- Age: 60
- Birth Place: New York City, New York, U.S.
- Height: 1.88 m
- Full Name: John Christopher McGinley
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: August 3, 1959
- Occupation: Stand-up comedian, actor, comedian
- Children: 3
John C. McGinley is an actor who has performed in a lot of movies and television shows. He has been cast in some of the biggest movies and TV programs in the last few years that have gone on to become huge commercial successes. Apart from this, John is also an author and he is the spokesperson for the National Down Syndrome Society as well. His net worth is estimated to be $12 Million.
John is a prolific actor mainly as a supporting character actor. First located by a casting scout, John has since then performed some of the most recognized and critically acclaimed movies such as “Wall Street”, “Platoon”, “Born on the Fourth of July”, “Highlander II: The Quickening”, “Se7en”, “The Rock”, “Intensity”, “Identity”, “Two Tickets to Paradise”, “Wild Hogs”, and many others. His television performances can be seen in “The Last Outlaw”, “The Practice”, “Scrubs”, “Alien Planet”, and “WordGirl” among others. For many of them he has been a voice artist, and in some he has been a producer or writer.
But John is probable best known for portraying the character of Sergeant Red O’Neil in Platoon and Marv in Wall Street – both movies are by Oliver Stone. His performance in Scrubs as Dr. Perry Cox was also widely appreciated. Scrubs ran for 179 episodes and received several nominations. The wealth of John primarily comes because of his portrayals of these characters.
McGinley got married to Lauren Lambert in 1997. However the couple divorced just five years later. They have a son. He married again in 2007 to Nichole Kessler, a yoga instructor. They have two daughters.