Checking in with JOHN CARROLL LYNCH
If he had one dollar for ... actually, never mind. John Carroll Lynch does have that, in a certain sense.
A character actor familiar from series ranging from “The Drew Carey Show” to “American Horror Story” and movies including “Fargo” and “Gran Torino,” Lynch is pivotal in the ensemble cast of the new drama series “One Dollar,” which CBS All Access starts streaming weekly on Thursday, Aug. 30. He plays a steel-mill owner in a town where the same dollar bill passes through the hands of a number of “It’s people, a small linking town them and to a big a multiple-murder cast,” Lynch muses mystery of the and show resulting that also in features the exposure such of recurring many secrets. players as Odom Jeff Perry Jr. “There (“Scandal”), are a lot Greg of moving Germann parts (“Ally to this McBeal”) story, and and it’s “Hamilton” really amazing Tony that Award they’re winner making Leslie the train Lynch on time explains with that this his thing. “One It’s Dollar” complicated.” character represents the third generation to run the mill, “and he his feels family a great over responsibility the course of almost not only 100 to years.” his family legacy, but also to the people who have worked for
his “One film-directing Dollar” adds debut yet with another last blue-collar year’s drama role “Lucky,” to the one career of of the Lynch, last movies also a of stage its late veteran title who star Harry made Dean Stanton.
“It’s a funny thing,” Lynch reflects. “My parents were both lawyers, but in some ways, how you look is destiny in this kind of job. I’ve been so fortunate to play such a wide variety of people over the course of the last 25 years, I don’t have any complaints.” Birthdate: Aug. 1, 1963 Birthplace: Boulder, Colo. Current residence: New York Marital status: Married Other television work includes: “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Crawford,” “Channel Zero,” “TURN: Washington’s Spies,” “Billions,” “The Walking Dead,” “Manhattan,” “The Americans,” “House of Lies,” “Do No Harm,” “The Glades,” “Body of Proof,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Monk,” “Lie to Me,” “K-Ville,” “Big Love,” “Carnivale,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire,” “The West Wing,” “Tuesdays With Morrie,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “From the Earth to the Moon,” “Frasier” Movie work includes: “The Founder,” “Jackie,” “Miracles From Heaven,” “Ted 2,” “Hot Pursuit,” “The Invitation,” “Crazy. Stupid. Love.,” “Shutter Island,” “Hesher,” “Love Happens,” “Gran Torino,” “Things We Lost in the Fire,” “Zodiac,” “Mozart and the Whale,” “Gothika,” “Confidence,” “The Good Girl,” “Waking the Dead,” “Volcano,” “Fargo” Favorite movie: “I have so many movies that I love and can’t stop watching when they’re on. I recently watched ‘Sweet Smell of Success,’ and that movie is chillingly dark in a real way. And talk about a guy who’s underrated ... Burt Lancaster. And I never turn off ‘Casablanca’ and ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ and I watch ‘The Searchers’ whenever it’s on.” Favorite television series you’re not on: “I really love ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ which is fun in a bubbly way. And I binge-watched ‘The Good Fight’; it has such whimsy to it, but it punches you right in the mouth. It has kind of a bitter-lemon quality that I appreciate.” Favorite singer: “Nat King Cole. I think I stopped listening to popular music before I was born.”