John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

1963-08-01 Boulder, Colorado, USA 76 Credits

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 ...

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Sorry, Baby

Sorry, Baby

2025

as Pete

7.4
Acting

Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.

Babes

Babes

2024

as Dr. Morris

6.1
Acting

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and be...

Outlaw Posse

Outlaw Posse

2024

as Carson

5.3
Acting

1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose ratio...

The Trial of the Chicago 7

The Trial of the Chicago 7

2020

as David Dellinger

7.7
Acting

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Kiss Me Kosher!

Kiss Me Kosher!

2020

as Ron Shalev

6.0
Acting

When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit but do belo...

Be Absolute for Death

Be Absolute for Death

2020

Acting

In "Spaces #2", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, a short film at home,...

Be Absolute for Death

Be Absolute for Death

2020

Director

Directing

In "Spaces #2", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, a short film at home,...

The Highwaymen

The Highwaymen

2019

as Lee Simmons

6.8
Acting

In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Par...

Private Life

Private Life

2018

as Charlie Grimes

6.9
Acting

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of ...

Anything

Anything

2018

as Early Landry

5.5
Acting

After the death of his wife, a man moves from Mississippi to a run-down Hollywood apartment, where he meets someone new.

The White Orchid

The White Orchid

2018

as Sheriff Mann

5.6
Acting

A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The White Orchid.

Lucky

Lucky

2017

Director

7.3
Directing

Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of ...

Jackie

Jackie

2016

as Lyndon B. Johnson

6.5
Acting

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

The Founder

The Founder

2016

as Mac McDonald

7.1
Acting

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California....

Shangri-La Suite

Shangri-La Suite

2016

as Colonel Tom Parker

5.8
Acting

Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack thinks is his destiny: killing Elvis Presley.

The Architect

The Architect

2016

as Conway

4.5
Acting

When a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of an uncompromising modernist architect, who proceeds to build HIS dream ...

The Invitation

The Invitation

2016

as Pruitt

6.4
Acting

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the eveni...

Miracles from Heaven

Miracles from Heaven

2016

as Pastor Scott

7.4
Acting

When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she...

Ted 2

Ted 2

2015

as Tom Jessup

6.3
Acting

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

Hot Pursuit

Hot Pursuit

2015

as Captain Emmett

5.7
Acting

Straight-arrow policewoman Cooper is excited and thrilled about her next assignment. Her task is to escort Daniella Riva, a wisecracking Colombian bea...

Camp X-Ray

Camp X-Ray

2014

as Col. Drummond

6.7
Acting

A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantana...

The Pretty One

The Pretty One

2014

as Frank

6.1
Acting

When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, ...

Hoke

2014

as Bill Henderson

5.5
Acting

Life and misadventures of homicide detective Hoke Moseley during the 1980s.

Highland Park

Highland Park

2013

as Rory

5.3
Acting

A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their...

Lay the Favorite

Lay the Favorite

2012

as Dave Greenberg

5.2
Acting

A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

2011

as Bernie

7.3
Acting

Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfe...

Paul

Paul

2011

as Moses Buggs

6.7
Acting

For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind....

Sympathy for Delicious

Sympathy for Delicious

2010

as Evangelist Carroll

5.7
Acting

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010

as Deputy Warden McPherson

8.2
Acting

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his ...

Hesher

Hesher

2010

as Larry

6.8
Acting

A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even m...

Love Happens

Love Happens

2009

as Walter

5.8
Acting

Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and perso...

Gran Torino

Gran Torino

2008

as Barber Martin

8.0
Acting

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possessi...

The Prince of Motor City

2008

as Paul Riley

Acting

A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.

Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

as Howard Glassman

6.6
Acting

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the f...

Zodiac

Zodiac

2007

as Arthur Leigh Allen

7.5
Acting

The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

Full of It

Full of It

2007

as Mr. Leonard

5.3
Acting

A teenager tells outrageous lies at his new high school, only to have them suddenly come true.

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006

as Stewart

5.3
Acting

To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what make...

