Richard Lynch
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
National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green
2022
as Mr John Goronwy Jones
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Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
Just Jim
2015
as Wayne
The Proposition
1996
as Huw Williams
Darklands
1996
as Salvy
Branwen
1995
as Kevin McCarthy
Thicker Than Water
1993
as Dorian Phipps
The Winter Stallion
1992
as Gwilyn
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Jason
Nineteen96
1989
as PC Maurice Peters
Eight Men Out
1988
as Writer
Boy Soldier
1987
as Wil Thomas