TV viewers know actor John C. McGinley from his iconic role as Dr. Perry Cox, the acid-tongued attending physician who picks on the medical residents in the series "Scrubs."
McGinley was born in New York City and after majoring in acting, began getting supporting roles in movies and on a variety of TV shows. His movie credits include "Sweet Liberty," "Platoon," "Wall Street," Highlander II," and "Car 54, Where Are You?"
Among his early television appearances were "Spenser: For Hire," "Frasier," and "The Practice."
Dr. Cox is a solidly built mesomorph who loves dominating the show's main character, played by Zach Braff, a much smaller man whom Cox usually addresses as "Alice" or "Sally." In turn, Cox himself is picked on by the hospital's still larger janitor and also by their boss, the hospital's wizened chief of medicine.
Viewers enjoy the comedic gruffness of the Dr. Cox character and enjoy his biting remarks and his continual marital problems.
In real life, McGinley and his wife have a child born with Down's Syndrome, which understandably has become this actor's favorite cause as a fundraiser.
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