2009Love Happens1h 49mWalter
  39. 2008The Prince of Motor City1hPaul Riley
  40. 2008Gran Torino1h 56mBarber Martin
  41. 2007K-Ville1 seasonCaptain James Embry
  42. 2007Full of It1h 31mMr. Leonard
  43. 2007Things We Lost in the Fire1h 53mHoward Glassman
  44. 2007Zodiac2h 37mArthur Leigh Allen
  45. 2006Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World1h 38mStewart
  46. 2005Freak Weather1h 27mEd
  47. 2005Mozart and the Whale1h 32mGregory
  48. 2004Catch That Kid1h 32mMr. Hartman
  49. 2004Painting with Fire7mSelf
  50. 2004On the Set of 'Gothika'16mSelf
  51. 2003The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire1 seasonGarrett Shaw
  52. 2003Gothika1h 38mSheriff Ryan
  53. 2003Confidence1h 37mGrant Ashby
  54. 2003Carnivàle2 seasonsVarlyn Stroud
  55. 2002Par 61h 28mDour O'Dowell
  56. 2002Bug1h 26mWallace
  57. 2002The Good Girl1h 33mJack Field, Your Store Manager
  58. 2002Live from Baghdad1h 48mJosh Holliman
  59. 2001Bubble Boy1h 24mMr. Livingston
  60. 2000The Next Best Thing1h 48mAbbie's Lawyer
  61. 2000Waking the Dead1h 45mFather Mileski
  62. 1999Tuesdays with Morrie1h 29mWalter
  63. 1999Late Last Night1h 30mSgt. Van Wyck
  64. 1999Restaurant1h 47mJohn English
  65. 1999Anywhere but Here1h 54mJack Irwin
  66. 1998The Naked Man1h 38mDriver
  67. 1998Mercury Rising1h 51mMartin Lynch
  68. 1997Dead Men Can't Dance1h 45mPlonder
  69. 1997Volcano1h 44mStan Olber
  70. 1997A Thousand Acres1h 45mKen LaSalle
  71. 1997Face/Off2h 19mPrison Guard Walton
  72. 1996Fargo1h 38mNorm Gunderson
  73. 1996Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal1h 35m
  74. 1996A Friend's Betrayal1h 34mMr. Franks
  75. 1996Voice from the Grave1h 26mProsecutor O'Gane
  76. 1996Feeling Minnesota1h 39mCop
  77. 1996Beautiful Girls1h 52mFrank Womack
  78. 1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice1h 30mThe Major
  79. 1995The Cure1h 37mSkipper #1
  80. 1993Grumpy Old Men1h 43mMoving Man
  81. Fade to Black1h 50mWayne
  82. Triumph of the Will
  83. HappyDirector