John Carroll Lynch Biography
John Carroll Lynch is an American character actor and filmmaker who has gained popularity in TV shows such as’ The Drew Carey Show,” American Horror Story: Freak Show’ and’ American Horror Story: Cult’ and films such as’ Farge,” Face / Off,” Gran Torino,” Shutter Island’ and’ Zodiac.’
A native of Colorado, Lynch has always been interested in performing. He was a student at the Catholic University of America from where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1986. He started his professional career on stage as a member of the Guthrie Theater Company.
In 1993, Lynch made his screen debut in the romance drama ‘ Grumpy Old Men.’ He made his small screen debut in the 1995 telefilm’ In the Duty Line: Hunt for Justice.’ His first directorial venture, the comedy-drama’ Lucky,’ was released in 2017. The film won several awards while making rounds on the festival circuit.
John Carroll Lynch Age and Family
Born on August 1, 1963, in Boulder, Colorado, USA, Lynch grew up alongside his brother Daniel. After graduating from Regis Jesuit High School in Denver, he enrolled at The Catholic University of America and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater in 1986. She is 55 Years as of 2018.
John Carroll Lynch Wife
In 1997, Lynch exchanged wedding vows with actress Brenda Wehle, who is also a Guthrie Theater Company alumna. Through her, Lynch is the stepfather of Emily Wehle and Sarah Wehle.
John Carroll Lynch Career
John Carroll Lynch was part of the Guthrie Theater Company in the early days of his career. He was affiliated with them for eight seasons, performing in numerous productions and touring throughout the country. Lynch’s first screen role was in the 1993 romance drama film ‘ Grumpy Old Men’ by Donald Petrie. The film also features Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Ann-Margret, telling the story of the lifelong animosity between two neighbors that worsens when a new woman comes to reside in the neighborhood. Lynch was cast as a moving man in the film. His next film was the drama film’ The Cure’ from 1995.
His first small screen appearance was in the 1995 telefilm’ In the Duty Line: Hunt for Justice,’ in which he was cast as a major. He portrayed Frank Womack’s role in the 1996 romance drama ‘ Beautiful Girls.’ That year, in the black comedy-drama film’ Fargo’ of the Coen brothers, he delivered his breakthrough performance as Norm Gunderson, Marge Gunderson’s husband (Frances McDormand). He worked in the 1997 disaster movie’ Volcano’ with Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Gaby Hoffmann.
He also appeared in the science fiction action film ‘ Face / Off ‘ by John Woo that year, portraying a prison guard named Walton. He was cast as a priest in the thriller drama ‘ No Strings Attached ‘ (1997) by Josef Rusnak.
While he was predominantly active on the big screen, Lynch continued to play various roles in telefilms and made guest appearances in some of the most popular television shows at the time, including’ Murder One,” Frasier’ and’ The Practice.’ In 1997, he started playing Steve Carey, the brother of the ABC sitcom’s eponymous character’ The Drew Carey Show.’ Introduced in the third season’s ninth episode, the character is a cross-dresser in the early part of the series. He gives it up later, however, to make his wife happy. While Lynch left the show in season eight in 2003, in two episodes of the ninth season he made guest appearances.
In 2005, in season two of HBO’s’ Carnivàle,’ he portrayed convicted criminal and murderer Varlyn Stroud. In two seasons(‘ Freak Show’ and’ Cult’) of FX’s horror anthology series ‘ American Horror Story’ he appeared as Twisty the Clown. Lynch’s performance was so believable, according to director Ryan Murphy, that he was terrified by the crew.
Over the course of his career, Lynch has had the opportunity to work with some of Hollywood’s best directors. He worked with David Fincher in the drama thriller’ Zodiac’ (2007), Clint Eastwood in the drama thriller’ Gran Torino’ (2008), and Martin Scorsese in the psychological neo-noir thriller’ Shutter Island’ (2010). In 2016, in’ The Founder’ he essayed the role of former US President Lyndon B. Johnson in the biographical drama’ Jackie’ and McDonald’s co-founder Mac McDonald.
In 2017, Lynch made his directorial debut with the indie comedy drama ‘ Lucky.’ The film stars late actor Harry Dean Stanton as the eponymous character who embarks on a spiritual journey at the age of ninety and despite being a lifelong atheist. The film received significant critical acclaim and won a number of awards including the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2017 American Film Festival, the Lost Weekend Award for Best Director at the Lost Weekend 2017 Film Club, the Ecumenical Jury Award at the 2017 Locarno International Film Festival, and the Special Achievement Award at the 2017 Satellite Awards.
As an actor, he has won multiple awards in the 2017 indie film ‘ Anything ‘ for his outing as Early Landry. He played the role of the series protagonist Bud Carl in the short-lived CBS All Access mystery thriller drama series ‘ One Dollar ‘ in 2018.
John Carroll Lynch Movies
- Year Title
- 1993 Grumpy Old Men
- 1995 The Cure
- 1996 Beautiful Girls
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- Fargo
- Feeling Minnesota
- 1997 Volcano
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- Face/Off
- 1998 Mercury Rising
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- The Naked Man
- Restaurant
- 1999 Anywhere but Here
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- Pushing Tin
- Freak Weather
- 2000 Gone in 60 Seconds
- 2001 Bubble Boy
- 2002 The Good Girl
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- Bug
- Three Days of Rain
- 2003 Gothika
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- Confidence
- 2004 Catch That Kid
- 2005 Mozart and the Whale
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- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
- 2007 Full of It
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- Zodiac
- Things We Lost in the Fire
- 2008 Gran Torino
- 2009 Love Happens
- 2010 Sympathy for Delicious
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- Shutter Island
- Hesher
- 2011 Paul
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- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- 2012 Lay the Favorite
- 2013 The Pretty One
- 2014 Camp X-Ray
- 2015 Hot Pursuit
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- Ted 2
- The Invitation
- 2016 Miracles from Heaven
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- Jackie
- The Founder
- 2017 Lucky
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- Anything
- 2018 Private Life
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- White Orchid
- 2019 The Highwaymen
John Carroll Lynch Walking Dead
John took on the role of Eastman, a post-apocalyptic American horror television series for AMC based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The series features a large ensemble cast as survivors of a zombie apocalypse, trying to stay alive under the near-constant threat of mindless zombies attacks, colloquially known as “walkers.”
John Carroll Lynch American Horror Story
He is also known for Steve Carey’s television work as well as American Horror Story: Freak Show and American Horror Story: Cult as Twisty the Clown. Horror story is a fourth season of American Horror Story, an FX horror anthology television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. It premiered on October 8, 2014, and ended on January 21, 2015.
John Carroll Lynch Net Worth
John Carroll Lynch net worth: John Carroll Lynch is an American actor with a net worth of $2 million. John Carroll Lynch was born in August 1963 in Boulder, Colorado. He studied theater at the Catholic University of America and has over 100 acting credits to his name, starting in 1993 in the film Grumpy Old Men.
John Carroll Lynch Fargo
He first gained notice in Fargo for his role as Norm Gunderson, is a 1996 black comedy thriller film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating homicides on the road that follows after a desperate car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife to extort a heavy ransom from his wealthy father-in-law (Harve Presnell).
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