I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, "I really want to play this guy!"

In 2007 he had a role as Chuck in the film Are We Done Yet?. He has also done commercials for the Champions Tour a professional golf tour for men over the age of 50. McGinley had been cast in his first film role in Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty earlier in 1986.

Apart from acting McGinley is also an author and a spokesperson for the National Down Syndrome Society. He has also written and produced for television and film. John Christopher McGinley (born August 3 1959) is an American actor.