John Carroll Lynch

Acting · Born 1963-08-01 in 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.

Filmography

• Fargo as Norm Gunderson
• Face/Off as Prison Guard Walton
• Zodiac as Arthur Leigh Allen
• Shutter Island as Deputy Warden McPherson
• Gran Torino as Barber Martin
• Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Bernie
• She Rides Shotgun as Houser
• The Founder as Mac McDonald
• Miracles from Heaven as Pastor Scott
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 as David Dellinger

TV

• Star Trek: Voyager as Gerald Moss
• Monk as Kurt Pressman
• Frasier as Franklin
• The Practice as Dr. Robert Larson
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Buddy Arnold
• American Horror Stories as Larry Bitterman
• The Americans as Fred
• The West Wing as Jack Reese
• Carnivàle as Varlyn Stroud
• From the Earth to the Moon as Bob Gilruth