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John C. McGinley

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John C. McGinley's path to stardom is a story that reads like a classic Hollywood script. While an understudy in New York in the Circle-In-The-Square production of John Patrick Shanley's "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," he was spotted by director Oliver Stone and soon after was cast in "Platoon," the... See full bio »

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John Christopher McGinley
in New York City, New York, USA
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2013 42 (filming)
Red Barber
 
2013 Get a Job (filming)
Diller
 
2012 Watercolor Postcards (filming)
Merlin
 
2012 The Discoverers (post-production)
Bill Birch
 
2012 Alex Cross (completed)
Richard Brookwell
 
2011-2012 Dan Vs. (TV series)
Fake Dan / Telemarketer
– The Telemarketer (2012) … Telemarketer
– Dan Vs. Dan (2011) … Fake Dan (voice)
 
2012 Yahoo! News/Funny or Die GOP Presidential Online Internet Cyber Debate (short)
Rick Santorum
 
2011 Smothered (TV movie)
Skip
 
2008-2010 WordGirl (TV series)
The Whammer / Robot on TV
– Granny and Clyde/Too Loud Crew (2010)
– Wham Up/Seeds of Doubt (2010) … The Whammer (voice)
– Tobey's Tricks and Treats/Escape Wham (2009) … The Whammer
– Mr. Big's Colossal Mini-Golf/The Young and the Meatless (2009) … The Whammer (voice)
– Theme Park Wham-Page/Chuck Makes a Buck (2009) … The Whammer (voice)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2006-2010 The Boondocks (TV series)
The White Shadow
– It's Goin' Down (2010) … The White Shadow (voice)
– The Real (2006) … The White Shadow (voice)
 
2001-2010 Scrubs (TV series)
Dr. Perry Cox
– Our Thanks (2010) … Dr. Perry Cox
– Our Driving Issues (2010) … Dr. Perry Cox
– Our Dear Leaders (2010) … Dr. Perry Cox
– Our True Lies (2010) … Dr. Perry Cox
– Our Stuff Gets Real (2010) … Dr. Perry Cox
See all 182 episodes »
 
2009 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (video)
Metallo (voice)
 
2009 Back (TV movie)
Tom Barnes
 
2009 Scrubs: Interns (TV series)
Dr. Perry Cox
 
2008 Robot Chicken (TV series)
Double Dare Host / Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
– Chirlaxx (2008) … Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (voice) / Double Dare Host (voice)
 
2008 American Crude
Jim
 
2007 Dead Head Fred (Video Game)
Fred Neuman (voice)
 
2007 Are We Done Yet?
Chuck Mitchell, Jr.
 
2007 Wild Hogs
Highway Patrolman
 
2006 A.W.O.L (short)
Garris
 
2006 World Trade Center
Fireman (uncredited)
 
2006 Puff, Puff, Pass
Jerry Dupree
 
2006 Two Tickets to Paradise
Mark
 
2003-2005 Justice League (TV series)
Ray Palmer / The Atom / Bookie / …
– Clash (2005) … The Atom (voice) / Ray Palmer (voice) / Phil O'Bannon (voice)
– Dark Heart (2004) … The Atom (voice) / Ray Palmer (voice)
– The Return (2004) … The Atom (voice) / Ray Palmer (voice)
– Wild Cards (2003) … Executive/Bookie (voice)
 
2005 American Dragon: Jake Long (TV series)
Dr. Diente
– The Legend of the Dragon Tooth (2005) … Dr. Diente (voice)
 
2005 Lil' Pimp (video)
Man Cub Master (voice)
 
2003 Kim Possible (TV series)
Rudolph 'White Stripe' Farnsworth
– The Fearless Ferret (2003) … Rudolph 'White Stripe' Farnsworth (voice)
 
2003 Spider-Man (TV series)
Richard Damien
– Keeping Secrets (2003) … Richard Damien (voice)
– Sword of Shikata … Richard Damien (voice)
 
2003 Identity
George York
 
2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (TV movie)
Dr. Perry Cox
 
2002 Clone High (TV series)
Creepy Trucker
– Sleep of Faith: La Rue D'Awakening (2002) … Creepy Trucker (voice)
 
2002 Stealing Harvard
Detective Charles
 
2002/I Highway
Johnny the Fox
 
2002 King of the Hill (TV series)
One-Armed Ronnie / Ranger
– Unfortunate Son (2002) … One-Armed Ronnie/Ranger (voice)
 
2002 Crazy as Hell
Parker
 
2001 The Nightmare Room (TV series)
Dr. Young
– Four Eyes (2001) … Dr. Young
 
2001 Summer Catch
Hugh Alexander (uncredited)
 
2001 The Animal
Sgt. Sisk
 
2000 Get Carter
Con McCarty
 
2000 Sole Survivor (TV movie)
Victor Yates
 
1999 Any Given Sunday
Jack Rose
 
1999 Three to Tango
Strauss
 
1999 The Jack Bull (TV movie)
Woody
 
1999 Office Space
Bob Slydell
 
1999 Flypaper
Joe
 
1998 The Pentagon Wars (TV movie)
Colonel J.D. Bock
 
1998 Target Earth (TV movie)
Agent Vincent Naples, FBI
 
1998 Bad Cop, Bad Cop (TV movie)
 
1997 Intensity (TV movie)
Edgler Foreman Vess
 
1997 Nothing to Lose
Davis 'Rig' Lanlow
 
1997 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Eddie Grillo
 
1997 The Practice (TV series)
Atty. Leonard Goode
– Part IV (1997) … Atty. Leonard Goode
– Trial and Error (1997) … Atty. Leonard Goode
 
