Richard Lynch

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 "Pobol y Cwm".

Lynch is an alumnus of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen in Pontypridd. He later graduated in Drama from Aberystwyth University in 1987. In 2013 Lynch was awarded a Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.

Lynch first came to prominence in the 1986 Karl Francis' film "Milwr Bychan" playing young soldier Will Thomas. Further film appearances include "Branwen" (1994), "Dar…