Richard Lynch

Richard Lynch

Nacimiento : 1965-01-01, Wales

Historia

Richard Lynch is a Welsh television and film actor best known for playing the character of Garry Monk in S4C's long-running Welsh-language soap "Pobol y Cwm". Lynch is an alumnus of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen in Pontypridd. He later graduated in Drama from Aberystwyth University in 1987. In 2013 Lynch was awarded a Fellowship of Aberystwyth University. Lynch first came to prominence in the 1986 Karl Francis' film "Milwr Bychan" playing young soldier Will Thomas. Further film appearances include "Branwen" (1994), "Darklands" (1996), "The Proposition" (1997), and "Y Mabinogi" (2003). Lynch has starred in numerous television productions and series, including "The Christmas Stallion" (1992), "The Lifeboat" (1994), and "Tales from Pleasure Beach" (2001).

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Richard Lynch

Películas

Aberfan: The Green Hollow
A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, written by Owen Sheers and performed by a stellar cast of Wales's best-known acting talent, including Michael Sheen, Jonathan Pryce, Sian Phillips, Eve Myles and Iwan Rheon, with some contributions from the local community.
The Proposition
Huw Williams
In early 19th century Wales, Catherine Morgan, a widow with two daughters, must endure the bumpy road to a distant market in order to sell her cattle to save her farm and family.
Darklands
Salvy
A reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.
Branwen
Kevin McCarthy
A poignant drama set in both the Wales and Northern Ireland of 1990. Loosely based on the story of the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, one of the Welsh myths.
Thicker Than Water
Dorian Phipps
Debbie and Jo are identical twins. After Jo is killed in a car accident, Debbie starts to act increasingly like Jo. Mysterious circumstances lead Jo's widower Sam to suspect that the accident wasn't an accident at all.
The Winter Stallion
Gwilyn
Dai Davies (Eric Wyn) is a Welshman running a cash-strapped farm in modern Wales and raising his orphaned granddaughter Gwen (Sian MacLean) with the help of her godmother Nerys (Lynette Davies). When he dies unexpectedly, he leaves Gwen's guardianship to his estranged son Alan (Daniel J. Travanti), who has returned to Wales accompanied by his stepson Cliff Dean (Patrick Loomer). Alan's return pits himself against land developer Howard (Dafydd Hywel) and Cliff against Gwen's would-be suitor Gwilyn (Richard Lynch). As Alan and Gwen try to connect in the background of readying the farm's prize stallion Mabon for a race that could save the farm, Howard resorts to dirty tricks to try and force through the farm's sale.
Sticky Wickets
Jason
It's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But disaster looms - it's the local cricket team's annual fancy dress bash and the theme is the Second World War.
Nineteen96
PC Maurice Peters
Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption
Ocho hombres
Writer
Basado en la historia verdadera del escándalo del equipo de béisbol de los medias blancas en el año 1919. El propietario de los medias blancas de Chicago, Charlie Comiskey, siente poca inclinación por recompensar la espectacular temporada que está realizando su equipo. Cuando un sindicato del juego dirigido por Arnold Rothstein se hace eco del descontento de la plantilla, le ofrece a algunas de sus estrellas -incluyendo al pitcher Eddie Cicotte, al infielder Buck Weaver y al outfielder "calcetines" Joe Jackson- más dinero por jugar por debajo de sus posibilidades en las series mundiales contra los Cincinnati Reds.
Boy Soldier
Wil Thomas
Wil Thomas, a young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland shoots a terrorist in self-defence and is used as scapegoat by the political system.
National Theatre: The Corn Is Green
Mr John Goronwy Jones
One person can make all the difference. Miss Lily Moffat arrives in rural North Wales, determined to help young local miners out of poverty by teaching them to read and write. Lily soon spots talent in the unruly Morgan Evans, but when she faces growing resistance from the community, she does everything in her power to forge him a new future.