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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-08-01 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Boulder, Colorado, USA

John Carroll Lynch

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 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.

Known For

Acting

2025

Sorry, Baby as Pete

2024

Outlaw Posse as Carson
Babes as Dr. Morris

2023

White House Plumbers as John Mitchell

2022

Gaslit as L. Patrick Gray

2021

American Horror Stories as Larry Bitterman

2020

The Trial of the Chicago 7 as David Dellinger
Kiss Me Kosher! as Ron Shalev
Big Sky as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
Big Sky as Rick Legarski

2019

The Highwaymen as Lee Simmons
Perfect Harmony as Pastor Magnus
Evil as Henry Stick

2018

Anything as Early Landry
The White Orchid as Sheriff Mann
Private Life as Charlie Grimes
One Dollar as Bud Carl
The Good Cop as Sherman Smalls
Crawford as Owen

2016

The Invitation as Pruitt
The Founder as Mac McDonald
Miracles from Heaven as Pastor Scott
The Architect as Conway
Jackie as Lyndon B. Johnson
Shangri-La Suite as Colonel Tom Parker
Channel Zero as John Sleator
Billions as Mr. Gilbert

2015

Hot Pursuit as Captain Emmett
Ted 2 as Tom Jessup

2014

Camp X-Ray as Col. Drummond
Hoke as Bill Henderson
Manhattan as Daniel Ellis

2013

Do No Harm as Will Hayes

2012

Lay the Favorite as Dave Greenberg
Veep as Lloyd Hennick

2011

Paul as Moses Buggs
Body of Proof as Det. Bud Morris
Talking Dead as Self
American Horror Story as John Wayne Gacy
American Horror Story as Twisty the Clown
American Horror Story as Benjamin Richter

2010

Shutter Island as Deputy Warden McPherson
Hesher as Larry
Sympathy for Delicious as Evangelist Carroll
The Glades as Mike Ogletree
The Walking Dead as Eastman

2009

Love Happens as Walter
Lie to Me as Mr. Reed

2008

Gran Torino as Barber Martin

2007

Zodiac as Arthur Leigh Allen
Things We Lost in the Fire as Howard Glassman
Full of It as Mr. Leonard
K-Ville as Captain James Embry

2006

2005

American Dad! as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
Close to Home as Steve Sharpe

2004

Catch That Kid as Mr. Hartman

2003

Gothika as Sheriff Ryan
Confidence as Grant Ashby
Carnivàle as Varlyn Stroud

2002

Bug as Wallace Gregory
The Good Girl as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
Par 6 as Dour O'Dowell
Live from Baghdad as Josh Holliman
Monk as Kurt Pressman

2001

Bubble Boy as Mr. Livingston

2000

Restaurant as John English
The Next Best Thing as Abbie's Lawyer
Waking the Dead as Father Mileski
Gone in Sixty Seconds as Impound Manager

1999

Late Last Night as Sgt. Van Wyck
The Minus Man as Bartender (uncredited)
Anywhere but Here as Jack Irwin
Pushing Tin as Doctor Freeze
The West Wing as Jack Reese

1998

The Naked Man as Driver
Mercury Rising as Martin Lynch
L.A. Doctors as Gus (uncredited)

1997

Face/Off as Prison Guard Walton
Volcano as Stan Olber
A Thousand Acres as Ken LaSalle
The Practice as Dr. Robert Larson
The Visitor as Joe York

1996

Fargo as Norm Gunderson
A Friend's Betrayal as Mr. Franks
Voice from the Grave as Prosecutor O'Gane
Beautiful Girls as Frank Womack
The Fan as Shopkeeper

1995

The Cure as Skipper #1
The Drew Carey Show as Steve Carey
Star Trek: Voyager as Gerald Moss
The Client as Frank
Murder One as Officer Carl Bickley

1993

Grumpy Old Men as Moving Man
Frasier as Franklin

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Fade to Black as Wayne
Cattywampus as Barry
Ballard as Thomas Laffont

Directing

2020

2017

Lucky as Director