Mozart and the Whale

Mozart and the Whale

2005

as Gregory

6.2
Acting

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

Freak Weather

Freak Weather

2005

as Ed

5.0
Acting

In this harrowing character study, Jacqueline McKenzie portrays Penny, a young woman lost in a dangerous abusive relationship. One day, she sets out w...

Catch That Kid

Catch That Kid

2004

as Mr. Hartman

5.6
Acting

A determined twelve-year-old mountain climber takes drastic action to save her injured father by planning a high-stakes bank heist, using her skills a...

Gothika

Gothika

2003

as Sheriff Ryan

6.1
Acting

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that ...

Confidence

Confidence

2003

as Grant Ashby

6.3
Acting

What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting ...

Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

2002

as Josh Holliman

6.7
Acting

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winni...

Par 6

Par 6

2002

as Dour O'Dowell

Acting

A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his brothers and sisters.

Bug

Bug

2002

as Wallace Gregory

7.2
Acting

A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bende...

The Good Girl

The Good Girl

2002

as Jack Field, Your Store Manager

6.2
Acting

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Bubble Boy

Bubble Boy

2001

as Mr. Livingston

5.7
Acting

Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet ca...

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Gone in Sixty Seconds

2000

as Impound Manager

6.4
Acting

Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" R...

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2000

as Father Mileski

6.1
Acting

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

2000

as Abbie's Lawyer

5.3
Acting

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, ...

Restaurant

Restaurant

2000

as John English

5.1
Acting

A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.

Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie

1999

as Walter

7.3
Acting

A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers him some very powerful wisdom and advice for coping in r...

Anywhere but Here

Anywhere but Here

1999

as Jack Irwin

6.0
Acting

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high...

Late Last Night

Late Last Night

1999

as Sgt. Van Wyck

5.3
Acting

After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and int...

Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin

1999

as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

The Minus Man

The Minus Man

1999

as Bartender (uncredited)

5.4
Acting

When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, Vann is mere...

The Naked Man

The Naked Man

1998

as Driver

4.0
Acting

A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble.

Mercury Rising

Mercury Rising

1998

as Martin Lynch

6.3
Acting

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

1997

as Ken LaSalle

5.8
Acting

The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

Face/Off

Face/Off

1997

as Prison Guard Walton

7.0
Acting

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns ...

Volcano

Volcano

1997

as Stan Olber

5.9
Acting

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins ...

Dead Men Can't Dance

Dead Men Can't Dance

1997

as Plonder

3.7
Acting

To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. ...

Feeling Minnesota

Feeling Minnesota

1996

as Cop

5.4
Acting

Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. B...

The Fan

The Fan

1996

as Shopkeeper

6.0
Acting

When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supporti...

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

1996

5.0
Acting

Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-town sheriff.

A Friend's Betrayal

A Friend's Betrayal

1996

as Mr. Franks

4.7
Acting

Old feelings of betrayal resurface, renewing a bitter rift between two girlfriends when one learns that the other seduced her son

Voice from the Grave

Voice from the Grave

1996

as Prosecutor O'Gane

5.8
Acting

A segment from the 'Unsolved Mysteries' TV series inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she's possessed by a murdered co-work...

Fargo

Fargo

1996

as Norm Gunderson

7.9
Acting

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife ...

Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls

1996

as Frank Womack

6.7
Acting

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connec...

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

1995

as The Major

4.0
Acting

When a state trooper is gunned down on a New Jersey highway, his friend and colleague sets out to track down the killers. Realizing the murder is conn...

The Cure

The Cure

1995

as Skipper #1

7.9
Acting

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an even...

Grumpy Old Men

Grumpy Old Men

1993

as Moving Man

6.6
Acting

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nea...

She Rides Shotgun

She Rides Shotgun

N/A

Acting

Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs....

Fade to Black

Fade to Black

N/A

as Wayne

Acting

An anxious screenwriter’s darkly comedic descent into madness in Hollywood’s twisted industry sees him mimic his screenplay’s murders, becoming a chil...

Cattywampus

N/A

as Barry

Acting

In the middle of a heist, two diamond thieves discover they need to prioritize their work-life balance.

The Whisper Man

N/A

Acting

When his 8-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discov...