Actor
· Acting
John Carroll Lynch
Born 1963-08-01
📍 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.
Filmography 123
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
as Nico Deemis (voice)
2026
Family Movie
as Bill
2026
The Beauty
as Meyer Williams
2026
She Rides Shotgun
as Houser
2025
Ballard
as Thomas Laffont
2025
Sorry, Baby
as Pete
2025
Cattywampus
as Barry
2025
Babes
as Dr. Morris
2024
Outlaw Posse
as Carson
2024
Elsbeth
as Edwin Dousant
2024
White House Plumbers
as John Mitchell
2023
Gaslit
as L. Patrick Gray
2022
American Horror Stories
as Larry Bitterman
2021
Big Sky
as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
2020
Big Sky
as Rick Legarski
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as David Dellinger
2020
Kiss Me Kosher!
as Ron Shalev
2020
Be Absolute for Death
2020
Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Magnus
2019
Evil
as Henry Stick
2019
The Highwaymen
as Lee Simmons
2019
Private Life
as Charlie Grimes
2018
The Good Cop
as Sherman Smalls
2018
One Dollar
as Bud Carl
2018
Anything
as Early Landry
2018
Crawford
as Owen
2018
The White Orchid
as Sheriff Mann
2018
Jackie
as Lyndon B. Johnson
2016
The Founder
as Mac McDonald
2016
Shangri-La Suite
as Colonel Tom Parker
2016
Channel Zero
as John Sleator
2016
The Architect
as Conway
2016
The Invitation
as Pruitt
2016
Miracles from Heaven
as Pastor Scott
2016
Billions
as Mr. Gilbert
2016
Ted 2
as Tom Jessup
2015
Hot Pursuit
as Captain Emmett
2015
Camp X-Ray
as Col. Drummond
2014
Manhattan
as Daniel Ellis
2014
The Pretty One
as Frank
2014
Highland Park
as Rory
2013
Do No Harm
as Will Hayes
2013
The Americans
as Fred
2013
Lay the Favorite
as Dave Greenberg
2012
Veep
as Lloyd Hennick
2012
Talking Dead
as Self
2011
American Horror Story
as Twisty the Clown
2011
American Horror Story
as John Wayne Gacy
2011
American Horror Story
as Benjamin Richter
2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Bernie
2011
Body of Proof
as Det. Bud Morris
2011
Paul
as Moses Buggs
2011
The Walking Dead
as Eastman
2010
The Glades
2010
The Glades
as Mike Ogletree
2010
Sympathy for Delicious
as Evangelist Carroll
2010
Shutter Island
as Deputy Warden McPherson
2010
Hesher
as Larry
2010
Love Happens
as Walter
2009
Lie to Me
as Mr. Reed
2009
Gran Torino
as Barber Martin
2008
Things We Lost in the Fire
as Howard Glassman
2007
K-Ville
as Captain James Embry
2007
Zodiac
as Arthur Leigh Allen
2007
Full of It
as Mr. Leonard
2007
Big Love
as Officer Chuck Tuttle
2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
as Stewart
2006
Close to Home
as Steve Sharpe
2005
Mozart and the Whale
as Gregory
2005
American Dad!
as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
2005
Freak Weather
as Ed
2005
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
2004
Catch That Kid
as Mr. Hartman
2004
Gothika
as Sheriff Ryan
2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
Carnivàle
as Varlyn Stroud
2003
Confidence
as Grant Ashby
2003
Live from Baghdad
as Josh Holliman
2002
The Good Girl
as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
2002
Monk
as Kurt Pressman
2002
Par 6
as Dour O'Dowell
2002
Bug
as Wallace
2002
Bubble Boy
as Mr. Livingston
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Buddy Arnold
2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Impound Manager
2000
Waking the Dead
as Father Mileski
2000
The Next Best Thing
as Abbie's Lawyer
2000
Restaurant
as John English
2000
Tuesdays with Morrie
as Walter
1999
Anywhere but Here
as Jack Irwin
1999
The Minus Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
1999
The West Wing
as Jack Reese
1999
Family Law
1999
Late Last Night
as Sgt. Van Wyck
1999
Pushing Tin
as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)
1999
L.A. Doctors
as Gus (uncredited)
1998
The Naked Man
as Driver
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
as Bob Gilruth
1998
Mercury Rising
as Martin Lynch
1998
A Thousand Acres
as Ken LaSalle
1997
The Visitor
as Joe York
1997
Face/Off
as Prison Guard Walton
1997
Volcano
as Stan Olber
1997
Dead Men Can't Dance
as Plonder
1997
The Practice
as Dr. Robert Larson
1997
Life's Work
1996
Feeling Minnesota
as Cop
1996
The Fan
as Shopkeeper
1996
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
A Friend's Betrayal
as Mr. Franks
1996
Voice from the Grave
as Prosecutor O'Gane
1996
Fargo
as Norm Gunderson
1996
Beautiful Girls
as Frank Womack
1996
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as The Major
1995
Murder One
as Officer Carl Bickley
1995
The Client
as Frank
1995
The Drew Carey Show
as Steve Carey
1995
The Cure
as Skipper #1
1995
Star Trek: Voyager
as Gerald Moss
1995
Grumpy Old Men
as Moving Man
1993
Frasier
as Franklin
1993
Fade to Black
as Wayne
The Grand Strand
as Pop