1997 Colin Fitz Lives!
Groundskeeper
 
1996 Set It Off
Detective Strode
 
1996 Johns
Danny Cohen
 
1996/II Mother
Carl
 
1996 The Rock
Marine Captain Hendrix (as John C. Mc Ginley)
 
1996 Psalms from the Underground (short)
 
1996 Hollywood Boulevard
Jackson Elliot
 
1995 Nixon
Earl in Training Film
 
1995 Se7en
California
 
1995 Born to Be Wild
Max Carr
 
1995 The Return of Hunter (TV movie)
Det. Sgt. Harry McBride
 
1995 Long Island Fever (TV movie)
Jim McCarty
 
1994 Frasier (TV series)
Danny Kriezel
– Seat of Power (1994) … Danny Kriezel
 
1994 Wagons East
Julian
 
1994 Surviving the Game
John Griffin
 
1994 Mother's Boys
Mr. Fogel, Teacher
 
1994 On Deadly Ground
MacGruder
 
1994 Car 54, Where Are You?
Officer Francis Muldoon
 
1993 The Last Outlaw (TV movie)
Wills
 
1993 Watch It
Rick
 
1993 Hear No Evil
Mickey O'Malley
 
1992 Cruel Doubt (TV movie)
Attorney Jim Vos Burgh
 
1992 A Midnight Clear
Major Griffin
 
1992 Little Noises
Stu
 
1992 Article 99
Dr. Rudy Bobrick
 
1992 Fathers & Sons
Gary (uncredited)
 
1991 Point Break
Ben Harp (as John McGinley)
 
1991 Highlander II: The Quickening
David Blake
 
1989 Born on the Fourth of July
Official #1 - Democratic Convention, Pushing Wheelchair (as John McGinley)
 
1989 Suffering Bastards
Buddy Johnson
 
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy
Capt. Richard Schoenfield, MD
 
1989 Lost Angels
Dr. Farmer
 
1989 Prisoners of Inertia
Ogden
 
1988 Talk Radio
Stu
 
1988 Clinton and Nadine (TV movie)
Turner
 
1988 Shakedown
Sean Phillips
 
1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
K.C.
– The Big Fight (1988) … K.C.
 
1987 Wall Street
Marvin
 
1987 Leg Work (TV series)
– Things That Go Bump in the Night (1987) (as John McGinley)
 
1986 Platoon
Sgt. O'Neill
 
1986 Sweet Liberty
Floyd
 
1985-1986 Another World (TV series)
Ned
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1999 The Jack Bull (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1997 Colin Fitz Lives! (producer)
 
1995 Sex & the Other Man (producer)
 
1993 Watch It (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2007 Scrubs (TV series)
– My Musical (2007) (performer: "Welcome to Sacred Heart", "The Rant Song", "When the Truth Comes Out", "Friends Forever / What's Going to Happen")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1989 Suffering Bastards (writer)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2009 Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1999 HBO First Look (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Full Contact: The Making of 'Any Given Sunday' (1999) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
2012 Reagan Round (short)
Himself
 
2012 The Bachmanns - You've Got Male (short)
Himself
 
2009 Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Xposé (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.22 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Greatest Ever 80s Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Greatest Ever Disaster Movies (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 April 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2005-2007 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.44 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #2.76 (2006) … Himself
– Episode #1.36 (2005) … Himself
 
2007 Talkshow with Spike Feresten (TV series)
Himself
– John C. McGinley (2007) … Himself
 
2005 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.11 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Fashion News Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.9 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Alien Planet (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 Car Cruzin' (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 TV Land's Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Top 10 TV Cars (2004) … Himself
 
2003-2004 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2004 McEnroe (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Wayne Brady Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The Bronx Bunny Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 MADtv (TV series)
Himself - Special Guest / Paul a Postal Worker
– Episode #9.10 (2003) … Himself - Special Guest/Paul a Postal Worker
 
2003 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2001 A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' (video documentary short)
Himself/Sgt. O'Neill
 
1999 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Full Contact: The Making of 'Any Given Sunday' (1999) … Himself
 
1994 American Gladiators (TV series)
Himself
– Celebrity Challenge (1994) … Himself
 
1990 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1989 The More You Know (TV series)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

John C. Mc Ginley | John McGinley

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on how he memorizes his lines and prepares for his roles] I go downstairs and don't come up from there until I get that stuff hammered in my skull, until I can do it water skiing or jumping out of a plane. It's all about the text, flushing it out, to excavate, to really get in there and see what falls through your fingers. See more »

Trivia:

Describes Dr. Cox, his character on Scrubs, as "a hard-ass with a heart of gold" in the tradition of Danny DeVito's Louie DiPalma on Taxi and Edward Asner's Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore. Many of his co-stars say the same of him, that while he may seem intimidating at first he is very talented and great to work with. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Leo