Portrait of John C. McGinley

Acting

John C. McGinley

Career

Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 1997 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Midnight Clear
A Midnight Clear
GoodWatch score79/100

Characters

13

The characters John C. McGinley played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 96 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John C. McGinley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.5
  • Melancholy
    3.9, average 4.7
  • Spiritual
    1.4, average 2.0
  • Uncanny
    1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Fast-Paced 5
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Dialogue-Driven 4
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Feel-Good 3
  • Urban Setting 3
  • Road Trip 3
  • Black Comedy 3
  • Dark Humor 3
  • Social Commentary 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Frog Fathers 2: Last Battle of the Pacific
Frog Fathers 2: Last Battle of the Pacific

as Narrator - Self

2020s

6 titles · average score 70
Rooster
Rooster (2026)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Walter Mann

Scrubs
Scrubs (2026)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Dr. Perry Cox

My Chemical Romance & Lauren Tsai: Prelude to the End
My Chemical Romance & Lauren Tsai: Prelude to the End (2026)

as The Dean (voice)

Frog Fathers: Lessons from the Normandy Surf
Frog Fathers: Lessons from the Normandy Surf (2024)

as Narrator - Self

Holidazed
Holidazed (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Chuck Manetti-Hanahan

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

as Grumblegard (voice)

2010s

16 titles · average score 56
Benched
Benched (2018)
GoodWatch score 46

as Don

The Belko Experiment
The Belko Experiment (2017)
GoodWatch score 52

as Wendell Dukes

The Good Catholic
The Good Catholic (2017)
GoodWatch score 45

as Ollie

Genius
Genius (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Lyndon B. Johnson

Stan Against Evil
Stan Against Evil (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Stanley Miller

The Drowning
The Drowning (2016)
GoodWatch score 43

as Teddy

Chicago P.D.
Chicago P.D. (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Brian Kelton

Kid Cannabis
Kid Cannabis (2014)
GoodWatch score 61

as John Grefard

Ground Floor
Ground Floor (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Remington Stewart Mansfield

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Frank O'Sullivan

Watercolor Postcards
Watercolor Postcards (2013)
GoodWatch score 47

as Merlin

Alex Cross
Alex Cross (2012)
GoodWatch score 33

as Richard Brookwell

2000s

34 titles · average score 60
Are We Done Yet?
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
GoodWatch score 32

as Chuck Mitchell, Jr.

Burn Notice
Burn Notice (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Tom Card

Two Tickets to Paradise
Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
GoodWatch score 30

as Mark

The Boondocks
The Boondocks (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as The White Shadow (voice)

Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as The Atom / Ray Palmer (voice) / The Atom (voice)

Identity
Identity (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

as George

Highway
Highway (2002)
GoodWatch score 61

as Johnny the Fox

Kim Possible
Kim Possible (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Rudolph Farnsworth / White Stripe (voice)

Scrubs
Scrubs (2001)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Perry Cox

The Animal
The Animal (2001)
GoodWatch score 39

as Sgt. Sisk

Justice League
Justice League (2001)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show · as Executive / Bookie (voice)

Get Carter
Get Carter (2000)
GoodWatch score 32

as Con McCarty

1990s

38 titles · average score 56
Target Earth
Target Earth (1998)
GoodWatch score 44

as FBI Agent Vincent Naples

Nothing to Lose
Nothing to Lose (1997)
GoodWatch score 65

as Davis "Rig" Lanlow

Intensity
Intensity (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Edgler Foreman Vess

Set It Off
Set It Off (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

as Detective Strode

Johns
Johns (1996)
GoodWatch score 58

as Danny Cohen

Born to Be Wild
Born to Be Wild (1995)
GoodWatch score 25

as Max Carr

Wagons East!
Wagons East! (1994)
GoodWatch score 22

as Julian

Car 54, Where Are You?
Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
GoodWatch score 14

as Officer Francis Muldoon

On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground (1994)
GoodWatch score 36

as MacGruder

Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game (1994)
GoodWatch score 49

as Griffin

Point Break
Point Break (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

as SAIC Ben Harp

Highlander II: The Quickening
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
GoodWatch score 28

as David Blake

1980s

13 titles · average score 64
Fat Man and Little Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
GoodWatch score 54

as Richard Schoenfield

Prisoners of Inertia
Prisoners of Inertia (1989)

as Ogden

Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
GoodWatch score 76

as Official #1 - Democratic Convention, Pushing Wheelchair

Suffering Bastards
Suffering Bastards (1989)

as Buddy Johnson

Talk Radio
Talk Radio (1988)
GoodWatch score 75

as Stu

Shakedown
Shakedown (1988)
GoodWatch score 60

as Sean Phillips

Clinton and Nadine
Clinton and Nadine (1988)
GoodWatch score 32

as Turner

Wall Street
Wall Street (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

as Marvin

Leg Work
Leg Work (1987)

TV show · as Denny

Platoon
Platoon (1986)
GoodWatch score 86

as Sergeant O'Neill

Sweet Liberty
Sweet Liberty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

as Floyd

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Ogden