John C. McGinley

John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor. He is most notable for his roles as Perry Cox in Scrubs, Bob Slydell in Office Space, Captain Hendrix in The Rock, Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's Platoon, Marv in Stone's Wall Street, and FBI agent Ben Harp in Point Break. He has also written and produced for television and film. Apart from acting, McGinley is also an author, a board member and international spokesman for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and a spokesman for the National Down Syndrome Society.
== Early life ==
McGinley, who is one of five children, was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, the son of a schoolteacher and a stockbroker.[2] His paternal great-grandfather was from Donegal, Ireland.[3] McGinley was raised in Millburn, New Jersey, and attended Millburn High School, where he played wide receiverfor the school's football team. He studied acting at Syracuse University, and later at New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1984.[4] Upon completing his education, McGinley did a variety of different work, including Off Broadway and Broadway productions, and a two-year stint on the soap opera Another World.
== Career ==
McGinley has had a prolific career, primarily as a supporting character actor. He was noticed by a casting scout while working as John Turturro's understudy in John Patrick Shanley's 1984 production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, which led to a successful audition for the role of Sergeant Red O'Neill in the Oscar-winning Platoon (1986). McGinley had been cast in his first film role in Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty earlier in 1986. That was followed the next year with Wall Street (1987), and again the next with Talk Radio (1988). He was also featured in a 1980s Subaru commercial.[5] He appeared in the "Celebrity Challenge" version of American Gladiators, losing to Dean Cain. McGinley wrote the script for the 1990 film Suffering Bastards,[6] in which he also co-starred.
He worked continually throughout the 1990s, appearing in films such as Point Break (1991), Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), Article 99 (1992), Wagons East! (1994), Seven (1995), The Rock (1996), Set It Off (1996), Nothing to Lose(1997) and Office Space (1999) (McGinley improvised several takes about his character's fondness for Michael Bolton). In 2007, he had a role as Chuck in the film Are We Done Yet? He also had a small role as a gay highway patrolman in the film Wild Hogs which also stars his Article 99 co-star Ray Liotta, although they don't share any screen credit.
McGinley has done voice-over work on animated television series, including the superhero The Atom on several episodes of Justice League Unlimited, a guest appearance as "The White Shadow", the secret government agent overseeing Huey Freeman on The Boondocks, voicing The Whammer on the PBS Kids Go!series WordGirl as well as the lead character in the Sony PSP video game Dead Head Fred.
McGinley received critical acclaim for his performance as a serial killer in Dean Koontz's suspense drama, Intensity (1997). It became Fox Television's highest-rated miniseries. He worked with Koontz and Fox once more in Sole Survivor(2000).
In 2001, McGinley began work as a regular on the NBC television series Scrubsas the acerbic Dr. Perry Cox. Throughout the series Dr. Cox acts as an unwilling mentor to the protagonist J.D. (Zach Braff). McGinley has said that there are three things over the course of the series that he improvises: his constant usage of girls' names for JD, which he does with all his real friends; his whistle, which he describes as "a bad habit"; and his habit of touching his nose, a tribute to Robert Redford's character in The Sting; he says the gesture means "It's gonna be OK."[7]
Since the NFL season of 2007, McGinley has played the "Commish" of the More Taste League commercials for Miller Lite. He has also done commercials for the Champions Tour, a professional golf tour for men over the age of 50.[8] In 2008, McGinley was the narrator of the documentary of the Detroit Red Wings' 2008 Stanley Cup Championship.[9] In 2009, McGinley started narrating commercials for ESPN.com.
McGinley wrote a 2005 book titled, Untalkative Bunny: How to be Heard Without saying a Word which featured the title character from the show Untalkative Bunny on its cover.
In 2008, McGinley was named an Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society, Trinity College, Dublin.
Recently, he was cast in the film adaptation of the comic book Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, and he plays the role of the classic Superman villain, Metallo.[10]
In 2012, it was announced that McGinley would be a recurring character on USA Network's Burn Notice as Michael Westen's original CIA trainer, Tom Card.[11] He was first introduced in the second episode of the show's sixth season.
