Richard Lynch is a Welsh television and film actor best known for playing the character of Garry Monk in S4C's long-running Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm, a role he has held on and off since 2002.
Lynch is an alumnus of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, a Welsh-medium comprehensive school near Pontypridd, and graduated with a degree in Drama from Aberystwyth University in 1987. He first came to prominence playing the young soldier Will Thomas in Karl Francis' 1986 film Milwr Bychan (Boy Soldier), and went on to appear in a range of Welsh and British film and television productions, including Branwen (1994), Darklands (1996), The Proposition (1997) and Y Mabinogi (2003).
Lynch's television credits also include The Christmas Stallion, The Lifeboat, Tales from Pleasure Beach and the bilingual crime drama Hinterland (Y Gwyll). In 2013, in recognition of his contribution to Welsh drama, Aberystwyth University awarded him a Fellowship.
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Welsh actor best known for playing Garry Monk in the S4C soap Pobol y Cwm since 2002.
Richard Lynch
Actor
From Pontypridd, performs Welsh language drama.
Lynch made his screen debut in the 1986 film Milwr Bychan (Boy Soldier), and in 2013 Aberystwyth University awarded him a Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to Welsh drama.
Career Highlights
Played Garry Monk in the S4C soap Pobol y Cwm from 2002
Film debut as Will Thomas in Milwr Bychan (Boy Soldier), 1986
Appeared in Branwen (1994), Darklands (1996), The Proposition (1997) and Y Mabinogi (2003)
Awarded a Fellowship of Aberystwyth University in 2013
ℹ️ Born in Wales; educated at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, near Pontypridd, and Aberystwyth University.