John Carroll Lynch On 'Lucky,' Harry Dean Stanton, First-Time Directing [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]
John Carroll Lynch was born on August 1, 1963 (John Carroll Lynch age: 58) in Boulder, Colorado and was raised in Denver. Lynch has a brother named Daniel. Lynch attended Regis Jesuit High School and went on to earn a BFA in Theatre at the Catholic University of America in 1986.
He graduated magna cum laude and as a member of the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa.
Grumpy Old Men (1993) marked Lynch’s first role in a feature film. He acted in The Cure (1995) and Beautiful Girls (1996) before his breakout role as playing Norm Gunderson in 1996 comedy crime film Fargo.
In 1996, Lynch made his television debut and appeared in several series, including Frasier, Murder One, The Client, Voice from the Grave and A Friend’s Betrayal.
In 2011, Lynch played Bernie Riley in the hit romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love with an ensemble cast.
Lynch is well-known for his performances in the TV series American Horror Story. Lynch has appeared in four seasons of the series; three of which he has played a different role in. He has also appeared in popular TV series including The Walking Dead and The Handmaid’s Tale.
The actor made his directorial debut in the 2017 film Lucky, which earned a number of award nominations. Lucky won the 22nd Satellite Award for Special Achievement Award for Best First Feature, Locarno Festival’s Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, and Haifa International Film Festival’s Fedeora Award – Directors of Tomorrow.
Lynch will have a main role in the upcoming TV series Big Sky as Rick Legarski.
Lucky follows a 90-year-old man nicknamed Lucky who, after an accidental fall, realizes his mortality. Lucky marked lead actor Harry Dean Stanton’s last film role before his death in September 2017.
In an exclusive talk with uInterview, Lynch revealed that the creators of the film had Stanton in mind from the very beginning. “The entire movie was conceived with Harry Dean in mind. There was no moment in the creation of the movie that we would ever would have imagined making it with anybody else,” Lynch said. Lynch told uInterview that Stanton was the one to suggest David Lynch for the role of Howard, a quirky regular at the diner that Lucky frequents.
“The screenplay was so strongly rooted in the conversations that Logan [screenwriter Logan Sparks] and Harry [Stanton] had had about the void, about a kind of a worldview. The thing that I love about the movie is that it’s about living and joy, and living in joy and not shying away from my mortality, no matter how close or how far away it is,” Lynch told uInterview of the message of the movie.
Lynch married fellow former Guthrie Theatre Company member Brenda Wehle in 1997. Lynch has two stepdaughters from his marriage with Wehle. Wehle and Lynch moved to Millerton, New York in 2014 and have resided there ever since, traveling frequently for work.
Is John Carroll Lynch related to David Lynch? No, John Carroll Lynch is not related to David Lynch.
Was John Carroll Lynch in American Horror Story? Lynch played Twisty the Clown in American Horror Story: Freak Show and American Horror Story: Cult, John Wayne Gacy in American Horror Story: Hotel, and Benjamin Richter and Mr. Jingles in American Horror Story: 1984.
What is John Carroll Lynch’s net worth? According to Celebrity Net Worth, Lynch has a net worth of $3 million.
What is John Carroll Lynch’s height? Lynch is 6’3″.
