John Carroll Lynch filmography and biography
Date of birth: 1 August 1963, Boulder, Colorado, USA
John Carroll Lynch biography
John Carroll Lynch was born August 1st, 1963 in Boulder, Colorado. He was raised in Denver Colorado. It was there John found a passion for acting and became a Denver Broncos fan. He graduated in the mid-80s with a B.F.A. in theatre from the The Catholic University of America / Hartke Theatre Acting program. From then, he continued to work in theatre around the country, but concentrated mostly on his work at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, acting in many plays from Shakespeare to Shaw to Chekhov. In the early nineties, John was able to find time away from the theatre to work in film, as productions came through Minnesota. In 1996, he received critical acclaim for his role as Marge Gunderson's simple husband Norm Gunderson in Fargo. He went on to make two more films that year, both of which were conveniently set in Minnesota, the acclaimed Beautiful Girls and Feeling Minnesota. Since then, John's film career has been on an amazing climb. Much like other well respected actors from the theatre, such as John Malkovich and Gary Sinise, he chooses to play very interesting and diverse roles.
John Carroll Lynch trivia
- During the 1990s, John was a company member of the world-renowned
Guthrie Theater Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota as well as being a
mentor for the graduate acting program of the University of Minnesota.
- Graduated from The Catholic University of America, B.F.A., Theatre
program. He was Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. May 10, 1986.
- Former member of the Guthrie Theater Acting Company.
- Was first choice to play Arthur Leigh Allen in Zodiac (2007/I).
David Fincher saw his cold performance in The Gothic and decided to
cast him.
- John is an Alumni of Regis Jesuit High School, now located in Aurora,
Colorado but he graduated in 1981 when the campus was located in
north-west Denver.