Known for movies
Scrubs (2001-2010)
as Dr. Perry Cox
Platoon (1986)
as Sgt. O'Neill
Se7en (1995)
as California
The Rock (1996)
as Marine Captain Hendrix
Short Info
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 3, 1959 |
| Spouse | Nichole McGinley (m. 2007), Lauren Lambert (m. 1997–2001), Nichole McGinley, Lauren Lambert |
| Mark | Towering height |
| Fact | Understudied John Turturro in the off-Broadway play "Danny and The Deep Blue Sea" early in his career. |
John C. McGinley is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his roles in the television series Scrubs and the film Office Space.
The New York Yankees!
(…natch’)— John C. McGinley (@JohnCMcGinley) August 12, 2022
McGinley was born in New York City, the son of a high school teacher and a stockbroker. He has two brothers and two sisters. He was educated at the University of Notre Dame, where he played football and studied English literature.
After graduation, McGinley moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He appeared in a number of television shows and films, including Thelma & Louise and Wall Street. In 2001, he was cast as the gruff but lovable Dr. Perry Cox in the television series Scrubs. The show was a critical and commercial success, and McGinley’s performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
After Scrubs ended in 2010, McGinley starred in a number of films, including This Is 40 and The Campaign. He also had a recurring role on the television series Suits.
McGinley is married to actress Marlo Thomas. They have two children.
McGinley has a net worth of $20 million.
General Info
| Full Name | John C. McGinley |
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 3, 1959 |
| Height | 1.88 m, 1.88 m |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Comedian, Film producer, Voice Actor, Author, Spokesperson, Entrepreneur, Author, Comedian, Film producer, Voice Actor, Screenwriter, Spokesperson |
| Education | Syracuse University, New York University, Millburn High School, Syracuse University, New York University, Millburn High School |
| Nationality | American, American |
Family
| Spouse | Nichole McGinley (m. 2007), Lauren Lambert (m. 1997–2001), Nichole McGinley, Lauren Lambert |
| Children | Billie Grace McGinley, Kate Aleena McGinley, Max McGinley, Max McGinley, Kate Aleena McGinley, Billie Grace McGinley |
| Parents | Gerald McGinley, Patricia McGinley, Gerald McGinley, Patricia McGinley |
Accomplishments
| Nominations | TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy, TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy |
| Movies | Platoon, Are We Done Yet?, Office Space, Point Break, Wall Street, Nothing to Lose, Any Given Sunday, Seven, Wild Hogs, On Deadly Ground, Surviving The Game, The Rock, The Animal, Wagons East!, Talk Radio, Highlander II: The Quickening, Stealing Harvard, Set It Off, Alex Cross, Three to Tango, Crazy... |
| TV Shows | Ground Floor, Dan Vs., Scrubs, Alien Planet, WordGirl, Ground Floor, Dan Vs., Scrubs, Sole Survivor, Stan Against Evil |
Social profile links
Marks
| # | Marks / Signs |
|---|---|
| 1 | Towering height |
| 2 | Curly hair |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | (2013, on landing Office Space (1999)) When you came in, everybody auditioned for the role Gary Cole played. That was the audition piece, since the two Bobs weren't really on the page. So before you came in, you were issued illustrations and sent a file on your computer of an animated version of the role that Gary played. Everybody came in and auditioned for that. Then Gary got that, and Mike said, "You want to play one of the Bobs?" And I'm like, "Dude, I just want to be in this movie. It's the funniest thing I've ever read. But who are the Bobs?" And he goes, "We'll invent them down in Austin." Everybody says that to you, and it never happens. What we're going to invent when you get there on the day is that the 10k light just went out, and that's what we're going to address, not the Bobs doing the interviews. But he was true to his word, and I was only down there for three days, which is fantastic because we just stayed in. I'm only in two or three different interiors, that interview room and out in the office and then at the stapler guy's desk. That's it. So for three days, we just immersed into that and shot tons and tons of stuff for those people coming in when we're going to fire them or downsize. We just started to roll camera and do stuff. |
