Acting credits
38
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Johnny Flynn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.6
Moderate attention
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Movies: 28Series: 11Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 137108
IMDb ID: nm1926865
Known for: Acting
Born: March 14, 1983
Age: 43
Place of birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2006 - 2026
Years active: 21
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
Wikidata: Q3893931
Also known as
자니 플린 • 强尼·弗林 • Джонни Флинн • Джонні Флінн • Joe Flynn • 強尼·弗林 • جانی فلین • John Patrick Vivian Flynn
Other jobs
Music (2)Executive Producer (1)Original Music Composer (1)
Biography
John Patrick Vivian Flynn (born 14 March 1983) is a British actor and singer-songwriter. He has starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom Lovesick, and portrayed David Bowie in the film Stardust. Flynn is the lead singer and songwriter of the band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit. He has released six studio albums and two live albums. He has also composed music for stage, screen, and radio.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Johnny Flynn.
Nov 20
Elsinore
as Richard Eyre
2026 Movie
In 6 days
A Prayer for the Dying
as Jacob Hansen
2026 Movie
The Idiot(s)
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2026 Movie
& Sons
as Richard
2026 Movie
Goodbye June
as Connor
2025 Movie
A Death in the Family
as Noah
2025 Movie
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
as Richard Burton
2024 Movie
One Life
as Young Nicholas Winton
2023 Movie
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
2022 Movie
The Score
as Mike
2022 Movie
Operation Mincemeat
as Ian Fleming
2022 Movie
The Outfit
as Francis
2022 Movie
The Dig
as Rory Lomax
2021 Movie
Stardust
as David Bowie
2020 Movie
Emma.
as George Knightley
2020 Movie
Cordelia
as Frank
2019 Movie
Beast
as Pascal Renouf
2018 Movie
Love Is Thicker Than Water
as Arthur
2017 Movie
Contractor 014352
as Guy
2017 Movie
National Theatre Live: Hangmen
as Mooney
2016 Movie
Clouds of Sils Maria
as Christopher Giles
2014 Movie
Song One
as James Forester
2014 Movie
Something in the Air
as Folk Singer
2012 Movie
Twelfth Night
as Viola
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Johnny Flynn.
MobLand
as Frankie Cooper • 10 eps
2025 Series
RIPLEY
as Dickie Greenleaf • 8 eps
2024 Series
The Lovers
as Seamus O'Hannigan • 6 eps
2023 Series
Les Misérables
as Felix Tholomyès • 1 eps
2018 Series
Vanity Fair
as William Dobbin • 7 eps
2018 Series
Genius
as Albert Einstein • 10 eps
2017 Series
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
as Alec • 1 eps
2016 Series
Detectorists
as Johnny Piper • 1 eps
2014 Series
Lovesick
as Dylan Witter • 22 eps
2014 Series
Inside No. 9
as Elliot Quinn • 1 eps
2014 Series
Kingdom
as David Matthews • 1 eps
2007 Series