John joins cast of Jackie Robinson biopic.

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John C. McGinley has joined the cast of "42," the Jackie Robinson biopic from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

McGinley will play the role of Red Barber, the iconic radio broadcaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film, starring Harrison Ford and Chadwick Bosman, will open next April 12, three days before the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson Day.

"42" was written and will be directed by Brian Helgeland, with Thomas Tull producing. Principal photography will begin later this month in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta.

To film "42," McGinley will commute from Miami, where he is currently lensing a recurring role in USA Network's "Burn Notice." He recently wrapped production on the comedy feature "Get a Job," portraying the boss on an equities trader floor, and will next be seen in Summit Entertainment's "Alex Cross."

McGinley is repped by UTA and attorney Kevin Morris of Morris, Yorn, Barnes & Levine.

John to be on Burn Notice this summer!

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It's about time to start investigating what the "Burn Notice" espionage operatives will be up to when they return later this year.

Season 6 of the USA show arrives this summer, and though no exact return date has been set, the show has already begun lining up notable guest stars.

The Huffington Post can exclusively reveal that John C. McGinley, best known as Dr. Perry Cox on "Scrubs," will have a recurring role in the new season of "Burn Notice" as Tom Card, the CIA training officer who taught Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) everything he knows.

When Tom and Michael cross paths again, Tom is extremely keen to work with his old protege again; the two weren't in touch after Michael was burned, but Tom always supported Michael's quest to be vindicated and reinstated. And working with Tom could have serious advantages for the formerly burned Miami spy: Not only is Michael's former training officer extremely adept at intelligence gathering and analysis, his influence at the Agency means that he might be able to help Michael recapture the respect he had before he was burned by an evil cabal years earlier.

McGinley will make his first appearance in the second episode of Season 6, which will also feature an appearance from Taryn Manning, a.k.a. Cherry on "Sons of Anarchy." Her character, Nicole, is in prison alongside Fiona, who went to the slammer at the end of the previous season of "Burn Notice." Nicole, like many of Manning's characters, is a tough chick; but the low-profile inmate is also friendly and helpful to Fi, who is no shrinking violet herself but no doubt needs as many allies as she can get on the inside.

Also appearing in the second episode of the new season of "Burn Notice" is Anthony Ruivivar as a Mexican drug cartel kingpin named Montero, who is a bit of a wild card. The episode will be directed by Jeffrey Donovan, who previously directed a Season 4 "Burn Notice" episode as well as the prequel movie "The Fall of Sam Axe."

Two predictions: Season 6 of "Burn Notice" will arrive in June or July, which is when every other season of the show has premiered; and McGinley's character will not call Michael Westen by a girl's name, which was one of Perry Cox's favorite ways of annoying Dr. John Dorian on "Scrubs." "Burn Notice" certainly has its lighter moments, but the odds are that feminine nicknames would not go over well with Westen, one of TV's most tightly-wound espionage agents.

Pictures of John from his Camp Counselor days.

I had come across these years ago, but forgot to save the link.

John was a camp counselor for Camp Tecumseh in the late 70's. You can see some photos of him from the year 1978 starting with this page:

http://tecumsehalumni.net/archives/t78c.htm

You can also see him second row right in the center here:

http://tecumsehalumni.net/archives/camp76.htm

John to be in new romance drama "Watercolor Postcards"

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Bailee Madison ("Don't Be Afraid of the Dark") will star in the indie romance-drama "Watercolor Postcards" along with John C. McGinley ("Scrubs").

Rhett Giles is producing "Watercolor," with Rajeev Dassani directing from Conrad Goode's script. Production is slated to start this month in Los Angeles.

Story is centered on a smalltown girl, wise beyond her years, who returns home and inherits more problems than she brought back.

Alex Cross has a release date.

We'll be seeing John on the big screen again on October 26th, 2012, when Alex Cross gets released nationally.

John to be Rick Santorum in Funny or Die's mock debate today!

Watch it here: http://news.yahoo.com/cyber-debate-parody-funny-or-die/

http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/01/larry-king-to-moderate-mock-gop-debate-109661.html

Things are getting pretty serious in the race for Republican presidential nomination, but there’s still room for some levity. Funny Or Die and Yahoo! have joined forces to host a mock debate on Friday, poking fun at the current and former candidates as well as President Obama.

Larry King will moderate the 16-minute program, which “features Horatio Sanz as Newt Gingrich, John C. McGinley as Rick Santorum, Greg Germann as Jon Huntsman, Patrick Warburton as Rick Perry, Leslie Jordan as Ron Paul, Erin Gibson as Michele Bachmann, Bryan Safi as Marcus Bachmann, and Reggie Brown as President Obama,” according to a press release.