| 2 | I have mixed feelings about Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) Because we shot it as a musical and whoever the studio head was at Orion, or whoever the powers that be were, cut all but, like, two musical numbers out of it. That is the same as cutting the musical numbers out of The Wizard of Oz (1939); it wouldn't be that interesting. So the film, to me, doesn't make sense without the musical numbers in it. They kept in one of Buster [Poindexter's] musical numbers. And then maybe there's one other, but the film doesn't make sense. I wouldn't pretend to know what happened, what the decision-making process was, but we busted our humps on those numbers, and then the film came out and I didn't understand what I was watching. Because Orion was also producing a film in Kansas City called Article 99 (1992), I was doing them simultaneously. I would do Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) Monday through Wednesday, and they'd fly me last flight out from Toronto to Kansas City to shoot Thursday and Friday in Kansas City. And that happened for about four weeks. I love grinding like that. |
| 3 | [on his road to stardom] I dug tungsten. I was a successful waiter in New York. I worked at a shrink-wrap factory. I wrote tickets on the New York Stock Exchange. I was an assistant to a broker. I caddied the U.S. Open, and I was a camp counselor. |
| 4 | I did Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), with Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert down in Buenos Aires, and I stunk. I was infatuated with Orson Welles' filmography at the time, so I wanted to see if I could make my voice as low as his, and I succeeded. Nothing in the text supported that choice, though, so in the film, I look like a jackass. I don't look like a tough guy, I look like an idiot actor trying to toy around with his vocal apparatus. |
| 5 | The [Scrubs (2001)] pilot script's notes described the character as a John C. McGinley-type. Now, I don't know what that type is, but I said, "Well, you've got him." I still had to audition five times for the network. |
| 6 | [on talking to his Any Given Sunday (1999) costar, Al Pacino] When Johnny [John Cusack] and I were shooting The Jack Bull (1999) in Calgary, he told me just to go up and knock on Al's trailer door. That's the secret of talking to him. If no one knocks on his door, he stays closeted up by himself. It really worked. I spent a lot of time talking to Al. |
| 7 | [on why he feels he never landed a role as a TV series regular until Scrubs (2001)] With my dorky head, I guess I just wasn't handsome enough. I'd do the audition but never hear back. TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle. |
| 8 | [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. |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He is of Celtic ancestry. |
| 2 | His wife, Nichole Kessler, gave birth to their second child together, daughter Kate Aleena McGinley, on June 24, 2010. |
| 3 | Irish-American. |
| 4 | MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1984). |
| 5 | Daughter, Billie Grace McGinley, born 2 February 2008, weighing 8 lbs and 21 inches long. |
| 6 | Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2008 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performances in the films Are We Done Yet? (2007) and Wild Hogs (2007), he failed to receive a nomination however. |
| 7 | Calls Oliver Stone his favorite director to work with, and has accordingly been cast in his films six times, more than any actor except Sean Stone, the director's son. |
| 8 | Is a good friend of NHL defense-man Chris Chelios and can often be seen on Scrubs (2001) wearing a Chelios hockey jersey or T-shirt of Chelios' chain of restaurants, "Cheli's Chili". |
| 9 | Became engaged to yoga teacher, Nichole Kessler, on August 19, 2006. |
| 10 | On Scrubs (2001), his character Dr. Cox's habit of referring to J.D. ( Zach Braff) by girls' names was put in the show after the writers noticed McGinley doing it to Braff. He claims to do this to all of his friends. |
| 11 | On the special edition DVD of Office Space (1999), writer/director Mike Judge and the cast reveal that McGinley improvised much of his character's praise of Michael Bolton. Several outtakes are shown. They also said that McGinley was intimidating to work with, which contributed to the character he played. |
| 12 | Describes Dr. Cox, his character on Scrubs (2001), as "a hard-ass with a heart of gold" in the tradition of Danny DeVito's Louie DiPalma on Taxi (1978) and Edward Asner's Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore (1970). 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. |
| 13 | He is a good friend of John Cusack. |
| 14 | Lives in a four-bedroom beachside home in Malibu, California. |
| 15 | Had to audition five times for his role in Scrubs (2001). |
| 16 | He was on a celebrity version of American Gladiators (1989). |
| 17 | Co-owned a restaurant with fellow Platoon (1986) star, Willem Dafoe called "Match", in New York City. |
| 18 | Raised in Millburn, NJ, and attended Millburn Senior High School, the alma mater of The Princess Diaries (2001) star Anne Hathaway. Millburn is also adjacent to the town of Maplewood, where Scrubs (2001) co-star Zach Braff was raised. |