In 2012, he appeared in a State Farm insurance commercial as a father wanting his college graduate son to move out. He began 2013 in the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross as Dave Moss. "It was the best couple of months of my life," he said.[12] In 2013, it was announced that TBS made a series order for the television series Ground Floor, which stars McGinley. The series was canceled in 2015 after two seasons.[13] In October 2014, McGinley hosted The E Street Radio channel on Sirius XM20 radio, discussing his appreciation of Bruce Springsteen's music, and their shared New Jersey roots.[citation needed]
== Personal life ==
In February 1997, McGinley married Lauren Lambert. Their son, Max, who has Down syndrome, was born that year. In December 2001, Lambert and McGinley divorced. In October 2002, he was chosen as "Dad of the Month" at iParenting.com.[14] In August 2006, McGinley became engaged to yoga instructor Nichole Kessler in Malibu, whom he had dated for two years. The couple married on April 7, 2007 in a private ceremony at their home.[15] They have two daughters.[16]
McGinley owns a stake in one of Billy Gilroy's New York SoHo bistros, along with fellow actor Willem Dafoe.[17]
McGinley serves on the Board of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, based in Denver. He is a celebrity Ambassador for the National Down Syndrome Society. In addition, he is a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics and was an integral part in crafting Special Olympics' "R-word: Spread The Word, To End The Word" campaign. McGinley is a vocal supporter for the special needs community, and commented in late 2011 on the experience of raising a teenager with Down syndrome along with two young daughters:
McGinley is also an avid fan of the NHL Detroit Red Wings, and shows this by wearing a Red Wings jersey (usually Chris Chelios') in several Scrubs episodes. He was the narrator of the Red Wings' 2008 Championship DVD. McGinley maintains a home in Malibu, California, and is well known as a member of the "Malibu Mob",[19] a group of celebrity friends and neighbors including John Cusack, Tony Danza, former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios, big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton, beach volleyball pro Gabrielle Reece, and tennis player John McEnroe.[20] McGinley enjoys going golfing with John Cusack in his free time.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Film 	Role 	Notes
