John C. McGinley

Born: 1959-08-03

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. McGinley's performance in "Scrubs" showcased his ability to seamlessly transition between comedic and dramatic moments, making the character one of the show's highlights. Prior to "Scrubs," McGinley appeared in a variety of films, including "Platoon" (1986), directed by Oliver Stone, where he portrayed Sergeant Red O'Neill. He has worked with Stone on multiple occasions, including in films like "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989) and "Wall Street" (1987). McGinley's roles in these films showcased his range and versatility as an actor. He has also appeared in other notable films such as "Office Space" (1999), "Any Given Sunday" (1999), "Identity" (2003), and "Se7en" (1995), among others. McGinley's performances often leave a lasting impression, and he has been praised for his ability to bring complexity and depth to his characters. In addition to his work in film and television, John C. McGinley has also made appearances in theater productions. He has performed on Broadway in plays such as "Requiem for a Heavyweight" and "Glengarry Glen Ross." Beyond acting, McGinley has taken on roles as a producer and writer. He co-wrote and produced the film "Colin Fitz Lives!" (1997) and served as an executive producer on "Scrubs."


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as California
Released: 1995-09-22

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on...

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Released: 2012-10-18

Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of...

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Born on the Fourth of July

as Official #1 - Democratic Convention, Pushing Wheelchair
Released: 1989-12-20

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political...

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The Belko Experiment

as Wendell Dukes
Released: 2016-03-17

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

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Vacation

as Motorbike Cop
Released: 2015-07-28

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own...

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as Sergeant O'Neill
Released: 1986-12-19

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with...

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as Ben Harp
Released: 1991-07-12

In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes...

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as Marine Captain Hendrix
Released: 1996-06-07

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to...

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World Trade Center

as Fireman
Released: 2006-08-09

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World...

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Identity

as George York
Released: 2003-04-25

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves...

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On Deadly Ground

as MacGruder
Released: 1994-02-18

Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis...

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as Bob Slydell
Released: 1999-02-19

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of...

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Wild Hogs

as Highway Patrolman
Released: 2007-03-02

Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision...

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Wall Street

as Marvin
Released: 1987-12-10

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading...

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Summer Catch

as Hugh Alexander
Released: 2001-08-22

Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a...

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Get a Job

as Diller
Released: 2016-03-17

Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find...

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Any Given Sunday

as Jack Rose
Released: 1999-12-22

A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to...

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The Animal

as Sgt. Sisk
Released: 2001-06-01

When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a...

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Get Carter

as Con McCarty
Released: 2000-10-06

Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his...

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42

as Red Barber
Released: 2013-04-12

In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against...

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Set It Off

as Detective Strode
Released: 1996-11-06

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one...

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Are We Done Yet?

as Chuck Mitchell, Jr.
Released: 2007-04-04

Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two...

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as Davis "Rig" Lanlow
Released: 1997-07-18

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state...

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Highway

as Johnny the Fox
Released: 2002-03-26

Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who...

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Battle of the Sexes

as Herb
Released: 2017-09-22

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ...

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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

as Metallo (voice)
Released: 2009-09-29

United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame...

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Highlander II: The Quickening

as David Blake
Released: 1991-01-13

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and...

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Fat Man and Little Boy

as Richard Schoenfield
Released: 1989-10-20

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military...

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The Drowning

as Teddy
Released: 2016-10-08

A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the...

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Mother's Boys

as Mr. Fogel, Teacher
Released: 1993-10-01

Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as...

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Surviving the Game

as John Griffin
Released: 1994-04-15

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip...

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Mother

as Carl
Released: 1996-12-25

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

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Three to Tango

as Strauss
Released: 1999-10-22

Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete...

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The Jack Bull

as Woody
Released: 1999-04-17

The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry...

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Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing

as Grumblegard (voice)
Released: 2020-07-24

When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor,...

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Article 99

as Dr. Rudy Bobrick
Released: 1992-03-13

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with...

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The Pentagon Wars

as Colonel J.D. Bock
Released: 1998-02-28

From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the...

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Nixon

as Earl in Training Film
Released: 1995-12-22

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while...

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Shakedown

as Sean Phillips
Released: 1988-05-06

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover...

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Kid Cannabis

as John Grefard
Released: 2014-04-18

An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking...

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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

as Dr. Perry Cox
Released: 2003-12-24

The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a...

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Talk Radio

as Stu
Released: 1988-12-21

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program...

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A Midnight Clear

as Major Griffin
Released: 1992-04-24

In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender...

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Wagons East!

as Julian
Released: 1994-08-16

After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor,...

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Truth or Consequences, N.M.

as Eddie Grillo
Released: 1997-05-02

Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob...

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Alien Planet

as Narrator
Released: 2005-05-14

The dynamic meeting of solid science and futuristic simulation culminates in a dramatic...

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The Last Outlaw

as Wills
Released: 1993-10-30

The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their...

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Intensity

as Edgler Foreman Vess
Released: 1997-08-05

Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled...

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Stealing Harvard

as Detective Charles
Released: 2002-09-13

John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But...

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Puff, Puff, Pass

as Jerry Dupree
Released: 2006-05-09

Danny Masterson (TV's 'That '70s Show') leads a hilarious ensemble cast in a tale about two...

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Fathers and Sons

as Gary (uncredited)
Released: 1992-01-01

A beach runner and bookworm has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a...

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The Face is Familiar

as uncredited
Released: 2009-06-08

Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles...

