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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).

Known For

Branwen
Branwen
Darklands
Darklands
The Winter Stallion
The Winter Stallion
Boy Soldier
Boy Soldier

Filmography

2023 Tree on a Hill
as Herbie Watkins
2022 National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green
as Mr John Goronwy Jones
2016 Aberfan: The Green Hollow
as
2015 Just Jim
as Wayne
2012 The Hollow Crown
as Westmorland
2001 Tales from Pleasure Beach
as Sonny
1996 The Proposition
as Huw Williams
1996 Darklands
as Salvy
1995 Branwen
as Kevin McCarthy
1993 Thicker Than Water
as Dorian Phipps
1992 The Winter Stallion
as Gwilyn
1990 Sticky Wickets
as Jason
1989 Nineteen96
as PC Maurice Peters
1988 Eight Men Out
as Writer
1987 Boy Soldier
as Wil Thomas