John Carroll Lynch
August 1, 1963 (62 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · She Rides Shotgun as Houser
- 2025 · Ballard as Thomas Laffont
- 2025 · Sorry, Baby as Pete
- 2024 · Elsbeth as Edwin Dousant
- 2021 · American Horror Stories as Larry Bitterman
- 2020 · Big Sky as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
- 2020 · Big Sky as Rick Legarski
- 2019 · Evil as Henry Stick
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Lee Simmons
- 2016 · The Founder as Mac McDonald
- 2016 · Shangri-La Suite as Colonel Tom Parker
- 2016 · Channel Zero as John Sleator
- 2016 · Miracles from Heaven as Pastor Scott
- 2016 · Billions as Mr. Gilbert
- 2015 · Ted 2 as Tom Jessup
- 2014 · Manhattan as Daniel Ellis
- 2013 · The Americans as Fred
- 2012 · Veep as Lloyd Hennick
- 2011 · 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
- 2010 · The Walking Dead as Eastman
- 2010 · The Glades as
- 2010 · The Glades as Mike Ogletree
- 2010 · Sympathy for Delicious as Evangelist Carroll
- 2010 · Shutter Island as Deputy Warden McPherson
- 2009 · Lie to Me as Mr. Reed
- 2008 · Gran Torino as Barber Martin
- 2008 · The Prince of Motor City as Paul Riley
- 2007 · Things We Lost in the Fire as Howard Glassman
- 2007 · Zodiac as Arthur Leigh Allen
- 2006 · Big Love as Officer Chuck Tuttle
- 2006 · Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Stewart
- 2005 · Close to Home as Steve Sharpe
- 2005 · Mozart and the Whale as Gregory
- 2005 · American Dad! as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Varlyn Stroud
- 2002 · Monk as Kurt Pressman
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Buddy Arnold
- 2000 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Impound Manager
- 2000 · The Next Best Thing as Abbie's Lawyer
- 1999 · Anywhere but Here as Jack Irwin
- 1999 · The West Wing as Jack Reese
- 1999 · Family Law as
- 1998 · From the Earth to the Moon as Bob Gilruth
- 1997 · Face/Off as Prison Guard Walton
- 1997 · Volcano as Stan Olber
- 1997 · The Practice as Dr. Robert Larson
- 1996 · The Fan as Shopkeeper
- 1996 · Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal as
- 1996 · Fargo as Norm Gunderson
- 1995 · In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as The Major
- 1995 · Murder One as Officer Carl Bickley
- 1995 · The Drew Carey Show as Steve Carey
- 1995 · The Cure as Skipper #1
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Gerald Moss
- 1993 · Frasier as Franklin
- Future · The Whisper Man as
- 2025 · Cattywampus as Barry
- 2024 · Babes as Dr. Morris
- 2024 · Outlaw Posse as Carson
- 2023 · White House Plumbers as John Mitchell
- 2022 · Gaslit as L. Patrick Gray
- 2020 · The Trial of the Chicago 7 as David Dellinger
- 2020 · Kiss Me Kosher! as Ron Shalev
- 2020 · Be Absolute for Death as
- 2019 · Perfect Harmony as Pastor Magnus
- 2018 · 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
- 2016 · Jackie as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2016 · The Architect as Conway
- 2016 · The Invitation as Pruitt
- 2015 · Hot Pursuit as Captain Emmett
- 2014 · Camp X-Ray as Col. Drummond
- 2014 · The Pretty One as Frank
- 2014 · Hoke as Bill Henderson
- 2013 · Highland Park as Rory
- 2013 · Do No Harm as Will Hayes
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Dave Greenberg
- 2010 · Hesher as Larry
- 2009 · Love Happens as Walter
- 2007 · K-Ville as Captain James Embry
- 2007 · Full of It as Mr. Leonard
- 2005 · Freak Weather as Ed
- 2004 · Painting with Fire as Self
- 2004 · On the Set of 'Gothika' as Self
- 2004 · Catch That Kid as Mr. Hartman
- 2003 · Gothika as Sheriff Ryan
- 2003 · The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire as
- 2003 · Confidence as Grant Ashby
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Josh Holliman
- 2002 · The Good Girl as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
- 2002 · Par 6 as Dour O'Dowell
- 2002 · Bug as Wallace Gregory
- 2001 · Bubble Boy as Mr. Livingston
- 2000 · Waking the Dead as Father Mileski
- 2000 · Restaurant as John English
- 1999 · Tuesdays with Morrie as Walter
- 1999 · Late Last Night as Sgt. Van Wyck
- 1999 · Pushing Tin as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)
- 1999 · The Minus Man as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as Gus (uncredited)
- 1998 · The Naked Man as Driver
- 1998 · Mercury Rising as Martin Lynch
- 1997 · The Visitor as Joe York
- 1997 · A Thousand Acres as Ken LaSalle
- 1997 · Dead Men Can't Dance as Plonder
- 1996 · Life's Work as
- 1996 · Feeling Minnesota as Cop
- 1996 · A Friend's Betrayal as Mr. Franks
- 1996 · Voice from the Grave as Prosecutor O'Gane
- 1996 · Beautiful Girls as Frank Womack
- 1995 · The Client as Frank
- 1993 · Grumpy Old Men as Moving Man
- Future · Fade to Black as Wayne