Finbar Lynch
Finbar Lynch (born August 28, 1959 in Dublin ) is an Irish actor .
life and career
Finbar Lynch was born as one of three sons in the Irish capital, Dublin, and at the age of 11 he moved with his family to the village of Indreabhán , where his father ran a clothing store.
Lynch later moved back to Dublin to start an acting career. After he was rejected many times due to a lack of experience, he was able to get a small role in a stage production of the play Endstation Sehnsucht by Tennessee Williams and thus lay the foundation for a career in the acting business. In 1999 he was nominated for both a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Drama Desk Award in the same category for his portrayal of Canary Jim from the play Not About Nightingales , another play by Tennessee Williams.
Lynch first appeared in a television series in 1983, for example in Glenroe . In 1988 he played a recurring role as Persse McGarrigle in the mini-series Small World . Among other series appearances, like in Waking the Dead - On behalf of the dead , Silk - robes of silk or Game of Thrones , Lynch also took film roles, as in To Kill a King , Mathilde , child 44 or Suffragette - Actions speak louder than words .
He is married to actress Niamh Cusack and they have a son together.
Filmography (selection)
- 1983: Glenroe (TV series)
- 1983: The Schooner
- 1986: Rawhead Rex
- 1988: Small World (mini series, 6 episodes)
- 1994: Between the Lines (TV series, episode 3x04)
- 1996: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1998: The Scold's Bridle (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2000: Waking the Dead ( Waking the Dead , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2001: Mind Games (TV movie)
- 2003: Red Cap (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 2003: To Kill a King
- 2004: Mathilde
- 2004–2005: Proof (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2005: Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2008: George Gently - The incorruptible ( Inspector George Gently , TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2012: Silk - Robes made of silk ( Silk , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2012: The Hollow Crown (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2013: Numbers Station (The Numbers Station)
- 2013: Breathless (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2014: Inspector Banks (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Game of Thrones (TV series, episode 4x03)
- 2015: The Musketeers ( The Musketeers , TV series, episode 2x03)
- 2015: Kind 44 (Child 44)
- 2015: Suffragettes - actions instead of words (Suffragettes)
- 2015: Departure
- 2015: Between Lambs and Lions
- 2016: Property of the State
- 2018: Black 47
- 2019: Treadstone (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2019: The Mallorca Files (TV series, episode 1x03)
- 2020: Adventures of a Mathematician
- 2020: Devils (TV series, episode 1x04)
Awards and nominations
- 1999: Nominated for a Tony Award in the category Best Supporting Actor for Not About Nightingales
- 1999: Nomination for a Drama Desk Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for Not About Nightingales
Web links
- Finbar Lynch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Finbar Lynch in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Time and place: Finbar Lynch . In: The Sunday Times , April 17, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ↑ IRISH ACTOR MAKES IT TO B'WAY VIA TENNESSEE LYNCH KNOCKED ABOUT BEFORE LANDING 'NIGHTINGALES' . In: NY Daily News , April 7, 1999. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ↑ Sarah Edworthy: My Perfect Weekend: Niamh Cusack . In: The Telegraph , May 15, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lynch, Finbar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lynch, Barry (alternative name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin , Ireland |