1986	Sweet Liberty 	Floyd 	
1986	Platoon 	Sergeant O'Neill 	
1987	Wall Street 	Marvin 	
1988	Talk Radio 	Stu 	
1988	Shakedown 	Sean Phillips 	
1989	Lost Angels 	Dr. Farmer 	
1989	Born on the Fourth of July 	Official #1 – Democratic Convention, Pushing Wheelchair	
1989	Fat Man and Little Boy 	Capt. Richard Schoenfield, MD 	
1989	Suffering Bastards 	Buddy Johnson 	Writer
1991	Point Break 	FBI Agent Ben Harp 	
1991	Highlander II: The Quickening 	David Blake 	
1992	Article 99 	Dr. Rudy Bobrick 	
1992	Cruel Doubt 	Attorney Jim Vos Burgh 	
1992	A Midnight Clear 	Major Griffin 	
1993	Hear No Evil 	Mickey O'Malley 	
1993	Watch It 	Rick 	Producer
1994	On Deadly Ground 	MacGruder 	
1994	Surviving the Game 	John Griffin 	
1994	Car 54, Where Are You? 	Officer Francis Muldoon 	
1994	Wagons East! 	Julian Rogers 	
1995	Born to Be Wild 	Max Carr 	
1995	Seven 	California (SWAT leader) 	
1995	Nixon 	Earl in Training Film 	
1996	The Rock 	Marine Captain Hendrix 	
1996	Set It Off 	Detective Strode 	
1996	Mother 	Carl 	
1997	Flypaper 	Joe 	
1997	Colin Fitz Lives! 	Colin Fitz 	
1997	Intensity 	Edgler Foreman Vess 	
1997	Truth or Consequences, N.M. 	Eddie Grillo 	
1997	Nothing to Lose 	Davis 'Rig' Lanlow 	
1998	Target Earth 	Agent Vincent Naples 	
1999	Office Space 	Bob Slydell 	
1999	Any Given Sunday 	Jack Rose 	
1999	Three to Tango 	Strauss 	
1999	The Jack Bull 	Woody 	
2000	Get Carter 	Con McCarty 	
2001	Summer Catch 	Hugh Alexander 	Uncredited
2001	The Animal 	Sgt. Sisk 	
2002	Stealing Harvard 	Detective Charles 	
2002	Highway 	Johnny the Fox 	
2002	Crazy as Hell 	Parker 	
2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Himself 	
2003	Identity 	George York 	
2005	Alien Planet 	Narrator 	
2006	Puff, Puff, Pass 	Jerry Dupree 	
2006	A.W.O.L. 	Garris 	
2006	Two Tickets to Paradise 	Mark 	Won - Method Fest - Festival Directors Award
2007	Wild Hogs 	Gay Highway Patrolman 	
2007	Are We Done Yet? 	Chuck Mitchell Jr. 	
2008	American Crude 	Jim 	
2009	Life's a Trip 	Mark Hewson 	
2009	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies 	John Corben / Metallo(voice) 	Direct-to-video
2012	Alex Cross 	Richard Brookwell 	
2012	Watercolor Postcards 	Merlin 	
2013	42 	Red Barber 	
2014	Kid Cannabis 	John Grefard 	
2016	Get a Job 	Diller 	
2016	The Belko Experiment 	Wendell Dukes 	
2016	The Drowning 	Teddy 	
2017	Battle of the Sexes 	Herb 	
2017	The Good Catholic 	Father Ollie 	
2018	Benched 	Don 	
=== Television work ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1985–1986 	Another World 	Ned Barry 	12 episodes
1988 	Spenser: For Hire 	K.C. 	1 episode
1993 	The Last Outlaw 	Wills 	Television film
1994 	Frasier 	Danny Kriezel 	Episode: "Seat of Power"
1997 	The Practice 	Atty. Leonard Goode 	2 episodes
1997 	Intensity 	Edgler Foreman Vess 	Television film
1998 	The Pentagon Wars 	Col. J.D. Bock 	Television film
2000 	Sole Survivor 	Victor Yates 	Television film
2001 	The Nightmare Room 	Dr. Young 	Episode: "Four Eyes"
2001–2010 	Scrubs 	Dr. Perry Cox 	182 episodes
Series regular
Nominated - TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2002)
Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2002)
2002 	Clone High 	Doug Prepcourse (voice) 	1 episode
2003 	Kim Possible 	Rudolph "White Stripe" Farnsworth (voice) 	1 episode
2003 	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series	Richard Damien (voice) 	2 episodes
2003–2005 	Justice League Unlimited 	The Atom (voice) 	4 episodes
2005 	Alien Planet 	Narrator 	
2006–2010 	The Boondocks 	The White Shadow (voice) 	2 episodes
2008 	Robot Chicken 	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad/Double Dare Host (voice)	Episode: "Chirlaxx"
2008–15 	WordGirl 	The Whammer (voice) 	4 episodes
2009 	Scrubs: Interns 	Dr. Perry Cox 	1 webisode
2011 	Dan Vs. 	Imposter Dan (voice) 	2 episodes
2012 	Burn Notice 	Tom Card 	6 episodes
2013–2015 	Ground Floor 	Remington Stewart Mansfield 	Series regular
2016–present	Stan Against Evil 	Stanley Miller 	Series regular
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
2002	Television Critics Association Awards 	Individual Achievement in Comedy 	Scrubs 	Nominated
2002	Online Film & Television Association Award	Best Actor in a New Comedy Series 	Scrubs 	Nominated
2002	Online Film & Television Association Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series 	Scrubs 	Nominated
2003	Satellite Awards 	Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical	Scrubs 	Nominated
2006	Method Fest 	Festival Director's Award 	Two Tickets to Paradise	Nominated