
John Carroll Lynch
Acting
Born 1963-08-01 · Boulder, Colorado, USA
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.
Known for

The Drew Carey Show
1995 · TV

Body of Proof
2011 · TV

Close to Home
2005 · TV

Big Sky
2020 · TV

Carnivàle
2003 · TV

Do No Harm
2013 · TV

K-Ville
2007 · TV

Crawford
2018 · TV

Ballard
2025 · TV

One Dollar
2018 · TV

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003 · TV

The Americans
2013 · TV

Channel Zero
2016 · TV

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · TV

American Dad!
2005 · TV

The Walking Dead
2010 · TV

American Horror Story
2011 · TV

Evil
2019 · TV

Veep
2012 · TV

The Beauty
2026 · TV

Gaslit
2022 · TV

Monk
2002 · TV

Perfect Harmony
2019 · TV

Elsbeth
2024 · TV

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026 · TV

Frasier
1993 · TV

The West Wing
1999 · TV

Big Love
2006 · TV

From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · TV

Manhattan
2014 · TV

Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · TV

Billions
2016 · TV

Life's Work
1996 · TV

The Practice
1997 · TV

White House Plumbers
2023 · TV

Lie to Me
2009 · TV

American Horror Stories
2021 · TV

Family Law
1999 · TV

The Glades
2010 · TV

Murder One
1995 · TV

L.A. Doctors
1998 · TV

The Client
1995 · TV

The Visitor
1997 · TV

The Good Cop
2018 · TV

Talking Dead
2011 · TV