Actor
John Carroll Lynch
Born August 1, 1963 in Boulder, Colorado, USA76 films
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.
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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.
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First watchShutter Island20108.2as Deputy Warden McPhersonWorld War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling…View filmEssential films
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76 films as actor- TBAFade to BlackWayne
- TBATriumph of the Will
- 2027Family MovieBill
- 2025She Rides ShotgunHouser
- 2025Sorry, BabyPete
- 2025CattywampusBarry
- 2025The Grand StrandPop
- 2024BabesDr. Morris
- 2024Outlaw PosseCarson
- 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7David Dellinger
- 2020Kiss Me Kosher!Ron Shalev
- 2020Be Absolute for Death
- 2019The HighwaymenLee Simmons
- 2018Private LifeCharlie Grimes
- 2018AnythingEarly Landry
- 2018The White OrchidSheriff Mann
- 2016JackieLyndon B. Johnson
- 2016The FounderMac McDonald
- 2016Shangri-La SuiteColonel Tom Parker
- 2016The ArchitectConway
- 2016The InvitationPruitt
- 2016Miracles from HeavenPastor Scott
- 2015Ted 2Tom Jessup
- 2015Hot PursuitCaptain Emmett
- 2014Camp X-RayCol. Drummond
- 2014The Pretty OneFrank
- 2014HokeBill Henderson
- 2013Highland ParkRory
- 2012Lay the FavoriteDave Greenberg
- 2011Crazy, Stupid, Love.Bernie
- 2011PaulMoses Buggs
- 2010Sympathy for DeliciousEvangelist Carroll
- 2010Shutter IslandDeputy Warden McPherson
- 2010HesherLarry
- 2009Love HappensWalter
- 2008Gran TorinoBarber Martin
- 2008The Prince of Motor CityPaul Riley
- 2007Things We Lost in the FireHoward Glassman
- 2007ZodiacArthur Leigh Allen
- 2007Full of ItMr. Leonard
- 2006Looking for Comedy in the Muslim WorldStewart
- 2005Mozart and the WhaleGregory
- 2005Freak WeatherEd
- 2004Catch That KidMr. Hartman
- 2003GothikaSheriff Ryan
- 2003ConfidenceGrant Ashby
- 2002Live from BaghdadJosh Holliman
- 2002The Good GirlJack Field, Your Store Manager
- 2002Par 6Dour O'Dowell
- 2002BugWallace
- 2001Bubble BoyMr. Livingston
- 2000Gone in Sixty SecondsImpound Manager
- 2000Waking the DeadFather Mileski
- 2000The Next Best ThingAbbie's Lawyer
- 1999Tuesdays with MorrieWalter
- 1999Anywhere but HereJack Irwin
- 1999The Minus ManBartender (uncredited)
- 1999RestaurantJohn English
- 1999Late Last NightSgt. Van Wyck
- 1999Pushing TinDoctor Freeze (uncredited)
- 1998The Naked ManDriver
- 1998Mercury RisingMartin Lynch
- 1997A Thousand AcresKen LaSalle
- 1997Face/OffPrison Guard Walton
- 1997VolcanoStan Olber
- 1997Dead Men Can't DancePlonder
- 1996Feeling MinnesotaCop
- 1996The FanShopkeeper
- 1996Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
- 1996A Friend's BetrayalMr. Franks
- 1996Voice from the GraveProsecutor O'Gane
- 1996FargoNorm Gunderson
- 1996Beautiful GirlsFrank Womack
- 1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeThe Major
- 1995The CureSkipper #1
- 1993Grumpy Old MenMoving Man