John Carroll Lynch - wikipedia John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch Lynch in 2017 ( 1963 - 08 - 01 ) August 1, 1963 ( age 54 ) Boulder, Colorado, US Alma mater The Catholic University of America Occupation Actor, film director Years active 1986 -- present Spouse ( s ) Brenda Wehle ( m. 1997 ) John Carroll Lynch ( born August 1, 1963 ) is an American actor and director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in Fargo. He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show as the title character 's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on American Horror Story : Freak Show and American Horror Story : Cult as Twisty the Clown. His films include Face / Off, Gran Torino, Shutter Island, Ted 2, The Invitation, and Zodiac. Most recently, he portrayed McDonald 's co-founder Maurice McDonald in The Founder. He made his directorial debut with the 2017 film Lucky. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life Lynch was born August 1, 1963, in Boulder, Colorado. He attended Regis Jesuit High School in Denver. He studied theater at The Catholic University of America, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986. Career Lynch was a member of the Guthrie Theater company. He starred in several productions, toured with the company and worked there for over eight seasons. Lynch made his feature film debut in Grumpy Old Men ( 1993 ). He gained notice starring as Norm Gunderson in the Coen brothers ' film Fargo ( 1996 ). His other notable films are Face / Off ( 1997 ), Bubble Boy ( 2001 ), Gothika ( 2003 ), Things We Lost in the Fire ( 2007 ), Gran Torino ( 2008 ), Shutter Island ( 2010 ), Paul ( 2011 ) and Crazy, Stupid, Love. ( 2011 ). He portrayed Arthur Leigh Allen in Zodiac ( 2007 ) and the first establisher of McDonald 's, Mac McDonald, in The Founder ( 2016 ). Lynch has an extensive career in television. He appeared in ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show as the title character 's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey. He has also been a regular cast member on series such as Close to Home, Carnivàle, Body of Proof and Seasons 4, 5 and 7 of American Horror Story. Personal life Lynch has been married to actress Brenda Wehle since 1997. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Grumpy Old Men Moving Man 1995 The Cure Skipper # 1 Credited as John Lynch Beautiful Girls Frank Womack Fargo Norm Gunderson Feeling Minnesota Cop 1997 Volcano Stan Olber 1997 Face / Off Prison Guard Walton 1998 Mercury Rising Martin Lynch 1998 The Naked Man Sticks ' Driver 1998 Restaurant John English 1999 Anywhere but Here Jack Irwin 1999 Pushing Tin Doctor Freeze 1999 Freak Weather Ed 2000 Gone in 60 Seconds Impound Manager Uncredited 2001 Bubble Boy Mr. Livingston 2002 The Good Girl Jack Field 2002 Bug Wallace Gregory 2002 Three Days of Rain Dinner Guest 2003 Gothika Sheriff Ryan 2003 Confidence Leon Ashby Catch That Kid Mr. Hartmunn 2005 Mozart and the Whale Gregory 2005 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Stewart 2007 Full of It Mr. Leonard 2007 Zodiac Arthur Leigh Allen 2007 Things We Lost in the Fire Howard Glassman 2008 Gran Torino Barber Martin 2009 Love Happens Walter Sympathy for Delicious Evangelist Carroll Shutter Island Deputy Warden McPherson Hesher Larry 2011 Paul Moses Buggs 2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love. Bernie Riley 2012 Lay the Favorite Dave Greenberg 2013 The Pretty One Frank 2014 Camp X-Ray Col. James Drummond 2015 Hot Pursuit Captain Emmett 2015 Ted 2 Tom Jessup 2015 The Invitation Pruitt 2016 Miracles from Heaven Pastor Scott 2016 Jackie Lyndon B. Johnson 2016 The Founder Mac McDonald 2017 Lucky N / A Directorial debut 2017 Anything Early Landry 2018 Private Life Charlie 2018 White Orchid Sheriff Mann Post-production 2018 The Highwaymen Filming Television Year Title Role Notes Frasier Actor playing Franklin Episode : `` The Show Where Diane Comes Back '' Murder One Officer Carl Bickley Episode : `` Chapter Thirteen '' The Client Frank Episode : `` Damn Yankees '' Voice from the Grave Prosecutor O'Gane Television film A Friend 's Betrayal Mr. Franks Television film 1996, 1997 Life 's Work District Attorney Agee / Crazy Larry 2 episodes 1997 -- 2004 The Drew Carey Show Steve Carey 72 episodes 1997 The Practice Dr. Robert Larson Episode : `` Search and Seizure '' 1997 The Visitor Joe York Episode : `` Going Home '' 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Robert R. Gilruth 2 episodes 1999 Star Trek : Voyager Gerald Moss Episode : `` 11 : 59 '' 1999 Late Last Night Sgt. Van Wyck Television film 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie