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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1963
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
- John Caroll Lynch
- John Lynch
John Carroll Lynch
1.8 Popularity
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
Credits
She Rides Shotgun
as Houser
2025
7.1
Ballard
as Thomas Laffont
2025
7.0
Sorry, Baby
as Pete
2025
6.8
Cattywampus
as Barry
2025
0.0
Babes
as Dr. Morris
2024
6.0
Outlaw Posse
as Carson
2024
4.5
Elsbeth
as Edwin Dousant
2024
6.9
White House Plumbers
as John Mitchell
2023
6.3
Gaslit
as L. Patrick Gray
2022
6.8
American Horror Stories
as Larry Bitterman
2021
7.8
Big Sky
as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
2020
7.3
Big Sky
as Rick Legarski
2020
7.3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as David Dellinger
2020
7.7
Kiss Me Kosher!
as Ron Shalev
2020
5.6
Be Absolute for Death
2020
0.0
Evil
as Henry Stick
2019
7.7
Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Magnus
2019
6.1
The Highwaymen
as Lee Simmons
2019
6.8
Private Life
as Charlie Grimes
2018
6.9
The Good Cop
as Sherman Smalls
2018
6.1
One Dollar
as Bud Carl
2018
4.9
Anything
as Early Landry
2018
5.3
Crawford
as Owen
2018
5.5
The White Orchid
as Sheriff Mann
2018
5.5
Jackie
as Lyndon B. Johnson
2016
6.5
The Founder
as Mac McDonald
2016
7.1
Shangri-La Suite
as Colonel Tom Parker
2016
5.7
Channel Zero
as John Sleator
2016
7.1
The Architect
as Conway
2016
4.3
The Invitation
as Pruitt
2016
6.4
Miracles from Heaven
as Pastor Scott
2016
7.4
Billions
as Mr. Gilbert
2016
7.8
Ted 2
as Tom Jessup
2015
6.3
Hot Pursuit
as Captain Emmett
2015
5.8
Camp X-Ray
as Col. Drummond
2014
6.7
Manhattan
as Daniel Ellis
2014
7.1
The Pretty One
as Frank
2014
6.1
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Hoke
as Bill Henderson
2014
5.5
Highland Park
as Rory
2013
5.6
Do No Harm
as Will Hayes
2013
6.1
The Americans
as Fred
2013
7.9
Lay the Favorite
as Dave Greenberg
2012
5.2
Veep
as Lloyd Hennick
2012
7.5
Talking Dead
as Self
2011
7.2
American Horror Story
as Twisty the Clown
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as John Wayne Gacy
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Benjamin Richter
2011
8.1
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Bernie
2011
7.3
Body of Proof
as Det. Bud Morris
2011
7.0
Paul
as Moses Buggs
2011
6.7
The Walking Dead
as Eastman
2010
8.1
The Glades
2010
6.9
The Glades
as Mike Ogletree
2010
6.9
Sympathy for Delicious
as Evangelist Carroll
2010
5.7
Shutter Island
as Deputy Warden McPherson
2010
8.2
Hesher
as Larry
2010
6.8
Love Happens
as Walter
2009
5.8
Lie to Me
as Mr. Reed
2009
7.9
Gran Torino
as Barber Martin
2008
8.0
🎬
The Prince of Motor City
as Paul Riley
2008
0.0
Things We Lost in the Fire
as Howard Glassman
2007
6.6
K-Ville
as Captain James Embry
2007
6.8
Zodiac
as Arthur Leigh Allen
2007
7.5
Full of It
as Mr. Leonard
2007
5.3
Big Love
as Officer Chuck Tuttle
2006
6.9
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
as Stewart
2006
5.1
Close to Home
as Steve Sharpe
2005
5.9
Mozart and the Whale
as Gregory
2005
6.2
American Dad!
as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
2005
7.0
Freak Weather
as Ed
2005
5.0
🎬
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
2004
0.0
🎬
Painting with Fire
as Self
2004
0.0
Catch That Kid
as Mr. Hartman
2004
5.6
Gothika
as Sheriff Ryan
2003
6.1
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
0.0
Carnivàle
as Varlyn Stroud
2003
7.9
Confidence
as Grant Ashby
2003
6.3
Live from Baghdad
as Josh Holliman
2002
6.7
The Good Girl
as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
2002
6.2
Monk
as Kurt Pressman
2002
8.0
Par 6
as Dour O'Dowell
2002
0.0
Bug
as Wallace Gregory
2002
7.2
Bubble Boy
as Mr. Livingston
2001
5.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Buddy Arnold
2000
7.6
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Impound Manager
2000
6.4
Waking the Dead
as Father Mileski
2000
6.1
The Next Best Thing
as Abbie's Lawyer
2000
5.3
Restaurant
as John English
2000
4.8
Tuesdays with Morrie
as Walter
1999
7.3
Anywhere but Here
as Jack Irwin
1999
6.0
The Minus Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
1999
5.4
The West Wing
as Jack Reese
1999
8.2
Family Law
1999
8.2
Late Last Night
as Sgt. Van Wyck
1999
5.0
Pushing Tin
as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)
1999
5.9
L.A. Doctors
as Gus (uncredited)
1998
7.0
The Naked Man
as Driver
1998
3.8
From the Earth to the Moon
as Bob Gilruth
1998
8.2
Mercury Rising
as Martin Lynch
1998
6.3
The Visitor
as Joe York
1997
6.0
A Thousand Acres
as Ken LaSalle
1997
5.7
Face/Off
as Prison Guard Walton
1997
7.0
Volcano
as Stan Olber
1997
5.9
Dead Men Can't Dance
as Plonder
1997
3.4
The Practice
as Dr. Robert Larson
1997
7.6
Life's Work
1996
6.0
Feeling Minnesota
as Cop
1996
5.4
The Fan
as Shopkeeper
1996
6.0
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
5.0
A Friend's Betrayal
as Mr. Franks
1996
4.0
Voice from the Grave
as Prosecutor O'Gane
1996
5.8
Fargo
as Norm Gunderson
1996
7.8
Beautiful Girls
as Frank Womack
1996
6.7
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as The Major
1995
4.0
Murder One
as Officer Carl Bickley
1995
7.8
The Client
as Frank
1995
6.8
The Drew Carey Show
as Steve Carey
1995
6.5
The Cure
as Skipper #1
1995
7.9
Star Trek: Voyager
as Gerald Moss
1995
7.8
Grumpy Old Men
as Moving Man
1993
6.7
Frasier
as Franklin
1993
7.7
Fade to Black
as Wayne
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Whisper Man
N/A
0.0