Johnny Flynn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.0537

Gender

Male

Birthday

14-Mar-1983

Age

(43 years old)

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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

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.


Credits

Lotus Eaters Lotus Eaters (2011) Character: Charlie
Story follows a group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while masking their discontent with sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll.
A Death in the Family A Death in the Family (2025) Character: Noah
Based on the novel by Karl Ove Knausgård, the film follows Noah (Johnny Flynn) as he navigates his complex grief following the death of his estranged father.
Emma. Emma. (2020) Character: George Knightley
In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
Cordelia Cordelia (2019) Character: Frank
Cordelia ia a troubled, damaged soul who is only just recovering after some unnamed trauma; she is an actor rehearsing a play and comes to stay in a creepy London mansion flat occupied by her twin sister Caroline and Caroline’s boyfriend Matt. When they leave her alone there Cordelia strikes up a friendship with Frank the charming, but strange and unreliable young man they can hear practising his cello in the upstairs flat – a relationship which quickly becomes very disturbing.
The Score The Score (2022) Character: Mike
Mike and Troy, two small-time crooks, go to a roadside cafe for a meeting they hope to make a big profit from.
One Life One Life (2023) Character: Young Nicholas Winton
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Goodbye June Goodbye June (2025) Character: Connor
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Song One Song One (2014) Character: James Forester
Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retracing his life as an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny and James develop an unexpected relationship and face the realities of their lives.
Elsinore Elsinore (2026) Character: Richard Eyre
The deeply emotional and inspirational true story of Ian Charleson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his greatest triumph. Facing his own mortality with unflinching honesty, wit, and grace, Charleson delivers a courageous performance that becomes a source of healing and inspiration for those around him.
Twelfth Night Twelfth Night (2012) Character: Viola
'Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.' Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote. The Globe revisits its award-winning Twelfth Night of 2002 with an all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings possible in the Globe of around 1601. Mark Rylance reprises his performance of Olivia in Twelfth Night, 10 years after its original premiere at Middle Temple Hall and The Globe. Synopsis In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged - one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio. When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows.
The Idiot(s) The Idiot(s) (2026) Character: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna travel to Europe for their honeymoon and end up staying in a health resort in Switzerland, only to return to Russia after four years. Fyedya can’t shake his roulette habit and keeps losing their money. His wife accepts this fate since he keeps assuring her that it’s all for inspiration and soon he shall write his to-be masterpiece, 'The Idiot'.
The Outfit The Outfit (2022) Character: Francis
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
Stardust Stardust (2020) Character: David Bowie
In 1971, rock star David Bowie travels to America for the first time to promote his third album, The Man Who Sold the World. There, he embarks on a coast-to-coast publicity tour. During this tour, Bowie creates his iconic Ziggy Stardust persona, inspired by artists like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024) Character: Richard Burton
In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Operation Mincemeat Operation Mincemeat (2022) Character: Ian Fleming
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek (2006) Character: Dolf Vega
Dolf a 15 year old boy is sent back in time by a timemachine. Accidentally he is sent back to the Middle Ages. He is rescued by children who are part of a childrens' crusade, on their way to rescue Jeruzalem. During the trip Dolf finds out the danger is not coming from outside the crusade, but from within.
Contractor 014352 Contractor 014352 (2017) Character: Guy
Real and imaginary worlds collide when a lonely data entry clerk reaches through his computer screen, in search of a genuine connection.
Beast Beast (2018) Character: Pascal Renouf
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Après Mai Après Mai (2012) Character: Folk Singer
During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.
& Sons & Sons (2026) Character: Richard
A world-renowned but reclusive novelist, believing he is about to die, summons his estranged sons to his home. But instead of seeking forgiveness for their shattered family, he tells them a wild and unbelievable secret that could rewrite their past.
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022) Character: Bob Cratchit (voice)
On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.
The Dig The Dig (2021) Character: Rory Lomax
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.
Love Is Thicker Than Water Love Is Thicker Than Water (2017) Character: Arthur
Vida and Arthur come from vastly different backgrounds. Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and tragic, always uncompromisingly truthful, a fresh look how conflicting family ties challenge love in a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale.
A Prayer for the Dying A Prayer for the Dying (2026) Character: Jacob Hansen
In 1870 Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.
Clouds of Sils Maria Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) Character: Christopher Giles
A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.
National Theatre Live: Hangmen National Theatre Live: Hangmen (2016) Character: Mooney
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd and the peculiar Mooney lurk with very different motives for their visit.



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