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Johnny Flynn

Date of birth: 1983-03-14

Place of birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Known for: Acting

Also known as: 자니 플린, 强尼·弗林, Джонни Флинн, Джонні Флінн, Joe Flynn, 強尼·弗林, جانی فلین

Johnny Flynn

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.

Movie Credits

Something in the Air
2.9

Something in the Air

2012-11-14

During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although h

Lotus Eaters
2.8

Lotus Eaters

2013-04-05

Story follows a group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while maski

Song One
2.9

Song One

2014-01-20

Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retraci

Clouds of Sils Maria
3.3

Clouds of Sils Maria

2014-08-20

A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
3.4

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

2022-11-18

On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and ch

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
3.8

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

2024-03-21

In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experime

Twelfth Night
3.8

Twelfth Night

2012-05-04

'Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.' Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth

Love Is Thicker Than Water
3

Love Is Thicker Than Water

2017-08-31

Vida and Arthur come from vastly different backgrounds. Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and

National Theatre Live: Hangmen
4

National Theatre Live: Hangmen

2016-03-03

In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. Bu

A Prayer for the Dying
0

A Prayer for the Dying

2026-02-13

In 1870 Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussio

Beast
3.3

Beast

2018-04-18

A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her opp

A Smallholding
0

A Smallholding

Two childhood sweethearts return to the rural nowhere of their haunted youth to rebuild their lives

Contractor 014352
2.9

Contractor 014352

2017-06-23

Real and imaginary worlds collide when a lonely data entry clerk reaches through his computer screen

Crusade in Jeans
2.9

Crusade in Jeans

2006-11-15

Dolf a 15 year old boy is sent back in time by a timemachine. Accidentally he is sent back to the Mi

Cordelia
2.5

Cordelia

2019-09-25

Cordelia ia a troubled, damaged soul who is only just recovering after some unnamed trauma; she is a

Emma.
3.5

Emma.

2020-02-13

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Stardust
1.9

Stardust

2020-11-25

In 1971, rock star David Bowie travels to America for the first time to promote his third album, The

The Score
2.5

The Score

2022-06-03

Mike and Troy, two small-time crooks, go to a roadside cafe for a meeting they hope to make a big pr

The Dig
3.5

The Dig

2021-01-14

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her e

Operation Mincemeat
3.3

Operation Mincemeat

2022-04-01

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a

One Life
3.9

One Life

2023-12-21

British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in

The Outfit
3.5

The Outfit

2022-02-25

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a pe

& Sons
2.9

& Sons

2025-09-07

A world-renowned but reclusive novelist, believing he is about to die, summons his estranged sons to

Goodbye June
3.3

Goodbye June

2025-12-12

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the

The Idiots
0

The Idiots

Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna travel to Europe for their honeymoon and end up staying in a he

A Death in the Family
0

A Death in the Family

2025-09-14

Based on the novel by Karl Ove Knausgård, the film follows Noah (Johnny Flynn) as he navigates his c

Elsinore
0

Elsinore

A powerful, deeply moving and inspiring true story of actor Ian Charleson, who faced incredible odds