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







