Richard Lynch

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, on-and-off since 2002.

Early life Lynch is an alumnus of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, a Welsh Medium comprehensive school near Pontypridd. He graduated with in Drama from Aberystwyth University in 1987.

Career 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 starred in numerous television productions and series, including The Christmas Stallion (1992), The Lifeboat (1994), Tales from Pleasure Beach (2001) and Hinterland/Y Gwyll.

In 2013 Lynch was awarded a Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.

Partial filmography Milwr Bychan (1986) The District Nurse (TV series 1987) Babylon Bypassed (1988) Eight Men Out (1988) Spirit (1989) Screen One (TV series 1989) The Christmas Stallion (TV movie 1992) Thicker Than Water (TV movie 1994) The Healer (TV movie 1994) The Lifeboat (TV series 1994) Branwen (1995) Darklands (1996) The Proposition (1997) Dangerfield (TV series 1999) Score (TV movie 2001) Tales from Pleasure Beach (TV mini-series 2001) A Mind to Kill (TV series 1997–2002) Y Mabinogi (English title: Otherworld) (2003) Secret History of Religion: Knights Templar (TV movie 2006) Hinterland/Y Gwyll (Bilingual TV series 2016)