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. McGinl...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Oliver Stone, l’Amérique au vitriol
2025
as Self - actor (Platoon)

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
2020
as Grumblegard (voice)
When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor, the Rescue Riders have to find a way to break the spell.

Benched
2018
as Don
Legendary baseball coach, Don, gets inexperienced Michael as his new assistant coach. As their lives dramatically change, the coaches must come togeth...

Battle of the Sexes
2017
as Herb
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

The Good Catholic
2017
as Ollie
An idealistic young priest is dedicated to his calling until he meets a woman at confession. After the meeting, he seeks guidance from his fellow prie...

The Drowning
2016
as Teddy
A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a m...

Get a Job
2016
as Diller
Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But...

The Belko Experiment
2016
as Wendell Dukes
A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.

Vacation
2015
as Motorbike Cop
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their...

The Discoverers
2014
as Bill Birch
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career...

Kid Cannabis
2014
as John Grefard
An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to mak...

42
2013
as Red Barber
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson...

Watercolor Postcards
2013
as Merlin
A Hollywood actress and a former NFL star strive to save a troubled Texas town while bonding over their shared love of a very special 10-year-old girl...

Alex Cross
2012
as Richard Brookwell
Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family out of the line of fir...

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
as Metallo (voice)
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads ...

The Face is Familiar
2009
Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in films for decades. Some have even gone on to beco...
Back
2009
as Tom Barnes
A man presumed killed in the 9/11 attacks returns home eight years later with no memory of where he has been. He must now reconnect with his family, a...

American Crude
2008
as Jim
Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam artist Johnny decides to throw a bachelor party for his b...

Are We Done Yet?
2007
as Chuck Mitchell, Jr.
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a...

Wild Hogs
2007
as Highway Patrolman
Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue...

World Trade Center
2006
as Fireman (uncredited)
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Puff, Puff, Pass
2006
as Jerry Dupree
Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two hapless stoners who get involved in a scheme to rip off a ...

Two Tickets to Paradise
2006
as Mark
Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventu...

Alien Planet
2005
as Narrator
The dynamic meeting of solid science and futuristic simulation culminates in a dramatic exploration to another inhabited planet seven light years away...

Lil' Pimp
2005
as Man Cub Master (voice)
A comedy about a nine-year-old pimp, Lil' Pimp, who hustles his ho's around the neighborhood. Along with his Mom, Pop, pimpin' pals Fruitjuice and Nag...

Identity
2003
as George
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers th...

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as Dr. Perry Cox
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the o...

Crazy As Hell
2002
as Parker
A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All ...

Stealing Harvard
2002
as Detective Charles
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds...

Highway
2002
as Johnny the Fox
Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who convinces his best friend, Pilot, to flee with him. P...

Summer Catch
2001
as Hugh Alexander
Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley...

The Animal
2001
as Sgt. Sisk
When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His new...

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
as Self
A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).

Get Carter
2000
as Con McCarty
Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes...

Sole Survivor
2000
as Victor Yates
A reporter loses his wife and daughter to a plane crash, but when the sole survivor appears, the reporter realizes that it wasn't a mere accident, but...

Any Given Sunday
1999
as Jack Rose
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance an...

Three to Tango
1999
as Strauss
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon mistake...

Flypaper
1999
as Joe
Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather sticky situations in Hoch's twisted neo-noir debut. T...

The Jack Bull
1999
as Woody
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of My...

The Jack Bull
1999
Executive Producer
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of My...

Office Space
1999
as Bob Slydell
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living...

The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Colonel J.D. Bock
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 y...

Target Earth
1998
as FBI Agent Vincent Naples
Unlikely heroes must overcome incredible dangers to save mankind from the threat of an alien invasion.

Intensity
1997
as Edgler Foreman Vess
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in ...

Nothing to Lose
1997
as Davis "Rig" Lanlow
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attem...

Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Eddie Grillo
Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap ...

Colin Fitz
1997
as Groundskeeper
Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two ...

Colin Fitz
1997
Producer
Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two ...

Mother
1996
as Carl
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Johns
1996
as Danny Cohen
It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night a...

Set It Off
1996
as Detective Strode
Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four wome...

The Rock
1996
as Marine Captain Hendrix
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

Nixon
1995
as Earl in Training Film
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spa...

Se7en
1995
as California
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film t...

Born to Be Wild
1995
as Max Carr
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage ...

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.
1995
as Det. Sgt. Harry McBride
Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered, and the main suspect is her ex-husband. But Hunter is soon convinced of a connection to another case.

Wagons East!
1994
as Julian
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide t...

Surviving the Game
1994
as John Griffin
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who h...

On Deadly Ground
1994
as MacGruder
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care w...

Car 54, Where Are You?
1994
as Officer Francis Muldoon
Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to ...

The Last Outlaw
1993
as Wills
The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their commander, Graff, had once been a heroic and staunch su...

Mother's Boys
1993
as Mr. Fogel, Teacher
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fall...

Hear No Evil
1993
as Mickey O'Malley
Jillian Shanahan, a deaf woman, becomes the target of a ruthless and corrupt cop. The cop is looking for a stolen coin, which he plans to keep for him...

Watch It
1993
as Rick
Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house mate, John, who is Mike's estranged first cousin. John's...

Watch It
1993
Producer
Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house mate, John, who is Mike's estranged first cousin. John's...

Fathers & Sons
1992
as Gary (uncredited)
A beach runner and bookworm has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy ...

A Midnight Clear
1992
as Major Griffin
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two...

Little Noises
1992
as Stu Slovack
A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

Article 99
1992
as Dr. Rudy Bobrick
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliv...

Point Break
1991
as SAIC Ben Harp
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and John...

Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
as David Blake
In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ramirez to set things right. Opposition comes from bo...

Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Official #1 - Democratic Convention, Pushing Wheelchair
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

Suffering Bastards
1989
as Buddy Johnson
Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.

Suffering Bastards
1989
Writer
Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.

Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
as Richard Schoenfield
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan...

Lost Angels
1989
as Dr. Farmer
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a t...

Prisoners of Inertia
1989
as Ogden
A romantic comedy of misadventure. Indecisive Manhattan newlyweds set out one Sunday on a journey to Hoboken, N.J.

Talk Radio
1988
as Stu
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

Shakedown
1988
as Sean Phillips
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investiga...

Clinton and Nadine
1988
as Turner
Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Together they get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns ...

Wall Street
1987
as Marvin
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthles...

Platoon
1986
as Sergeant O'Neill
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Sweet Liberty
1986
as Floyd
Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival ...