John C. McGinley
Date of birth: 1959-08-03
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John McGinley, جان سی. مکگینلی
Biography
John C. McGinley is an American actor, writer, and producer. He was born on August 3, 1959, in New York City, New York. McGinley is widely recognized for his versatile performances in both film and television, often portraying intense and memorable characters. One of McGinley's most notable roles is as Dr. Perry Cox in the television series "Scrubs," which aired from 2001 to 2010. His portrayal of the acerbic yet compassionate doctor earned critical acclaim and a dedicated fan following. McGinley's performance in "Scrubs" showcased his ability to seamlessly transition between comedic and dramatic moments, making the character one of the show's highlights. Prior to "Scrubs," McGinley appeared in a variety of films, including "Platoon" (1986), directed by Oliver Stone, where he portrayed Sergeant Red O'Neill. He has worked with Stone on multiple occasions, including in films like "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989) and "Wall Street" (1987). McGinley's roles in these films showcased his range and versatility as an actor. He has also appeared in other notable films such as "Office Space" (1999), "Any Given Sunday" (1999), "Identity" (2003), and "Se7en" (1995), among others. McGinley's performances often leave a lasting impression, and he has been praised for his ability to bring complexity and depth to his characters. In addition to his work in film and television, John C. McGinley has also made appearances in theater productions. He has performed on Broadway in plays such as "Requiem for a Heavyweight" and "Glengarry Glen Ross." Beyond acting, McGinley has taken on roles as a producer and writer. He co-wrote and produced the film "Colin Fitz Lives!" (1997) and served as an executive producer on "Scrubs."
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Point Break
1991-07-12
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes whi
Talk Radio
1988-12-21
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program jus
Office Space
1999-02-19
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of dev
Are We Done Yet?
2007-04-04
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids
Se7en
1995-09-22
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "s
Wall Street
1987-12-10
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on
Identity
2003-04-25
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the
Get Carter
2000-10-06
Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his bro
Wagons East!
1994-08-16
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute
The Last Outlaw
1993-10-30
The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their comma
Wild Hogs
2007-03-02
Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and
The Animal
2001-06-01
When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deran
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009-09-29
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Supe
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997-05-02
Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss T
Nothing to Lose
1997-07-18
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of d
A Midnight Clear
1992-04-24
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather
Car 54, Where Are You?
1994-01-28
Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldo
Target Earth
1998-01-01
Unlikely heroes must overcome incredible dangers to save mankind from the threat of an alien invasio
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991-01-13
In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ram
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006-05-09
Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless
Article 99
1992-03-13
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs.
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989-10-20
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man d
The Rock
1996-06-07
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch mi
On Deadly Ground
1994-02-18
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's co
Two Tickets to Paradise
2006-01-01
Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before
Intensity
1997-08-05
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past.
Mother's Boys
1993-10-01
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as sudden
The Pentagon Wars
1998-02-28
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most
Lost Angels
1989-05-05
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill
Surviving the Game
1994-04-15
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in
Alien Planet
2005-05-14
The dynamic meeting of solid science and futuristic simulation culminates in a dramatic exploration
Highway
2002-03-26
Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who con
Born to Be Wild
1995-03-31
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trou
Hear No Evil
1993-03-26
Jillian Shanahan, a deaf woman, becomes the target of a ruthless and corrupt cop. The cop is looking
Crazy As Hell
2002-09-27
A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hosp
Alex Cross
2012-10-18
Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detro
Colin Fitz
1997-01-19
Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. T
Little Noises
1992-04-24
A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.
Clinton and Nadine
1988-05-04
Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Tog
42
2013-04-12
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's
Watch It
1993-03-26
Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house mate,
The Face is Familiar
2009-06-08
Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in
Fathers & Sons
1992-11-06
A beach runner and bookworm has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier
Stealing Harvard
2002-09-13
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the mi
Mother
1996-12-25
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problem
Any Given Sunday
1999-12-22
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replac
Three to Tango
1999-10-22
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for t
Set It Off
1996-11-06
Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule —
Born on the Fourth of July
1989-12-20
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist
Get a Job
2016-03-17
Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselv
Watercolor Postcards
2013-01-01
A Hollywood actress and a former NFL star strive to save a troubled Texas town while bonding over th
Kid Cannabis
2014-04-18
An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking mar
Vacation
2015-07-28
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids,
Nixon
1995-12-22
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat
The Belko Experiment
2016-03-17
A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to par
Johns
1996-12-10
It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monic
American Crude
2008-06-03
Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam artist
The Good Catholic
2017-09-08
An idealistic young priest is dedicated to his calling until he meets a woman at confession. After t
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002-11-29
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub ov
Battle of the Sexes
2017-09-22
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and s
Prisoners of Inertia
1989-01-23
A romantic comedy of misadventure. Indecisive Manhattan newlyweds set out one Sunday on a journey to
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001-01-01
A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).
The Jack Bull
1999-04-17
When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sac
Platoon
1986-12-19
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the
Benched
2018-08-17
Legendary baseball coach, Don, gets inexperienced Michael as his new assistant coach. As their lives
Shakedown
1988-05-06
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop
Flypaper
1999-07-18
Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather sti
Lil' Pimp
2005-01-11
A comedy about a nine-year-old pimp, Lil' Pimp, who hustles his ho's around the neighborhood. Along
Suffering Bastards
1989-12-09
Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.
Sweet Liberty
1986-05-16
Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hol
The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995-03-06
Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered, and the main suspect is her ex-husband. But Hunter
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
2020-07-24
When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor, the Re
Summer Catch
2001-08-22
Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a weal
The Drowning
2016-10-08
A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of
World Trade Center
2006-08-09
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Tra
The Discoverers
2014-05-16
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip t
Sole Survivor
2000-09-13
A reporter loses his wife and daughter to a plane crash, but when the sole survivor appears, the rep
Oliver Stone, l’Amérique au vitriol
2025-06-01
Back
2009-02-02
A man presumed killed in the 9/11 attacks returns home eight years later with no memory of where he
Brothers in Arms
2018-11-13
Charlie Sheen narrates, as cast and crew share their personal experiences making the Academy Award w