Johnny Flynn

Known for: Acting

Born: 1983-03-14 (age 43)

From: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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.

Filmography (40)

MOVIE
& Sons
2026
as Richard
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Prayer for the Dying
2026
as Jacob Hansen
MOVIE★ 6.6
Goodbye June
2025
as Connor
MOVIE
A Death in the Family
2025
as Noah
TV★ 7.9
RIPLEY
2024
as Dickie Greenleaf
MOVIE★ 7.5
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024
as Richard Burton
MOVIE★ 7.8
One Life
2023
as Young Nicholas Winton
TV★ 6.4
The Lovers
2023
as Seamus O'Hannigan
MOVIE★ 6.8
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Score
2022
as Mike
MOVIE★ 6.5
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Ian Fleming
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Outfit
2022
as Francis
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Dig
2021
as Rory Lomax
MOVIE★ 4.0
Stardust
2020
as David Bowie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Emma.
2020
as George Knightley
MOVIE★ 5.1
Cordelia
2019
as Frank
TV★ 7.4
Les Misérables
2018
as Felix Tholomyès
TV★ 7.2
Vanity Fair
2018
as William Dobbin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Beast
2018
as Pascal Renouf
MOVIE★ 5.9
Love Is Thicker Than Water
2017
as Arthur
MOVIE★ 5.8
Contractor 014352
2017
as Guy
TV★ 7.5
Genius
2017
as Albert Einstein
MOVIE★ 8.0
National Theatre Live: Hangmen
2016
as Mooney
TV★ 6.0
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
2016
as Alec
TV★ 2.3
Brotherhood
2015
as Toby
TV★ 7.2
Lovesick
2014
as Dylan Witter
TV★ 8.1
Detectorists
2014
as Johnny Piper
MOVIE★ 6.6
Clouds of Sils Maria
2014
as Christopher Giles
TV★ 8.1
Inside No. 9
2014
as Elliot Quinn
MOVIE★ 5.7
Song One
2014
as James Forester
MOVIE★ 5.9
Something in the Air
2012
as Folk Singer
MOVIE★ 7.7
Twelfth Night
2012
as Viola
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lotus Eaters
2011
as Charlie
TV★ 7.1
Kingdom
2007
as David Matthews
MOVIE★ 5.9
Crusade in Jeans
2006
as Dolf Vega
MOVIE
Elsinore
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MOVIE
Codes
—
as Jasper Slater
MOVIE
The Road Home
—
as Paul Simon
MOVIE
The Idiot(s)
—
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
MOVIE
A Smallholding
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as Tonkey