Jonathan Lynn (born April 3, 1943) is an English stage and film director, producer, writer, and actor. With Sir Antony Jay he co-created and co-wrote the television series Yes Minister (1980-1984), and a sequel series Yes, Prime Minister (1986-1988), with Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, and Derek Fowlds; plus a 2013 revival series with David Haig, Henry Goodman, Chris Larkin, and Zoe Telford.
He is known for directing the comedy films such as Clue (1985), with Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, and Colleen Camp; Nuns on the Run (1990), with Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, and Janet Suzman; My Cousin Vinny (1992), with Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Lane Smith, Bruce McGill, Fred Gwynne, and Austin Pendleton; and The Whole Nine Yards (2000) with Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Rosanna Arquette, and Kevin Pollack.
Other directing credits include The Distinguished Gentleman (1992), with Eddie Murphy, Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, James Garner, Victoria Rowell, Grant Shaud, Kevin McCarthy, Charles S. Dutton, Victor Rivers, Chi McBride, Sonny Jim Gaines, and Noble Willingham; Greedy (1994), with Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Olivia d’Abo, Phil Hartman, Ed Begley Jr., and Camp; Sgt. Bilko (1996), with Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Hartman, and Glenne Headly; Trial and Error (1997), with Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen, and Rip Torn; The Fighting Temptations (2003), with Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps, Latanya Richardson, Melba Moore, Wendell Pierce, and Lou Myers; and Wild Target (2010), with Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Eileen Atkins, Martin Freeman, and Rupert Everett.
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- Prudence and the Pill (1968) – directed by Fielder Cooke & Ronald Neame (uncredited) – actor
- The Merchant of Venice (1969) – directed by Orson Welles – actor – TV movie
- Rumours (1970) – directed by Mike Hodges – actor – TV movie
- The House That Dripped Blood (1971) – directed by Peter Duffell – uncredited actor
- London (1971) – directed by Orson Welles – actor
- The Internecine Project (1974) – directed by Ken Hughes – co-writer
- Romance with a Double Bass (1975) – directed by Robert Young – actor
- Bar Mitzvah Boy (1976) – directed by Michael Tuchner – actor – TV movie
- The Knowledge (1979) – directed by Bob Brooks – actor – TV movie
- She Fell Among Thieves (1980) – directed by Clive Donner – actor – TV movie
- Breaking Glass (1980) – directed by Brian Gibson – actor
- Outside Edge (1982) – directed by Kevin Billington – actor TV movie
- Arms and the Man (1983) – co-directed with Philip Casson – TV movie
- Into the Night (1985) – directed by John Landis – actor
- Clue (1985)* – director, writer, co-story
- Suspicion (1987) – directed by Andrew Grieve – actor TV movie
- Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) – directed by Emile Andolino – actor
- Nuns on the Run (1990) – director, writer
- Life After Life (1990) – directed by Herbert Wise – writer – TV movie
- My Cousin Vinny (1992) – director
- The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) – director
- Greedy (1994) – director, actor
- Sgt. Bilko (1996) – director
- Trial and Error (1997) – director
- The Whole Nine Yards (2000) – director
- The Fighting Temptations (2003) – director
- Vanity Fair (2004) – directed by Mira Nair – executive producer
- He’s Such a Girl (2009) – directed by Sean Carr – actor, executive producer
- Wild Target (2010) – director
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