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John Carroll Lynch

1963 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Carroll Lynch has received more than 6,150,816 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John Carroll Lynch is the 2,998th most popular actor (down from 2,861st in 2019), the 4,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,511th in 2019) and the 1,357th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Carroll Lynch ranks 2,998 out of 13,578. Before him are Isla Fisher, Brooke Adams, Thom Barry, Steve James, Paul Adelstein, and Philip Stone. After him are Corinna Harfouch, Chris Farley, Norma Bengell, Madge Sinclair, Gael García Bernal, and Roger Carel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, John Carroll Lynch ranks 167. Before him are Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Karl Markovics, Miroslav Lajčák, Aslan Bzhania, Elvira Nabiullina, and Jørn Andersen. After him are Heinz Weixelbraun, Alessandro Safina, Goran Jurić, Horacio Elizondo, Simon Wright, and Karin Keller-Sutter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Carroll Lynch ranks 4,577 out of 20,380. Before him are Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Brooke Adams (1949), Thom Barry (1950), Steve James (1952), Michael G. Wilson (1942), and Paul Adelstein (1969). After him are Chris Farley (1964), Ronald Graham (1935), Richard Sears (1861), Tommy Aldridge (1950), Jack Arnold (1916), and Theodore Gill (1837).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Carroll Lynch ranks 1,357. Before him are Steven Hill (1922), Lauren Cohan (1982), Brooke Adams (1949), Thom Barry (1950), Steve James (1952), and Paul Adelstein (1969). After him are Chris Farley (1964), Michael V. Gazzo (1923), Aidan Quinn (1959), Tom Mix (1880), Timothy Olyphant (1968), and Madeline Kahn (1942).

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Television and Movie Roles

Shutter Island
Deputy Warden McPherson
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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The Founder
Mac McDonald
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
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Zodiac
Arthur Leigh Allen
The zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.
Mar 2nd 20077.524 / 10