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Moving Man |
| 1995 | The Cure | Skipper #1 |
| 1995 | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | The Major |
| 1996 | Murder One (TV Series) – Chapter Thirteen | Officer Carl Bickley |
| 1996 | Beautiful Girls | Frank Womack |
| 1996 | Frasier (TV Series) – The Show Where Diana Comes Back | Franklin |
| 1996 | Fargo | Norm Gunderson |
| 1996 | The Client (TV Series) – Damn Yankees | Frank |
| 1996 | Voice from the Grave | Prosecutor O’Gane |
| 1996 | A Friend’s Betrayal | Mr. Franks |
| 1996 | Shaughnessy | |
| 1996 | The Fan | Shopkeeper |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | Cop |
| 1996 | Ace Ventura (Video Game) | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1997 | Volcano | Stan Olber |
| 1997 | Dead Men Can’t Dance | Sgt. Plonder |
| 1996-1997 | Life’s Work (TV Series) – Banquet – Boss | District Attorney Agee/Crazy Larry |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Prison Guard Walton |
| 1997 | No Strings Attached | Priest |
| 1997 | A Thousand Acres | Ken LaSalle |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) – Search and Seizure | Dr. Robert Larson |
| 1997 | The Visitor (TV Series) – Going Home | Joe York |
| 1998 | Mercury Rising | Martin Lynch |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon (TV Mini-Series) – 1968 – Can We Do This? | Bob Gilruth |
| 1998 | Restaurant | John English |
| 1998 | The Naked Man | Driver |
| 1998 | Return to Krondor (Video Game) | (voice) |
| 1999 | The Minus Man | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1999 | L.A. Doctors (TV Series) – True Believers | |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Doctor Freeze (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) – 11:59 | Gerald Moss – Millenium Gate Spokesperson |
| 1999 | Late Last Night | Sgt. Van Wick |
| 1999 | Freak Weather | Ed |
| 1999 | Anywhere But Here | Jack Irwin |
| 1999 | Family Law (TV Series) – Pilot | |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Walter |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Father Mileski |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | Abbie’s Lawyer |
| 2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds | Impound Manager |
| 2000 | The Fugitive (TV Series) – Pilot | Raynor |
| 2000 | Gideon’s Crossing (TV Series) – The Race | Sonny Green |
| 2000 | The West Wing (TV Series) – Galileo | Jack |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy | Mr. Livingston |
| 2001 | Rock & Roll Back to School Special | |
| 2002 | The Good Girl | Jack Field, Your Store Manager |
| 2002 | Bug | Wallace |
| 2002 | Par 6 | Dour O’Dowell |
| 2002 | Three Days of Rain | Dinner Guest |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | John Holliman |
| 2003 | Confidence | Grant Ashby |
| 2003 | Gothika | Sheriff Ryan |
| 2003 | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (TV Series) – Unaired Pilot – The Song of Poland – Little Girl Lost – Sleeping Lions – Tough Lions – Secrets and Lies – Falling Acorns | Mayor Garrett Shaw |
| 2004 | Catch That Kid | Mr. Hartmann |
| 2004 | The Mortuary | Mr. Whitman |
| 2004 | Details (Short) | Lou |
| 1997-2004 | The Drew Carey Show (TV Series) (74 episodes) | Steve Carey |
| 2005 | Carnivàle (TV Series) (12 episodes) | Varlyn Stroud |
| 2005 | Mozart and the Whale | Gregory |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) – Stannie Get Your Gun | Acl-Lou/Mr. Simms/Monkey |
| 2005 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Stewart |
| 2006 | Maybe It’s in the Water (Short) | |
| 2005-2006 | Close to Home (TV Series) (21 episodes) | Steve Sharpe |
| 2006 | The PTA (TV Series) | Principal |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Arthur Leigh Allen |
| 2007 | Full of It | Mr. Leonard |
