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 (43)

MOVIE
Elsinore
2026
as Richard Eyre
MOVIE
A Prayer for the Dying
2026
as Jacob Hansen
MOVIE★ 8.3
Tenzing
2026
as George Mallory
MOVIE
The Idiot(s)
2026
as Fyodor Dostoyevsky
MOVIE★ 3.8
& Sons
2026
as Richard
MOVIE★ 6.5
Goodbye June
2025
as Connor
MOVIE
A Death in the Family
2025
as Noah
TV★ 8.5
MobLand
2025
as Frankie Cooper
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★ 6.7
The Lovers
2023
as Seamus O'Hannigan
MOVIE★ 6.8
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
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★ 3.9
Stardust
2020
as David Bowie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Emma.
2020
as George Knightley
MOVIE★ 5.1
Cordelia
2019
as Frank
TV★ 7.3
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★ 6.2
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★ 8.2
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
Codes
—
as Jasper Slater
MOVIE
The Road Home
—
as Paul Simon
MOVIE
If Love Should Die
—
MOVIE
A Smallholding
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as Tonkey