Former boxing champ Mike Tyson will also bring back his Herman Cain impersonation for the occasion.

Update: A reader pointed out: What about Mitt Romney? The former Massachusetts gov won't be left out, according to Funny Or Die. He'll be played by Rob Delaney.

The debate airs on Yahoo! News on Friday at 8 a.m. ET.

Some really good youtube clips of John.

It seems there is someone as dedicated to John as I am. I found this great youtube site with tons of clips from his movies and shows. Give it a look.

https://www.youtube.com/user/JCMcGinleyCollection/featured

Ability magazine article about John

http://abilitymagazine.com/John-C-Mcginley.html

Striker All-Stars

State Farm Commercial

A friend of mine told me he saw John in a State Farm commercial and I didn't believe him. I guess he wasn't lying:

Luck pilot to be aired on December 11th,

HBO will give audiences its first look at the Dustin Hoffman-led drama "Luck" on Sunday, December 11 at 10:00/9:00c following the season finale of "Boardwalk Empire," network sources have confirmed to the site exclusively.

The full 57-minute pilot will debut on said date prior to its formal rollout in January (exact date TBA).

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John's speech at the Jet Set Fashion show.

New Luck teaser hits the web.

No sign of John in the teaser, but this looks like one hell of a show so far:

http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/?autoplay=true&vid=1208460&filter=luck&view=null

John to join cast of new Rob Cohen film.

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John C. McGinley ("Scrubs") has signed to co-star in director Rob Cohen's I, Alex Cross, reports Variety. He will play the chief of police in Summit Entertainment's reboot of the James Patterson novels.

McGinley joins a cast that includes Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Ed Burns, Jean Reno, Giancarlo Esposito and Rachel Nichols.

The series of novels, begun in 1993 with "Along Came a Spider," features a forensic psychologist named Alex Cross. Morgan Freeman played the role twice, first in an adaptation of the second book in the series, Kiss the Girls in 1997 and later in 2001 when Along Came a Spider itself was adapted.

Happy birthday John!

I'd like to point out that today is John's 52nd birthday. I hope you have a great one if you are reading this.

Thanks for keeping me entertained for over a decade, best wishes!

Promo for "Luck" hits the net.

The new HBO that John will be starring in has a promo/feauturette that just hit youtube today:



I dont see John in here, but there should be new stuff in the upcoming months.

John is going back to ABC in another sitcom "Smothered"

Here's some great an unexpected news. Not only will John be on HBO this fall in a new show, he just landed ANOTHER new show with Adam Arkin called "Smothered" on ABC.
Here are the details:

*Note that the story says Alan Arkin, but it is indeed ADAM Arkin, verified by other sources

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I'm a firm believer that "Scrubs" was one of the most perfect sitcoms that have graced our airwaves.

Not only was it hilarious and consistently inventive (it was one of the first to use the single-camera format that has now become the standard), it stayed true to sitcom conventions of wrapping your story up in one episode but still left little threads danglin' for an ongoing arc.

Now its best actor is returning to the land of weekly laughs - Dr. Cox himself, John C. McGinley, has landed a role alongside Alan Arkin in the ABC series "Smothered," about a young couple who feel - you guessed it - smothered by their parents.

McGinley and Julie White ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit") will play one set of parents while Arkin and Marcia Gay Harden ("Mystic River") will play the other set. Kyle Howard ("My Boys") plays one half of the couple, while the girl has yet to be cast. Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen, longtime writers and producers on "Friends," created and will produce.

Adam Arkin is no slouch in the acting department either, having appeared in a recurrig role on "The West Wing" and giving a quietly hilarious role in the Coen Brothers film "A Serious Man."

With him, McGinley, and Harden, that's an impressive line-up for a multi-camera sitcom, usually the launching pad for up-and-comers and the resting place for come-and-goners. I'll be eager to see if there's more to it than an admittedly generic premise.

John on Twitter

http://twitter.com/#!/RealJohnnymcG

From what I can gather, this is really John's Twitter account. Updated infrequently and it hasn't been verified yet by twitter as authentic, so I'm still a bit skeptical.

If it is in fact him, I think it's great he's made the leap to social networking, especially since he's starting work on a new high profile show that would allow him to share behind the scenes tidbits with all his fans.

John's contact info

I found this info years ago on imdbpro.com, I'm not sure how valid it is, but people always email me asking how to contact John. Hopefully this will give that answer for the next few months on the homepage here:

c/o Scott Henderson
William Morris Agency
One William Morris Pl.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

I can validate any of this though, he may have moved to a different agency.