| 2007 | Big Love (TV Series) – Circle the Wagons – Dating Game | Officer Chuck Tuttle |
| 2007 | Things We Lost in the Fire | Howard Glassman |
| 2007-2008 | K-Ville (TV Series) (11 episodes) | Captain James Embry |
| 2008 | Gran Torino | Barber Martin |
| 2008 | The Prince of Motor City | Paul Riley |
| 2009 | Love Happens | Walter |
| 2009 | Lie to Me (TV Series) – Truth of Consequences | Mr. Reed |
| 2009 | Monk (TV Series) – Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk | Kurt Pressman |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) – Bloodsport | Buddy Arnold |
| 2010 | Hesher | Larry |
| 2010 | Sympathy for Delicious | Evangelist Carroll |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Deputy Warden McPherson |
| 2010 | How to Make It in America (TV Series) – Keep on Truck’n | Larry |
| 2011 | Paul | Moses Buggs |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Bernie |
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Dave Greenberg |
| 2011-2012 | Body of Proof (TV Series) (29 episodes) | Bud Morris |
| 2010-2012 | The Glades (TV Series) – Old Times – Pilot | Mike Ogletree |
| 2013 | Highland Park | Rory |
| 2013 | The Pretty One | Frank |
| 2013 | Do No Harm (TV Series) (11 episodes) | Will Hayes |
| 2014 | Camp X-Ray | Colonel Drummond |
| 2014 | House of Lies – Boom – Power(less) | Gil Selby |
| 2014 | The Americans (TV Series) – Echo – Operation Chronicle – Stealth – Martial Eagle – Cardinal – Comrades | Fred |
| 2013-2014 | Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV Series) – Zach Galifianakis Wears a One-Armed Jacket – Zoe Saldana Wears a Tan Blouse & Glasses | Commissioner Ned Dooley/Officer Ned Dooley |
| 2014 | Manhattan (TV Series) – The New World – Acceptable Limits | Daniel Ellis |
| 2014 | Us & Them (TV Series) – Coeds & Carburetors | Ed |
| 2014 | The Money | Robert Harris |
| 2014 | Hoke | Bill Henderson |
| 2015 | The Invitation | Pruitt |
| 2015 | Hot Pursuit | Captain Emmett |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Tom Jessup |
| 2015 | The Walking Dead (TV Series) – Here’s Not Here | Eastman |
| 2015 | Family Fortune | Mike |
| 2016 | Billions (TV Series) – The Punch | Mr. Gilbert |
| 2016 | Miracles from Heaven | Pastor Scott |
| 2016 | The Architect | Conway |
| 2016 | Jackie | Lyndon B Johnson |
| 2016 | Shangri-La Suite | Colonel Tom Parker |
| 2016 | The Founder | Mac McDonald |
| 2016 | Furst Born | Wayne |
| 2017 | Anything | Early Landry |
| 2016-2017 | TURN: Washington’s Spies (TV Series) – Washington’s Spies – Belly of the Beast – Nightmare – Spyhunter General – Trial and Execution – Mended – Hypocrisy, Fraud, and Tyranny – Cold Murdering Bastards | James Rivington |
| 2017 | Channel Zero (TV Series) – The Hollow Girl – The Damage – The Exit – Beware the Cannibals – Nice Neighborhood – This Isn’t Real | John Sleator |
| 2018 | Private Life | Charlie Grimes |
| 2018 | White Orchid | Sheriff Mann |
| 2018 | Crawford (TV Series) (12 episodes) | Owen |
| 2018 | The Handmaid’s Tale (TV Series) – Unwomen | Dan |
| 2018 | The Good Cop (TV Series) – Who Is the Ugly German Lady? | Sherman Smalls |
| 2018 | One Dollar (TV Series) – Jake Noveer – Rick Mitchell – Dante Jenkins – Cooper Shaw – Wilson Furlbee – Jenny Ludlow – Chelsea Wyler – Ken Fry – Garrett Drimmer | Bud Carl |
| 2019 | The Highwaymen | Lee Simmons |
| 2019 | Veep (TV Series) – Oslo – South Carolina – Iowa | Lloyd Hennick |
| 2019 | AHS9 Cast Teasers (Short) | |
| 2014-2019 | American Horror Story (TV Series) (18 episodes) | Mr. Jingles/Twisty the Clown/John Wayne Gacy |
| 2019-2020 | Perfect Harmony (TV Series) – Regionals – Rivalry Week – Pilot | Pastor Magnus |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 (post-production) | John Dellinger |
| 2020 | The Big Sky (TV Series) (pre-production) – Episode #1.1 |
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