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- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- John Carroll Lynch was born August 1, 1963 in Boulder, Colorado, and was raised in Denver. 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 (1996). He went on to make two more films that year, both of which were conveniently set in Minnesota, the acclaimed Beautiful Girls (1996) and Feeling Minnesota (1996). 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.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Gionniboy
- SpouseBrenda Wehle(1997 - present)
- ChildrenStepchildStepchild
- Minneapolis
- Was first choice to play Arthur Leigh Allen in Zodiac (2007). David Fincher saw his cold performance in Gothika (2003) and decided to cast him.
- Not related with David Lynch.
- Graduated from The Catholic University of America, B.F.A., Theatre program. He was Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. May 10, 1986.
- 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.
- Appears in three films with Jake Gyllenhaal: Bubble Boy (2001), The Good Girl (2002) and Zodiac (2007).
- I don't go to horror movies. I walked out of 'The Exorcist,' man.
- You can have the most wonderful motives for what you do, but if what you do harms other people, you're fooling yourself.
- Breathing is always key in any character. When you have a character with no voice, that makes it even more important.
- Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous.
- 'Fargo' was the turnaround for me, in terms of film, because it was a part; it wasn't a line.
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