John Christopher McGinley is an American TV and Movie actor, who was born on the 3rd of August, 1959 and is currently 56 years of age. He was born in New York City as one of the 5 children in a middle class family where his father was a stock broker and his mother, a professional school teacher. Raised along his siblings, John attended Millburn High School, where he played football. He is a graduate of New York University's Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. A Christian by religion, he belongs to white ethnicity.

John is a tall man, if not the tallest. He has a height of about 188 cm, which measures in 6 feet and a couple of inches. He is a fairly attractive man with his brown curly hair, shiny blue eyes and an everlasting smile on his face. He is also physically fit and nicely built. Having revealed his fitness mantra in his interviews, he says he practices yoga for physical as well as spiritual fitness. He has also got workout regularly in the gym, which he has been doing for the past 25 years or so. His fit body can be seen those many shirtless pictures of his over the internet as well as his official Instagram page. He doesn’t have a tattoo or nay piercing in his body.

Regarding his personal life, John has been in a couple of relationships till now, that we know of. As a celebrity, he has also been linked falsely with many women and not all those rumors are genuine. He has had a couple of girlfriends which shut down the rumors regarding him being sexually gay. It is not sure whether he has been married till date, so no news regarding his divorced life, wife or children can be found. His romantic relationship was primarily built with actress Lauren Lambert, with whom he was for 4 long years, starting in 1997. Due to some personal issues, the couple broke up in 2001 after which he started dating model Nichole Kessler in 2007. In between those years, there is no record of him being involved in any legitimate affairs. He is believed to have a son, although he has never spoken about him.

He made his acting debut as a supporting character in a small role, which came in the movie Danny and the Deep Blue Sea in 1984. Two years later, he started in a lead role in the combat film Platoon and also was seen in Sweet Liberty, the same year. His ability to portray the roles successfully won him many other roles in the coming years; as he was seen in movies like Seven (1995), The Rock (1996), Nothing to Lose (1997)Wall Street (1987), Talk Radio (1988), Point Break (1991), Article 99 (1992), Wagons East! (1994), Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), Set It Off (1996) and a lot more. He also started to appear in some TV commercials and made appearances in major or minor roles in TV shows like Justice League Unlimited, The Boondocks, Intensity, Sole Survivor, Scrubs and also The Sting.

Having played in a lot of different roles, he has been widely followed by many fans from around the world. His work and talent, along with his humble and down-to-earth nature has earned him many friends, fans and admirers. This can be seen by the number of followers that he has on his official Twitter page. His biography, that is available in IMDB and Wikipedia, has been highly searched for and to get to know him better, you can see his interviews that are available on YouTube. By 2015, he has an estimated net worth of $12 million US dollars.