John Carroll Lynch
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.
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- Born:
- Aug 1, 1963 In Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 100
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Cattywampus
- Latest Project:
- Movie She Rides Shotgun 2025-07-31
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Cattywampus | Barry | 2026 |
| Movie | The Whisper Man | 2026 | |
| Movie | Sorry, Baby | Pete | 2025-06-27 |
| Movie | She Rides Shotgun | Houser | 2025-07-31 |
| Movie | Babes | Dr. Morris | 2024-05-17 |
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Carson | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | David Dellinger | 2020-09-25 |
| Movie | Kiss Me Kosher! | Ron Shalev | 2020-09-10 |
| Movie | The Highwaymen | Lee Simmons | 2019-03-15 |
| Movie | The White Orchid | Sheriff Mann | 2018-02-01 |
| Movie | Private Life | Charlie Grimes | 2018-10-05 |
| Series | Crawford | Owen | 2018-02-02 |
| Movie | Anything | Early Landry | 2018-05-11 |
| Movie | Miracles from Heaven | Pastor Scott | 2016-03-17 |
| Movie | The Invitation | Pruitt | 2016-04-08 |
| Series | Billions | Unknown | 2016-01-17 |
| Movie | The Founder | Mac McDonald | 2016-11-24 |
| Movie | Jackie | Lyndon B. Johnson | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | Shangri-La Suite | Colonel Tom Parker | 2016-10-28 |
| Series | Channel Zero | John Sleator | 2016-10-11 |
| Movie | The Architect | Conway | 2016-05-20 |
| Movie | Ted 2 | Tom Jessup | 2015-06-25 |
| Movie | Hot Pursuit | Captain Emmett | 2015-05-08 |
| Movie | Camp X-Ray | Col. Drummond | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | The Pretty One | Frank | 2014-02-07 |
| Movie | Hoke | Bill Henderson | 2014-01-01 |
| Series | Do No Harm | Will Hayes | 2013-01-31 |
| Series | The Americans | Fred | 2013-01-30 |
| Movie | Highland Park | Rory | 2013-06-08 |
| Movie | Lay the Favorite | Dave Greenberg | 2012-06-22 |
| Movie | Paul | Moses Buggs | 2011-02-14 |
| Series | Body of Proof | Detective Bud Morris | 2011-03-29 |
| Series | Talking Dead | Himself | 2011-10-16 |
| Series | American Horror Story | Benjamin Richter | 2011-10-05 |
| Movie | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Bernie | 2011-07-29 |
| Movie | Hesher | Larry | 2010-01-22 |
| Series | The Walking Dead | Eastman | 2010-10-31 |
| Series | The Glades | Mike Ogletree | 2010-07-11 |
| Movie | Sympathy for Delicious | Evangelist Carroll | 2010-04-09 |
| Movie | Shutter Island | Deputy Warden McPherson | 2010-02-14 |
| Movie | Love Happens | Walter | 2009-09-18 |
| Series | Lie to Me | Unknown | 2009-01-21 |
| Movie | Gran Torino | Barber Martin | 2008-12-12 |
| Movie | The Prince of Motor City | Paul Riley | 2008-07-09 |
| Movie | Full of It | Mr. Leonard | 2007-03-01 |
| Movie | Zodiac | Arthur Leigh Allen | 2007-03-02 |
| Movie | Things We Lost in the Fire | Howard Glassman | 2007-09-26 |
| Series | K-Ville | Captain James Embry | 2007-09-17 |
| Movie | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Stewart | 2006-01-20 |
| Series | Big Love | Unknown | 2006-03-12 |
| Movie | Freak Weather | Ed | 2005-02-02 |
| Movie | Mozart and the Whale | Gregory | 2005-09-10 |
| Series | Close to Home | Steve Sharpe | 2005-09-20 |
| Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
| Movie | On the Set of 'Gothika' | Self | 2004-03-23 |
| Movie | Catch That Kid | Mr. Hartman | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | Confidence | Grant Ashby | 2003-04-25 |
| Series | Carnivàle | Varlyn Stroud | 2003-09-14 |
| Movie | Gothika | Sheriff Ryan | 2003-11-21 |
| Series | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | 2003-09-24 | |
| Movie | Bug | Wallace Gregory | 2002-02-28 |
| Movie | The Good Girl | Jack Field, Your Store Manager | 2002-08-07 |
| Movie | Live from Baghdad | Josh Holliman | 2002-12-07 |
| Movie | Par 6 | Dour O'Dowell | 2002-04-16 |
| Series | Monk | Unknown | 2002-07-12 |
| Movie | Bubble Boy | Mr. Livingston | 2001-08-24 |
| Movie | Restaurant | John English | 2000-01-28 |
| Movie | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Impound Manager | 2000-06-09 |
| Movie | The Next Best Thing | Abbie's Lawyer | 2000-03-03 |
| Movie | Waking the Dead | Father Mileski | 2000-03-24 |
| Movie | The Minus Man | Bartender (uncredited) | 1999-02-25 |
| Movie | Pushing Tin | Doctor Freeze (uncredited) | 1999-04-23 |
| Movie | Late Last Night | Sgt. Van Wyck | 1999-06-20 |
| Movie | Anywhere but Here | Jack Irwin | 1999-11-12 |
| Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
| Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Tuesdays with Morrie | Walter | 1999-12-05 |
| Movie | The Naked Man | Driver | 1998-08-02 |
| Movie | Mercury Rising | Martin Lynch | 1998-04-03 |
| Movie | A Thousand Acres | Ken LaSalle | 1997-09-19 |
| Series | The Visitor | Unknown | 1997-09-19 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | Dead Men Can't Dance | Plonder | 1997-04-17 |
| Movie | Face/Off | Prison Guard Walton | 1997-06-27 |
| Movie | Volcano | Stan Olber | 1997-04-25 |
| Movie | Fargo | Norm Gunderson | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | Beautiful Girls | Frank Womack | 1996-02-09 |
| Movie | Voice from the Grave | Prosecutor O'Gane | 1996-03-20 |
| Movie | Feeling Minnesota | Cop | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | A Friend's Betrayal | Mr. Franks | 1996-05-19 |
| Series | Life's Work | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
| Movie | The Fan | Shopkeeper | 1996-08-15 |
| Movie | Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | 1996-06-20 | |
| Series | Star Trek: Voyager | Unknown | 1995-01-16 |
| Series | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown | 1995-09-13 |
| Movie | The Cure | Skipper #1 | 1995-04-21 |
| Movie | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | The Major | 1995-10-01 |
| Series | Murder One | Unknown | 1995-09-20 |
| Series | Frasier | Franklin | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Grumpy Old Men | Moving Man | 1993-12-25 |