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John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

ActingBorn August 1, 1963 (age 62)Boulder, Colorado, USA

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.

Filmography

2026
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

as Nico Deemis (voice)

TV
2026Movie
2026
The Beauty

as Meyer Williams

TV
2025Movie
2025
Ballard

as Thomas Laffont

TV
2025Movie
2025
Cattywampus

as Barry

Movie
2024
Babes

as Dr. Morris

Movie
2024
Outlaw Posse

as Carson

Movie
2024
Elsbeth

as Edwin Dousant

TV
2023
White House Plumbers

as John Mitchell

TV
2022
Gaslit

as L. Patrick Gray

TV
2021
American Horror Stories

as Larry Bitterman

TV
2020
Big Sky

as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski

TV
2020
Big Sky

as Rick Legarski

TV
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7

as David Dellinger

Movie
2020
Kiss Me Kosher!

as Ron Shalev

Movie
2019
Perfect Harmony

as Pastor Magnus

TV
2019
Evil

as Henry Stick

TV
2019
The Highwaymen

as Lee Simmons

Movie
2018
Private Life

as Charlie Grimes

Movie
2018
The Good Cop

as Sherman Smalls

TV
2018
One Dollar

as Bud Carl

TV
2018
Anything

as Early Landry

Movie
2018
Crawford

as Owen

TV
2018
The White Orchid

as Sheriff Mann

Movie
2016
Jackie

as Lyndon B. Johnson

Movie
2016
The Founder

as Mac McDonald

Movie
2016
Shangri-La Suite

as Colonel Tom Parker

Movie
2016
Channel Zero

as John Sleator

TV
2016
The Architect

as Conway

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Miracles from Heaven

as Pastor Scott

Movie
2016
Billions

as Mr. Gilbert

TV
2015
Ted 2

as Tom Jessup

Movie
2015
Hot Pursuit

as Captain Emmett

Movie
2014
Camp X-Ray

as Col. Drummond

Movie
2014
Manhattan

as Daniel Ellis

TV
2014Movie
2014
Hoke

as Bill Henderson

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Do No Harm

as Will Hayes

TV
2013TV
2012
Lay the Favorite

as Dave Greenberg

Movie
2012
Veep

as Lloyd Hennick

TV
2011TV
2011
American Horror Story

as Twisty the Clown

TV
2011
American Horror Story

as John Wayne Gacy

TV
2011
American Horror Story

as Benjamin Richter

TV
2011Movie
2011
Body of Proof

as Det. Bud Morris

TV
2011
Paul

as Moses Buggs

Movie
2010TV
2010
The Glades

as Mike Ogletree

TV
2010
Sympathy for Delicious

as Evangelist Carroll

Movie
2010
Shutter Island

as Deputy Warden McPherson

Movie
2010
Hesher

as Larry

Movie
2009
Love Happens

as Walter

Movie
2009
Lie to Me

as Mr. Reed

TV
2008
Gran Torino

as Barber Martin

Movie
2008Movie
2007
Things We Lost in the Fire

as Howard Glassman

Movie
2007
K-Ville

as Captain James Embry

TV
2007
Zodiac

as Arthur Leigh Allen

Movie
2007
Full of It

as Mr. Leonard

Movie
2006
Big Love

as Officer Chuck Tuttle

TV
2005
Close to Home

as Steve Sharpe

TV
2005Movie
2005
American Dad!

as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)

TV
2005Movie
2004Movie
2004Movie
2004
Catch That Kid

as Mr. Hartman

Movie
2003
Gothika

as Sheriff Ryan

Movie
2003
Carnivàle

as Varlyn Stroud

TV
2003
Confidence

as Grant Ashby

Movie
2002
Live from Baghdad

as Josh Holliman

Movie
2002
The Good Girl

as Jack Field, Your Store Manager

Movie
2002
Monk

as Kurt Pressman

TV
2002
Par 6

as Dour O'Dowell

Movie
2002
Bug

as Wallace

Movie
2001
Bubble Boy

as Mr. Livingston

Movie
2000TV
2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Impound Manager

Movie
2000
Waking the Dead

as Father Mileski

Movie
2000
The Next Best Thing

as Abbie's Lawyer

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Anywhere but Here

as Jack Irwin

Movie
1999
The Minus Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

Movie
1999
The West Wing

as Jack Reese

TV
1999
Restaurant

as John English

Movie
1999
Late Last Night

as Sgt. Van Wyck

Movie
1999
Pushing Tin

as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)

Movie
1998
L.A. Doctors

as Gus (uncredited)

TV
1998
The Naked Man

as Driver

Movie
1998TV
1998
Mercury Rising

as Martin Lynch

Movie
1997
A Thousand Acres

as Ken LaSalle

Movie
1997
The Visitor

as Joe York

TV
1997
Face/Off

as Prison Guard Walton

Movie
1997
Volcano

as Stan Olber

Movie
1997Movie
1997
The Practice

as Dr. Robert Larson

TV
1996Movie
1996
The Fan

as Shopkeeper

Movie
1996
A Friend's Betrayal

as Mr. Franks

Movie
1996
Voice from the Grave

as Prosecutor O'Gane

Movie
1996
Fargo

as Norm Gunderson

Movie
1996
Beautiful Girls

as Frank Womack

Movie
1995
Murder One

as Officer Carl Bickley

TV
1995
The Client

as Frank

TV
1995
The Drew Carey Show

as Steve Carey

TV
1995
The Cure

as Skipper #1

Movie
1995
Star Trek: Voyager

as Gerald Moss

TV
1993
Grumpy Old Men

as Moving Man

Movie
1993
Frasier

as Franklin

TV
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 1, 1963
Place of BirthBoulder, Colorado, USA
Popularity2.1
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