John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
124
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-08-01 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Acting

2025

Ballard as Thomas Laffont

2025

Sorry, Baby as Pete

2024

Elsbeth as Judge Edwin Dousant

2024

Babes as Dr. Morris

2024

Outlaw Posse as Carson

2023

White House Plumbers as John Mitchell

2022

Gaslit as L. Patrick Gray

2021

American Horror Stories as Larry Bitterman

2020

Big Sky as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski

2020

Big Sky as Rick Legarski

2020

The Trial of the Chicago 7 as David Dellinger

2020

Kiss Me Kosher! as Ron Shalev

2020

Be Absolute for Death as Not available

2019

Evil as Henry Stick

2019

Perfect Harmony as Pastor Magnus

2019

The Highwaymen as Lee Simmons

2018

The Good Cop as Sherman Smalls

2018

One Dollar as Bud Carl

2018

Crawford as Owen

2018

Private Life as Charlie Grimes

2018

The White Orchid as Sheriff Mann

2018

Anything as Early Landry

2016

Billions as Mr. Gilbert

2016

Channel Zero as John Sleator

2016

The Founder as Mac McDonald

2016

Miracles from Heaven as Pastor Scott

2016

The Invitation as Pruitt

2016

Jackie as Lyndon B. Johnson

2016

The Architect as Conway

2016

Shangri-La Suite as Colonel Tom Parker

2015

Ted 2 as Tom Jessup

2015

Hot Pursuit as Captain Emmett

2014

Manhattan as Daniel Ellis

2014

Camp X-Ray as Col. Drummond

2014

The Pretty One as Frank

2014

Hoke as Bill Henderson

2013

The Americans as Fred

2013

Do No Harm as Will Hayes

2013

Highland Park as Rory

2012

Veep as Lloyd Hennick

2012

Lay the Favorite as Dave Greenberg

2011

American Horror Story as Twisty the Clown

2011

American Horror Story as John Wayne Gacy

2011

American Horror Story as Benjamin Richter

2011

Talking Dead as Self

2011

Body of Proof as Det. Bud Morris

2011

Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Bernie

2011

Paul as Moses Buggs

2010

The Walking Dead as Eastman

2010

The Glades as Not available

2010

The Glades as Mike Ogletree

2010

Shutter Island as Deputy Warden McPherson

2010

Hesher as Larry

2010

Sympathy for Delicious as Evangelist Carroll

2009

Lie to Me as Mr. Reed

2009

Love Happens as Walter

2008

Gran Torino as Barber Martin

2008

The Prince of Motor City as Paul Riley

2007

Zodiac as Arthur Leigh Allen

2007

K-Ville as Captain James Embry

2007

Full of It as Mr. Leonard

2007

Things We Lost in the Fire as Howard Glassman

2006

Big Love as Not available

2005

American Dad! as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)

2005

Close to Home as Not available

2005

Close to Home as Steve Sharpe

2005

Mozart and the Whale as Gregory

2005

Freak Weather as Ed

2004

Catch That Kid as Mr. Hartman

2003

Carnivàle as Varlyn Stroud

2003

Gothika as Sheriff Ryan

2003

Confidence as Grant Ashby

2002

Monk as Kurt Pressman

2002

The Good Girl as Jack Field, Your Store Manager

2002

Bug as Wallace Gregory

2002

Live from Baghdad as Josh Holliman

2002

Par 6 as Dour O'Dowell

2001

Bubble Boy as Mr. Livingston

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Buddy Arnold

2000

Gone in Sixty Seconds as Impound Manager

2000

Waking the Dead as Father Mileski

2000

The Next Best Thing as Abbie's Lawyer

2000

Restaurant as John English

1999

The West Wing as Jack Reese

1999

Family Law as Not available

1999

Pushing Tin as Doctor Freeze (uncredited)

1999

Anywhere but Here as Jack Irwin

1999

The Minus Man as Bartender (uncredited)

1999

Tuesdays with Morrie as Walter

1999

Late Last Night as Sgt. Van Wyck

1998

From the Earth to the Moon as Bob Gilruth

1998

L.A. Doctors as Gus (uncredited)

1998

Mercury Rising as Martin Lynch

1998

The Naked Man as Driver

1997

The Practice as Dr. Robert Larson

1997

The Visitor as Joe York

1997

Face/Off as Prison Guard Walton

1997

Volcano as Stan Olber

1997

A Thousand Acres as Ken LaSalle

1997

Dead Men Can't Dance as Plonder

1996

Life's Work as Not available

1996

Fargo as Norm Gunderson

1996

Beautiful Girls as Frank Womack

1996

The Fan as Shopkeeper

1996

Feeling Minnesota as Cop

1996

A Friend's Betrayal as Mr. Franks

1996

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal as Not available

1996

Voice from the Grave as Prosecutor O'Gane

1995

Star Trek: Voyager as Gerald Moss

1995

The Drew Carey Show as Steve Carey

1995

Murder One as Officer Carl Bickley

1995

The Client as Frank

1995

The Cure as Skipper #1

1993

Frasier as Franklin

1993

Grumpy Old Men as Moving Man

NaN

The Whisper Man as Not available

NaN

Fade to Black as Wayne

NaN

She Rides Shotgun as Not available

NaN

Cattywampus as Barry
Crew

2020

Be Absolute for Death Director

2017

Lucky Director