John Carroll Lynch
Acting
🎂 1963-08-01
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.
Cast credits(122)
Gerald Moss
1995
Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
2005
Self
2011
Buddy Arnold
2000
Eastman
2010
Mr. Reed
2009
Dr. Robert Larson
1997
Twisty the Clown
2011
John Wayne Gacy
2011
Benjamin Richter
2011
Franklin
1993
Kurt Pressman
2002
Henry Stick
2019
Fred
2013
Mr. Gilbert
2016
Lloyd Hennick
2012
Jack Reese
1999
Bob Gilruth
1998
Judge Edwin Dousant
2024
Larry Bitterman
2021
Varlyn Stroud
2003
Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
2020
Rick Legarski
2020
2010
Mike Ogletree
2010
Steve Carey
1995
1996
Officer Chuck Tuttle
2006
John Mitchell
2023
Det. Bud Morris
2011
Thomas Laffont
2025
Daniel Ellis
2014
L. Patrick Gray
2022
1999
Bud Carl
2018
Sherman Smalls
2018
John Sleator
2016
Deputy Warden McPherson
2010
Tom Jessup
2015
Owen
2018
Sheriff Ryan
2003
Norm Gunderson
1996
Will Hayes
2013
Arthur Leigh Allen
2007
Frank
1995
Officer Carl Bickley
1995
Pastor Magnus
2019
Mac McDonald
2016
Bernie
2011
Gus (uncredited)
1998
Moses Buggs
2011
2005
Steve Sharpe
2005
Prison Guard Walton
1997
Pastor Scott
2016
Impound Manager
2000
Barber Martin
2008
Captain Emmett
2015
Joe York
1997
Pete
2025
Lee Simmons
2019
Stan Olber
1997
Col. Drummond
2014
Moving Man
1993
Dr. Morris
2024
Pruitt
2016
David Dellinger
2020
2003
Skipper #1
1995
Captain James Embry
2007
Lyndon B. Johnson
2016
Mr. Livingston
2001
Shopkeeper
1996
Martin Lynch
1998
Larry
2010
Doctor Freeze (uncredited)
1999
Mr. Leonard
2007
Jack Irwin
1999
Walter
2009
Dave Greenberg
2012
Mr. Hartman
2004
Charlie Grimes
2018
Grant Ashby
2003
Bartender (uncredited)
1999
Sheriff Mann
2018
Frank Womack
1996
Jack Field, Your Store Manager
2002
Howard Glassman
2007
Ken LaSalle
1997
Abbie's Lawyer
2000
Cop
1996
Father Mileski
2000
John English
2000
Josh Holliman
2002
Gregory
2005
Carson
2024
The Major
1995
Colonel Tom Parker
2016
Walter
1999
Frank
2014
Rory
2013
Early Landry
2018
Driver
1998
Conway
2016
Wallace Gregory
2002
Prosecutor O'Gane
1996
Evangelist Carroll
2010
1996
Stewart
2006
Plonder
1997
Dour O'Dowell
2002
Ron Shalev
2020
Mr. Franks
1996
Sgt. Van Wyck
1999
Wayne
Barry
Paul Riley
2008
Bill Henderson
2014
Ed
2005
2020
