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 Bro ... therhood 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.
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The Drew Carey Show
as Steve Carey
Episodes: 74
First Aired: Sep 13, 1995
Body of Proof
as Det. Bud Morris
Episodes: 29
First Aired: Mar 29, 2011
Close to Home
as Steve Sharpe
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 20, 2005
Big Sky
as Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Nov 17, 2020
Big Sky
as Rick Legarski
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Nov 17, 2020
Do No Harm
as Will Hayes
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jan 31, 2013
Carnivàle
as Varlyn Stroud
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Sep 14, 2003
Crawford
as Owen
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Feb 02, 2018
K-Ville
as Captain James Embry
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Sep 17, 2007
One Dollar
as Bud Carl
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Aug 30, 2018
American Horror Story
as Benjamin Richter
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 05, 2011
American Horror Story
as Twisty the Clown
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Oct 05, 2011
The Americans
as Fred
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jan 30, 2013
Channel Zero
as John Sleator
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 11, 2016
Gaslit
as L. Patrick Gray
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 24, 2022
Veep
as Lloyd Hennick
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 22, 2012
Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Magnus
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 26, 2019
Evil
as Henry Stick
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 26, 2019
American Dad!
as Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
Manhattan
as Daniel Ellis
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 27, 2014
White House Plumbers
as John Mitchell
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 01, 2023
From the Earth to the Moon
as Bob Gilruth
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 05, 1998
American Horror Story
as John Wayne Gacy
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 05, 2011
Ballard
as Thomas Laffont
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Unknown
Star Trek: Voyager
as Gerald Moss
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 16, 1995
Monk
as Kurt Pressman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 12, 2002
Frasier
as Franklin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1993
The Practice
as Dr. Robert Larson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 1997
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Buddy Arnold
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 2000
The Visitor
as Joe York
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1997
American Horror Stories
as Larry Bitterman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 15, 2021
The Glades
as Mike Ogletree
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2010
The West Wing
as Jack Reese
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1999
The Client
as Frank
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1995
The Walking Dead
as Eastman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 31, 2010
Billions
as Mr. Gilbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 17, 2016
Murder One
as Officer Carl Bickley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1995
The Good Cop
as Sherman Smalls
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 2018
Lie to Me
as Mr. Reed
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 21, 2009
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 24, 2003
Big Love
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 12, 2006
Life's Work
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 17, 1996
Close to Home
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2005
Family Law
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
The Glades
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2010
Talking Dead
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 2011
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