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John Carroll Lynch
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Family Movie — Bill2027
- The Beauty — Meyer Williams2026
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord — Nico Deemis (voice)2026
- She Rides Shotgun — Houser2025
- Sorry, Baby — Pete2025
- Cattywampus — Barry2025
- Ballard — Thomas Laffont2025
- Outlaw Posse — Carson2024
- Babes — Dr. Morris2024
- Elsbeth — Edwin Dousant2024
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1963-08-01 ) August 1, 1963 (age 62) , Boulder, Colorado , U.S.
- Education
- Catholic University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor, director
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Spouse
- Brenda Wehle ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Lynch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boulder
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- John Carroll Lynch Blue Moon-10 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1963-08-01
- Commons category
- John Carroll Lynch
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- social media followers
- 20481
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American character actor and film director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in Fargo (1996). He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show (1997–2004) as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on four seasons of American Horror Story (2014–2019), most notably as breakout character Twisty the Clown. His films include Face/Off (1997), Mercury Rising (1998) Gothika (2003), Zodiac (2007), Gran Torino (2008), Shutter Island (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Ted 2 (2015), The Invitation (2015), The Founder (2016), and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). He made his directorial debut with the 2017 film Lucky.
Life and career
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