Walter Moran Television film 2000 The Fugitive Raynor Episode : `` Pilot '' 2000 The West Wing Jack Episode : `` Galileo '' 2001 Gideon 's Crossing Sonny Green Episode : `` The Race '' 2002 Live from Baghdad John Holliman Television film 2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Mayor Garrett Shaw 7 episodes 2005 -- 2006 Close to Home Steve Sharpe 21 episodes 2005 Carnivàle Varlyn Stroud 12 episodes 2005 American Dad ! Mr. Simms ( voice ) Episode : `` Stannie Get Your Gun '' 2007 -- 2008 K - Ville Captain James Embry 11 episodes 2007 Big Love Officer Chuck Tuttle 2 episodes 2009 Lie to Me Mr. Reed Episode : `` Truth or Consequences '' 2009 Monk Kurt Pressman Episode : `` Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk '' 2009 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Buddy Arnold Episode : `` Bloodsport '' 2010 -- 2012 The Glades Mike Ogletree 2 episodes How to Make It in America Larry Episode : `` Keep on Truck'n '' 2011 -- 2013 Body of Proof Bud Morris 26 episodes 2013 Do No Harm Will Hayes 10 episodes 2013 -- 2014 Comedy Bang ! Bang ! Ned Dooley 2 episodes 2014 House of Lies Gil Selby 2 episodes 2014 The Americans Fred 6 episodes 2014 Manhattan Daniel Ellis 2 episodes 2014 -- 2015 American Horror Story : Freak Show Twisty the Clown 5 episodes 2014 Us & Them Ed Episode : `` Coeds & Carburetors '' 2015 -- 2016 American Horror Story : Hotel John Wayne Gacy 2 episodes 2015 The Walking Dead Eastman Episode : `` Here 's Not Here '' 2016 -- 2017 Turn : Washington 's Spies James Rivington 6 episodes 2016 Billions Mr. Gilbert Episode : `` The Punch '' 2017 American Horror Story : Cult Twisty the Clown 2 episodes 2017 Channel Zero : The No - End House John Sleator 6 episodes 2018 Crawford Owen Upcoming series Awards and nominations Year Association Nominated work Result Ref. 2016 42nd Saturn Awards Best Guest Starring Role on Television The Walking Dead Nominated 2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actor The Invitation Nominated Camerimage Directors ' Debuts Competition Lucky Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Most Promising Filmmaker Nominated Haifa International Film Festival Carmel Award for Best Film Nominated Fedeora Award - Directors of Tomorrow Won Locarno Festival Golden Leopard Nominated Price of the Ecumenical Jury Won 22nd Satellite Awards Special Achievement Award for Best First Feature Won References ^ Jump up to : `` John Carroll Lynch ''. Rovi via The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Jump up ^ `` ( S ) ome sources cite May 11, 1961 '', per `` John Carroll Lynch Biography ( 1963 ? - ) ''. FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Alumni Relations : Arts & Entertainment ''. The Catholic University of America. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2015. Jump up ^ `` John Carroll Lynch lands juicy role in ' Freak Show ' ''. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 28 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` John Carroll Lynch ''. Guthrie Theater. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Brenda Wehle Biography ( ( ? ) - ) ''. FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Bryant, Jacob ( February 24, 2016 ). `` ' Star Wars, ' ' Mad Max, ' ' Walking Dead ' Lead Saturn Awards Nominations ''. Variety. Retrieved July 19, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Never mind Oscar, here 's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot ! ''. FANGORIA ®. Retrieved 14 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` DIRECTORS ' DEBUTS COMPETITION ''. Camerimage.pl. Jump up ^ `` '' Lady Bird, '' `` Call Me By Your Name '' win big for Chicago film critics ``. Chicago Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Carmel Competition - International Film Competition 2017 ''. Haifaff.co.il. Jump up ^ `` Best Israeli Feature Film Award -- `` The Testament '' ``. Haifaff.co.il. Jump up ^ `` Locarno Festival on Twitter ''. Twitter. Jump up ^ Pond, Steve ( 28 November 2017 ). `` ' Dunkirk, ' ' The Shape of Water ' Lead Satellite Award Nominations ''. External links John Carroll Lynch on IMDb VIAF : 58811189 LCCN : no2005039010 GND : 1140027840 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Carroll_Lynch&oldid=825346538 '' Categories : 1963 births American male film actors American male television actors Catholic University of America alumni Living people Male actors from Boulder, Colorado Male actors from Denver 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 12 February 2018, at 21 : 50. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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