John Carroll Lynch

Plays Detective Bud Morris

Born in Boulder, Colorado, John Carroll Lynch spent the first eight years of his professional career as a member of Minneapolis's Guthrie Theatre Company, with roles in over 30 productions. His talent and his midwestern sensibility helped him land his first major film role as Norm, Francis McDormand's duck-obsessed husband in the Coen brothers' Academy Award-winning Fargo.

Since then Lynch has worked steadily in film, television and theatre, in roles ranging from small-town sheriffs to criminals. If there's one thing consistent about Lynch's career, it's the extreme diversity of the characters he plays and wide range he covers - from dry wit to broad comedy, and from thriller and mystery to melodrama.

On the small screen Lynch has appeared in many series regular, recurring and miniseries roles - including Carnivale, K-Ville, Big Love, How to Make It In America, From the Earth To The Moon and The Drew Carey Show - but Lynch's first love remains the theatre. Most recently he returned to the Guthrie Theater, where he played the lead role of Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.

With over 40 film credits, Lynch has been directed by Miguel Arteta, Mick Jackson and Albert Brooks, among others. His film credits include Shutter Island, Paul, Gran Torino, Zodiac, Love Happens and Things We Lost In The Fire.