| 19 | Understudied John Turturro in the off-Broadway play "Danny and The Deep Blue Sea" early in his career. |
| 20 | His son with ex-wife Lauren Lambert, Max McGinley (born August 5, 1997), has Down's Syndrome. John took his TV role in Scrubs (2001) so he could stay close to home to be with him. |
| 21 | Was a Syracuse undergraduate before transferring to NYU, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 1984. |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rounding Third | 2016 | post-production | |
| The Good Catholic | 2016 | completed | |
| Stan Against Evil | 2016 | TV Series | Stanley Miller |
| The Belko Experiment | 2016 | Wendell Dukes | |
| Get a Job | 2016 | Diller | |
| Ground Floor | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Mr. Mansfield |
| Kid Cannabis | 2014 | John Grefard | |
| Watercolor Postcards | 2013 | Merlin | |
| 42 | 2013 | Red Barber | |
| Burn Notice | 2012 | TV Series | Tom Card |
| Alex Cross | 2012 | Captain Richard Brookwell | |
| The Discoverers | 2012 | Bill Birch | |
| Dan Vs. | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Fake Dan |
| Yahoo! News/Funny or Die GOP Presidential Online Internet Cyber Debate | 2012 | Short | Rick Santorum |
| WordGirl | 2008-2012 | TV Series | The Whammer / Robot on TV |
| Smothered | 2011 | TV Movie | Skip |
| The Boondocks | 2006-2010 | TV Series | The White Shadow |
| Scrubs | 2001-2010 | TV Series | Dr. Perry Cox |
| Back | 2009 | TV Movie | Tom Barnes |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | 2009 | Video | Metallo (voice) |
| Scrubs: Interns | 2009 | TV Series | Dr. Perry Cox |
| Robot Chicken | 2008 | TV Series | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / Double Dare Host |
| American Crude | 2008 | Jim | |
| Dead Head Fred | 2007 | Video Game | Fred Neuman (voice) |
| Are We Done Yet? | 2007 | Chuck Mitchell, Jr. | |
| Wild Hogs | 2007 | Highway Patrolman | |
| A.W.O.L | 2006 | Short | Garris |
| World Trade Center | 2006 | Fireman (uncredited) | |
| Puff, Puff, Pass | 2006 | Jerry Dupree | |
| Two Tickets to Paradise | 2006 | Mark | |
| American Dragon: Jake Long | 2005 | TV Series | Dr. Diente |
| Lil' Pimp | 2005 | Video | Man Cub Master (voice) |
| Kim Possible | 2003 | TV Series | Rudolph Farnsworth / White Stripe |
| Spider-Man | 2003 | TV Series | Richard Damien |
| Identity | 2003 | George York | |
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | 2002 | TV Movie | Dr. Perry Cox |
| Clone High | 2002 | TV Series | Creepy Trucker |
| Stealing Harvard | 2002 | Detective Charles | |
| Highway | 2002/I | Johnny the Fox | |
| King of the Hill | 2002 | TV Series | One-Armed Ronnie / Ranger |
| Crazy as Hell | 2002 | Parker | |
| The Nightmare Room | 2001 | TV Series | Dr. Young |
| Summer Catch | 2001 | Hugh Alexander (uncredited) | |
| The Animal | 2001 | Sgt. Sisk | |
| Get Carter | 2000 | Con McCarty | |
| Sole Survivor | 2000 | TV Movie | Victor Yates |
| Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Jack Rose | |
| Three to Tango | 1999 | Strauss | |
| Flypaper | 1999 | Joe | |
| The Jack Bull | 1999 | TV Movie | Woody |
| Office Space | 1999 | Bob Slydell | |
| The Pentagon Wars | 1998 | TV Movie | Colonel J.D. Bock |
| Target Earth | 1998 | TV Movie | Agent Vincent Naples, FBI |
| Bad Cop, Bad Cop | 1998 | TV Movie | |
| Intensity | 1997 | TV Movie | Edgler Foreman Vess |
| Nothing to Lose | 1997 | Davis 'Rig' Lanlow | |
| Truth or Consequences, N.M. | 1997 | Eddie Grillo | |
| The Practice | 1997 | TV Series | Atty. Leonard Goode |
| Colin Fitz Lives! | 1997 | Groundskeeper | |
| Hollywood Boulevard | 1996 | Jackson Elliot | |
| Psalms from the Underground | 1996 | Short | |
| Set It Off | 1996 | Detective Strode | |
| Johns | 1996 | Danny Cohen | |
| Mother | 1996/II | Carl | |
| The Rock | 1996 | Marine Captain Hendrix (as John C. Mc Ginley) | |
| Long Island Fever | 1995 | TV Movie | Jim McCarty |
| Nixon | 1995 | Earl in Training Film | |
| Se7en | 1995 | California | |
| Born to Be Wild | 1995 | Uncle Max Carr | |
| The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | 1995 | TV Movie | Det. Sgt. Harry McBride |
| Frasier | 1994 | TV Series | Danny Kriezel |
| Wagons East | 1994 | Julian | |
| Surviving the Game | 1994 | John Griffin | |
| On Deadly Ground | 1994 | MacGruder | |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | 1994 | Officer Francis Muldoon | |
| The Last Outlaw | 1993 | TV Movie | Wills |
| Mother's Boys | 1993 | Mr. Fogel, Teacher | |
| Hear No Evil | 1993 | Mickey O'Malley | |
| Watch It | 1993 | Rick | |
| Cruel Doubt | 1992 | TV Mini-Series | Attorney Jim Vos Burgh |
| A Midnight Clear | 1992 | Major Griffin | |
| Little Noises | 1992 | Stu | |
| Article 99 | 1992 | Dr. Rudy Bobrick | |
| Fathers & Sons | 1992 | Gary (uncredited) | |
| Point Break | 1991 | Ben Harp (as John McGinley) | |
| Highlander II: The Quickening | 1991 | David Blake | |
