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Jan 31, 2021 · John C McGinley is raising his son Max. The actor shows what it means to be an advocate, and what loving his son means to him. He talked about the gift of having a child with Down syndrome.
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Award-Winning Actor, International Spokesperson and Board Member, Global Down Syndrome Foundation. By 2000, John C. McGinley had amassed decades of stellar work on stage and screen, including six collaborations with Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone.
Board Member, International Spokesperson, Global Down Syndrome Foundation Award-Winning Actor John C. McGinley is an actor, most notable for his roles as Perry Cox in Scrubs, Bob Slydell in Office Space, and Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's Platoon.
Max is McGinley’s son, who was born with Down’s Syndrome a couple of years before Scrubs premiered. “I decided underneath it all, so it’s not too drippy, that in every episode there had to be one...
While John C. McGinley is best known for roles on TV’s Scrubs, and the films Wall Street and Platoon, he also works to raise awareness about Down syndrome, stop verbal bullying and promote better opportunities for people with disabilities.
McGinley is a vocal supporter for the disabled community, and commented in late 2011 on the experience of raising a teenager with Down syndrome along with two young daughters: [Billie's] biggest strength is language.
John also shares his experience with his son, Max, who was born with Down Syndrome. McGinley stars in the new movie 42, about the rookie season of Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson.
