Richard Lynch
Actor
Biography
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).
Filmography
Just Jim
as Wayne 2015
Darklands
as Salvy 1996
The Proposition
as Huw Williams 1996
Branwen
as Kevin McCarthy 1995
The Winter Stallion
as Gwilyn 1992
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
Thicker Than Water
as Dorian Phipps 1993
National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green
as Mr John Goronwy Jones 2022
Sticky Wickets
as Jason 1990
Nineteen96
as PC Maurice Peters 1989