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Name
John Carroll Lynch

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1963-08-01 (63 years old)

Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA

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

Movies

Tv Shows

1996 Fargo as Norm Gunderson
1997 Face/Off as Prison Guard Walton
2007 Zodiac as Arthur Leigh Allen
1997 Volcano as Stan Olber
2007 Things We Lost in the Fire as Howard Glassman
2004 Catch That Kid as Mr. Hartman
2003 Gothika as Sheriff Ryan
1993 Grumpy Old Men as Moving Man
2010 Shutter Island as Deputy Warden McPherson
2005 Mozart and the Whale as Gregory
1998 The Naked Man as Driver
1998 Mercury Rising as Martin Lynch
2002 Bug as Wallace
2009 Love Happens as Walter
2008 Gran Torino as Barber Martin
2002 The Good Girl as Jack Field, Your Store Manager
2001 Bubble Boy as Mr. Livingston
1996 A Friend's Betrayal as Mr. Franks
2010 Hesher as Larry
1996 Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1997 A Thousand Acres as Ken LaSalle
1999 Restaurant as John English
1997 Dead Men Can't Dance as Plonder
2012 Lay the Favorite as Dave Greenberg
1996 Voice from the Grave as Prosecutor O'Gane
2024 Outlaw Posse as Carson
2002 Par 6 as Dour O'Dowell
2013 Highland Park as Rory
2014 The Pretty One as Frank
1999 Late Last Night as Sgt. Van Wyck
2014 Camp X-Ray as Col. Drummond
2008 The Prince of Motor City as Paul Riley
2024 Babes as Dr. Morris
2016 The Invitation as Pruitt
1995 In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as The Major
2015 Hot Pursuit as Captain Emmett
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Bernie
2025 She Rides Shotgun as Houser
2011 Paul as Moses Buggs
2015 Ted 2 as Tom Jessup
2014 Hoke as Bill Henderson
2016 The Founder as Mac McDonald
2016 Miracles from Heaven as Pastor Scott
1999 The Minus Man as Bartender (uncredited)
1999 Anywhere but Here as Jack Irwin
1996 Beautiful Girls as Frank Womack
2016 The Architect as Conway
1999 Tuesdays with Morrie as Walter
2016 Jackie as Lyndon B. Johnson
2010 Sympathy for Delicious as Evangelist Carroll
2018 Anything as Early Landry
2002 Live from Baghdad as Josh Holliman
2018 The White Orchid as Sheriff Mann
2005 Freak Weather as Ed
1999 Pushing Tin as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)
2018 Private Life as Charlie Grimes
2019 The Highwaymen as Lee Simmons
2006 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Stewart
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 as David Dellinger
1996 The Fan as Shopkeeper
2020 Be Absolute for Death
2016 Shangri-La Suite as Colonel Tom Parker
2000 The Next Best Thing as Abbie's Lawyer
2000 Waking the Dead as Father Mileski
2007 Full of It as Mr. Leonard
2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds as Impound Manager
1996 Feeling Minnesota as Cop
2020 Kiss Me Kosher! as Ron Shalev
2003 Confidence as Grant Ashby
Soon Fade to Black as Wayne
1995 The Cure as Skipper #1
2025 Sorry, Baby as Pete
2025 Cattywampus as Barry
2004 On the Set of 'Gothika' as Self
2004 Painting with Fire as Self
Soon The Grand Strand as Pop
2026 Family Movie as Bill
Soon Triumph of the Will
2026 The Whisper Man

1995 The Drew Carey Show ( 74 episodes ) as Steve Carey
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
1995 Star Trek: Voyager ( 1 episode ) as Gerald Moss
2002 Monk ( 1 episode ) as Kurt Pressman
2007 K-Ville ( 11 episodes ) as Captain James Embry
1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Franklin
1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Robert Larson
2006 Big Love ( 2 episodes ) as Officer Chuck Tuttle
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Buddy Arnold
2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire ( 8 episodes )
1997 The Visitor ( 1 episode ) as Joe York
1999 Family Law ( 1 episode )
1996 Life's Work ( 2 episodes )
2018 One Dollar ( 10 episodes ) as Bud Carl
2013 Do No Harm ( 13 episodes ) as Will Hayes
2011 Body of Proof ( 29 episodes ) as Det. Bud Morris
2010 The Glades ( 1 episode )
2021 American Horror Stories ( 1 episode ) as Larry Bitterman
2013 The Americans ( 6 episodes ) as Fred
2010 The Glades ( 1 episode ) as Mike Ogletree
2014 Manhattan ( 2 episodes ) as Daniel Ellis
2023 White House Plumbers ( 2 episodes ) as John Mitchell
1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Jack Reese
1995 The Client ( 1 episode ) as Frank
2022 Gaslit ( 3 episodes ) as L. Patrick Gray
2003 Carnivàle ( 12 episodes ) as Varlyn Stroud
1998 From the Earth to the Moon ( 2 episodes ) as Bob Gilruth
2010 The Walking Dead ( 1 episode ) as Eastman
2011 Talking Dead ( 1 episode ) as Self
2011 American Horror Story ( 2 episodes ) as John Wayne Gacy
2011 American Horror Story ( 7 episodes ) as Twisty the Clown
2016 Channel Zero ( 6 episodes ) as John Sleator
2005 Close to Home ( 22 episodes ) as Steve Sharpe
2016 Billions ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Gilbert
2020 Big Sky ( 18 episodes ) as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
2020 Big Sky ( 16 episodes ) as Rick Legarski
1995 Murder One ( 1 episode ) as Officer Carl Bickley
2018 The Good Cop ( 1 episode ) as Sherman Smalls
2012 Veep ( 3 episodes ) as Lloyd Hennick
2011 American Horror Story ( 9 episodes ) as Benjamin Richter
2019 Perfect Harmony ( 3 episodes ) as Pastor Magnus
2025 Ballard ( 10 episodes ) as Thomas Laffont
2019 Evil ( 3 episodes ) as Henry Stick
2018 Crawford ( 12 episodes ) as Owen
2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Reed
1998 L.A. Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Gus (uncredited)
2024 Elsbeth ( 2 episodes ) as Edwin Dousant
2026 The Beauty ( 3 episodes ) as Meyer Williams
2026 Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord ( 1 episode ) as Nico Deemis (voice)

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