| Born on the Fourth of July | 1989 | Official #1 - Democratic Convention, Pushing Wheelchair (as John McGinley) | |
| Suffering Bastards | 1989 | Buddy Johnson | |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | 1989 | Capt. Richard Schoenfield, MD | |
| Lost Angels | 1989 | Dr. Farmer | |
| Prisoners of Inertia | 1989 | Ogden | |
| Talk Radio | 1988 | Stu | |
| Clinton and Nadine | 1988 | TV Movie | Turner |
| Shakedown | 1988 | Sean Phillips (as John McGinley) | |
| Spenser: For Hire | 1988 | TV Series | K.C. |
| Wall Street | 1987 | Marvin | |
| Leg Work | 1987 | TV Series | |
| Platoon | 1986 | Sgt. O'Neill | |
| Sweet Liberty | 1986 | Floyd | |
| Another World | 1964 | TV Series | Ned (1985-1986) |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Against Evil | 2016 | TV Series producer - 1 episode | |
| The Jack Bull | 1999 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| Colin Fitz Lives! | 1997 | producer | |
| Sex & the Other Man | 1995 | producer | |
| Watch It | 1993 | producer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrubs | TV Series 1 episode, 2003 performer - 4 episodes, 2001 - 2007 |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering Bastards | 1989 | writer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar | 2009 | TV Movie documentary special thanks | |
| HBO First Look | 1999 | TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platoon: 30 | 2017 | Documentary filming | Himself |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | 2007-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Svengoolie | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Megan Clancy Interview with John C. McGinley | 2015 | Video short | Himself |
| Speakeasy: With Paul F. Tompkins | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Conan | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Today | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Fashion News Live | 2005-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Home & Family | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Good Day L.A. | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Quiet on the Set | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Marie | 2013 | TV Series documentary | |
| The Hour | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Reagan Round | 2012 | Short | Himself |
| The Bachmanns - You've Got Male | 2012 | Short | Himself |
| Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Xposé | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Greatest Ever 80s Movies | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Greatest Ever Disaster Movies | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Talkshow with Spike Feresten | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Point Break: Adrenaline Junkies | 2006 | Video short | Himself |
| Point Break: Ride the Wave | 2006 | Video short | Himself |
| The Tony Danza Show | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Alien Planet | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Car Cruzin' | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| TV Land's Top Ten | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| McEnroe | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Wayne Brady Show | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| MADtv | 2003 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest / Paul a Postal Worker |
| The Bronx Bunny Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 28th Annual People's Choice Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself / Sgt. O'Neill |
| HBO First Look | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| American Gladiators | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Showbiz Today | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| The More You Know | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Festival Director's Award | Method Fest | Two Tickets to Paradise (2006) | |
| 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2003 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2002 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2002 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a New Comedy Series | Scrubs (2001) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2006 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Comedy Supporting Actor | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2006 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2005 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2004 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Comedy Supporting Actor | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2003 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Scrubs (2001) |
| 2002 | TCA Award | Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Scrubs (2001) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
