John C. McGinley

John C. McGinley

1959-08-03 New York City, New York, USA 83 Credits

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...

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Oliver Stone, l’Amérique au vitriol

Oliver Stone, l’Amérique au vitriol

2025

as Self - actor (Platoon)

7.0
Acting
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing

2020

as Grumblegard (voice)

7.3
Acting

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

Benched

2018

as Don

6.2
Acting

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

Battle of the Sexes

2017

as Herb

6.8
Acting

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

The Good Catholic

2017

as Ollie

5.4
Acting

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

The Drowning

2016

as Teddy

4.5
Acting

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

Get a Job

2016

as Diller

5.3
Acting

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

The Belko Experiment

2016

as Wendell Dukes

6.2
Acting

A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.

Vacation

Vacation

2015

as Motorbike Cop

6.3
Acting

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

The Discoverers

2014

as Bill Birch

4.9
Acting

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

Kid Cannabis

2014

as John Grefard

6.3
Acting

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

42

2013

as Red Barber

7.2
Acting

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

Watercolor Postcards

2013

as Merlin

5.8
Acting

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

Alex Cross

2012

as Richard Brookwell

5.2
Acting

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

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

2009

as Metallo (voice)

7.1
Acting

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

The Face is Familiar

2009

2.0
Acting

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

Acting

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

American Crude

2008

as Jim

4.0
Acting

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?

Are We Done Yet?

2007

as Chuck Mitchell, Jr.

5.8
Acting

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

Wild Hogs

2007

as Highway Patrolman

6.0
Acting

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

World Trade Center

2006

as Fireman (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

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

Puff, Puff, Pass

2006

as Jerry Dupree

5.9
Acting

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

Two Tickets to Paradise

2006

as Mark

5.0
Acting

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

Alien Planet

2005

as Narrator

7.0
Acting

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

Lil' Pimp

Lil' Pimp

2005

as Man Cub Master (voice)

5.1
Acting

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

Identity

2003

as George

7.2
Acting

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

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2002

as Dr. Perry Cox

6.0
Acting

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

Crazy As Hell

2002

as Parker

5.4
Acting

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

Stealing Harvard

2002

as Detective Charles

4.8
Acting

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

Highway

2002

as Johnny the Fox

5.5
Acting

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

Summer Catch

2001

as Hugh Alexander

5.4
Acting

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

The Animal

2001

as Sgt. Sisk

5.1
Acting

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'

A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

2001

as Self

8.5
Acting

A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).

Get Carter

Get Carter

2000

as Con McCarty

5.2
Acting

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

Sole Survivor

2000

as Victor Yates

6.6
Acting

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

Any Given Sunday

1999

as Jack Rose

6.8
Acting

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

Three to Tango

1999

as Strauss

5.7
Acting

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

Flypaper

1999

as Joe

4.2
Acting

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

The Jack Bull

1999

as Woody

6.4
Acting

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

The Jack Bull

1999

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Office Space

1999

as Bob Slydell

7.4
Acting

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

The Pentagon Wars

1998

as Colonel J.D. Bock

6.8
Acting

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

Target Earth

1998

as FBI Agent Vincent Naples

4.2
Acting

Unlikely heroes must overcome incredible dangers to save mankind from the threat of an alien invasion.

Intensity

Intensity

1997

as Edgler Foreman Vess

6.9
Acting

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

Nothing to Lose

1997

as Davis "Rig" Lanlow

6.6
Acting

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.

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

1997

as Eddie Grillo

6.1
Acting

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

Colin Fitz

1997

as Groundskeeper

5.0
Acting

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

Colin Fitz

1997

Producer

5.0
Producing

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

Mother

1996

as Carl

6.8
Acting

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

Johns

Johns

1996

as Danny Cohen

5.4
Acting

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

Set It Off

1996

as Detective Strode

7.2
Acting

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

The Rock

1996

as Marine Captain Hendrix

7.1
Acting

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

Nixon

Nixon

1995

as Earl in Training Film

6.9
Acting

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

Se7en

1995

as California

8.4
Acting

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

Born to Be Wild

1995

as Max Carr

5.3
Acting

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.

The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.

1995

as Det. Sgt. Harry McBride

6.5
Acting

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!

Wagons East!

1994

as Julian

4.9
Acting

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

Surviving the Game

1994

as John Griffin

6.1
Acting

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

On Deadly Ground

1994

as MacGruder

5.2
Acting

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?

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994

as Officer Francis Muldoon

3.3
Acting

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

The Last Outlaw

1993

as Wills

5.3
Acting

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

Mother's Boys

1993

as Mr. Fogel, Teacher

5.3
Acting

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

Hear No Evil

1993

as Mickey O'Malley

4.6
Acting

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

Watch It

1993

as Rick

4.8
Acting

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

Watch It

1993

Producer

4.8
Producing

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

Fathers & Sons

1992

as Gary (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

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

A Midnight Clear

1992

as Major Griffin

6.5
Acting

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

Little Noises

1992

as Stu Slovack

5.7
Acting

A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

Article 99

Article 99

1992

as Dr. Rudy Bobrick

6.1
Acting

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

Point Break

1991

as SAIC Ben Harp

7.2
Acting

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

Highlander II: The Quickening

1991

as David Blake

4.7
Acting

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

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

as Official #1 - Democratic Convention, Pushing Wheelchair

7.0
Acting

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

Suffering Bastards

1989

as Buddy Johnson

1.0
Acting

Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.

Suffering Bastards

Suffering Bastards

1989

Writer

1.0
Writing

Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.

Fat Man and Little Boy

Fat Man and Little Boy

1989

as Richard Schoenfield

6.2
Acting

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

Lost Angels

1989

as Dr. Farmer

6.1
Acting

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

Prisoners of Inertia

1989

as Ogden

5.0
Acting

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

Talk Radio

Talk Radio

1988

as Stu

7.0
Acting

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

Shakedown

Shakedown

1988

as Sean Phillips

5.8
Acting

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

Clinton and Nadine

1988

as Turner

3.6
Acting

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

Wall Street

1987

as Marvin

7.2
Acting

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

Platoon

1986

as Sergeant O'Neill

7.7
Acting

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

Sweet Liberty

1986

as Floyd

5.4
Acting

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 ...