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Born to Be Wild

as Max Carr
Released: 1995-03-31

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of...

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Lil' Pimp

as Man Cub Master (voice)
Released: 2005-01-11

A comedy about a nine-year-old pimp, Lil' Pimp, who hustles his ho's around the neighborhood....

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Sole Survivor

as Victor Yates
Released: 2000-09-13

A reporter loses his wife and daughter to a plane crash, but when the sole survivor appears, the...

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Flypaper

as Joe
Released: 1999-07-18

Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather...

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Sweet Liberty

as Floyd
Released: 1986-05-16

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which...

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Car 54, Where Are You?

as Officer Francis Muldoon
Released: 1994-01-28

Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis...

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A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'

as Self
Released: 2001-01-01

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

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Hear No Evil

as Mickey O'Malley
Released: 1993-03-26

Jillian Shanahan, a deaf woman, becomes the target of a ruthless and corrupt cop. The cop is...

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The Discoverers

as Bill Birch
Released: 2014-05-16

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road...

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American Crude

as Jim
Released: 2008-06-03

Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam...

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Watercolor Postcards

as Merlin
Released: 2013-01-01

A Hollywood actress and a former NFL star strive to save a troubled Texas town while bonding...

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The Good Catholic

as Ollie
Released: 2017-09-08

An idealistic young priest is dedicated to his calling until he meets a woman at confession....

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Clinton and Nadine

as Turner
Released: 1988-05-04

Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl....

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Two Tickets to Paradise

as Mark
Released: 2006-01-01

Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened...

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Benched

as Don
Released: 2018-08-17

Legendary baseball coach, Don, gets inexperienced Michael as his new assistant coach. As their...

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Lost Angels

as Dr. Farmer
Released: 1989-05-05

Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to...

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Johns

as Danny Cohen
Released: 1996-12-10

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa...

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Crazy As Hell

as Parker
Released: 2002-09-27

A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State...

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Target Earth

as FBI Agent Vincent Naples
Released: 1998-01-01

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

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Colin Fitz

as Groundskeeper
Released: 1997-01-19

Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin...

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

as Det. Sgt. Harry McBride
Released: 1995-03-06

Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered.

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Prisoners of Inertia

as Ogden
Released: 1989-01-23

A romantic comedy of misadventure.

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Suffering Bastards

as Buddy Johnson
Released: 1989-12-09

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

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Watch It

as Rick
Released: 1993-03-26

Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house...

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Little Noises

as Stu Slovack
Released: 1992-04-24

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

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Chicago P.D.

as Brian Kelton
First aired: 2014-01-08

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21...

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Chicago P.D.

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-01-08

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21...

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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self
First aired: 2005-01-03

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish...

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Frasier

as Danny Kriezel
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Frank O'Sullivan
First aired: 2013-09-17

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New...

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Scrubs

as Perry Cox
First aired: 2001-10-02

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine,...

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King of the Hill

as One-Armed Ronnie / Ranger (voice)
First aired: 1997-01-12

Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives...

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The Practice

as Leonard Goode
First aired: 1997-03-04

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their...

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Kim Possible

as Rudolph Farnsworth / White Stripe (voice)
First aired: 2002-06-07

If there's danger or trouble, Kim Possible is there on the double to save the world from...

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The Boondocks

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-11-06

When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the...

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Burn Notice

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-06-28

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate...

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Burn Notice

as Tom Card
First aired: 2007-06-28

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate...

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Justice League Unlimited

as The Atom / Ray Palmer (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner...

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Justice League Unlimited

as The Atom (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner...

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Genius

as Lyndon B. Johnson
First aired: 2017-04-25

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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American Dragon: Jake Long

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-01-21

American Dragon is a coming of age comedy-action series about Jake Long, a 13-year-old...

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WordGirl

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-09-07

WordGirl is an American children’s animated television series for children aged 9 –12, produced...

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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

as Richard Damien (voice)
First aired: 2003-07-11

Bitten by an irradiated spider, teenager Peter Parker gains arachnid-like powers that make him...

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Justice League

as Executive / Bookie (voice)
First aired: 2001-11-17

The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder...

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Stan Against Evil

as Stanley Miller
First aired: 2016-10-31

An aging police sheriff who has recently lost his position due to an angry outburst begrudgingly...

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Clone High

as Creepy Trucker (voice)
First aired: 2002-11-02

A group of high-school teens are the products of government employees' secret experiment. They...

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Talkshow with Spike Feresten

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-09-16

Talkshow with Spike Feresten was an American late-night talk show television program on Fox...

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The Nightmare Room

as Dr. Young
First aired: 2001-08-31

The Nightmare Room is an American children's anthology horror series that aired on Kids' WB. The...

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Ground Floor

as Remington Stewart Mansfield
First aired: 2013-11-14

Brody, a young hot-shot banker at Whitestone Trust, thought he was just having a one-night stand...

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Leg Work

as Denny
First aired: 1987-10-03

Leg Work is an American detective drama television series created by Frank Abatemarco that...

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MADtv

as Self - Special Guest / Paul a Postal Worker
First aired: 1995-10-14

MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The...

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Cruel Doubt

as Attorney Jim Vos Burgh
First aired: 1992-05-17

A college student and two friends are accused of murdering one's stepfather and injuring his...

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Intensity

as Edgler Foreman Vess
First aired: 1997-08-05

Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled...

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