John is headed to HBO!

John C McGinley has been cast in a recurring role in the new HBO drama "Luck". I'm so glad to see him returning to television and doing it with such great talents as Hoffman and Mann.

From tvline.com:

Scrubs fans are in luck: John C. McGinley is headed back to the tube.

The erstwhile Dr. Cox has landed a recurring role in Luck, HBO’s upcoming horse racing drama from David Milch and Michael Mann and starring Dustin Hoffman. The highly anticipated series promises to take viewers inside the provocative world of horse racing, with a specific spotlight cast on the owners, gamblers, jockeys and diverse gaming industry players.

McGinley will play a genial swindler working in cahoots with his daughter.

Luck is slated to premiere in late 2011 or early 2012.

John is in a new movie "The Discoverers"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1715876/combined

Sorry for the lack of updates the last few months. There simply hasn't been any publishable news about John. I'm glad to see that he is in a new movie that is currently in post-production. This is the first I have heard about it, but it seems to be a road movie.

I'm glad to see that he is still doing stuff, I haven't seen him anywhere since the Scrubs finale.

John may be guest star on Cougar Town next season

The hilarious show Cougar Town on ABC was created by Bill Lawrence, the creator of Scrubs. This season, one of the cast from Scrubs will be guest starring on the show. I'm not sure if they will be doing this individually or if we will get more than one from the list. But it will be nice to see some of them again.

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"I promise you either Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff, John C. McGinley, Donald Faison or Judy Reyes will be on the show this year," Bill tells us of his favorite Scrubsers infiltrating the Cougar crew's second season.

Colin Fitz Lives! finally gets released

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After 13 years in the can, Colin Fitz Lives! is finally getting released. Not to DVD, but to Sundance Select channel for the next three months. I dont think I have this, but if anyone is able to copy and burn this to DVD for me, let me know. I desperately want to see it.

Happy birthday John!

I'd like to wish John a happy 51st birthday today! I hope to see him on the silver or small screen again soon. I am going through withdrawal.

Congratulations to John and Nicole!

They have just welcomed a second daughter Kate Aleena McGinley on Thursday, June 24 at 5:57 pm in Los Angeles.

My best wishes and congratulations go out to him and his family on this very special occasion.

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Scrubs has officially been canceled.

Sad news today, Scrubs has officially been canceled. I'm not entirely upset, but it will be sad not seeing John on screen each week. I've gotten accustomed to it over the last nine years.

I'd love to see him do some more movies or even another TV show. Only time will tell what his next project will be.

I'd like to thank NBC and ABC for giving us 9 great seasons and the cast and crew of the show for keeping me entertained. It was a blast.

John's Huffington Post article.

John has written an article for the Huffington Post where he talks about "Spread the word to end the word"

You can read the article HERE.

Please do what you can to help stop the use of the "R Word", as well as any other derogatory word used towards people.

The final episode of Scrubs ever (for real this time)

It seems as if the finale for the season on March 17th will be its last.

Sad, the ratings weren't there, most of the cast left and they kept bouncing it around in the schedule.

More info here

I hope John goes on to do some great stuff soon, I hate not having him on TV each week.

John has fun with family in Big Bear City, CA

Pics of John and his family out snowtubing this weekend. Pics HERE

End the word PSA from John

www.r-word.org

The end of Scrubs as we know it? For real this time?

Seems the ratings of Scrubs' return are less than ideal. They ordered 13 episodes, with a backorder of 9 more if it went well. Seems as if ABC is not ordering the last 9. From EW's Michael Ausiello:

Short to the point, from Aussiello:

Question: Will ABC order the back-nine episodes of Scrubs? I’m loving the new direction, and I don’t want the show to end on an unresolved note in episode 13. —Rion
Ausiello: I’m afraid I’ve only got bad news here. No back-nine, and no closure in episode 13. “It’s just a routine episode,” says an insider of what could turn out to be the show’s series finale. “There’s no special moment or anything.”

Hmm, so I guess this could be it guys. I like the new reincarnation, but having lost almost all the old cast, it doesn't feel the same to me anymore. I'm glad to see John in anything, but I fear the american public just doesn't feel the same way anymore about the show. It's a sad way to end the series, as the finale last season was well done and a great way to say goodbye to all our friends at Sacred Heart.

Time will tell now.

John on KTLA talking about Scrubs

I found this video online, but the embedded video claims it is Ted McGinley. A little research would be nice KTLA!