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Janitor

NEIL FLYNN

Occupation:
Janitor

Specialties:
Janitoring, Doctoring

Memberships:
Braintrust, Sacred Heart's Air Band, The Cool Cats

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Janitor SAYS

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Monday is bongo day.

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Bob Kelso
to Janitor:
"My muffin thinks you're crazy and she wants you to go."
J.D.
on the Janitor:
"With the Janitor fired I can walk the halls without fear. I don't even hesitate around corners anymore."
Perry Cox
to the Janitor:
"Janitor, would you like to get your useless ideas out of the way first?"

CHARACTER BIO

The Janitor has a unique way of treating people—mostly with cleaning products. He also feels an army of stuffed squirrels may or may not have a lot to do with the healing process.

He schooled at Harvard and Yale, and played a small part in The Fugitive before entering the medical field on a dare from his stuffed bunny / salt and pepper shaker, Bingo. The dare coincided with his conversion to Norse religion and his lifelong quest to develop a cure for not being able to breathe underwater. He also enjoys drinking, rat clubbing, and foreign languages.

Favorite medical device:
Shiny Neck Thing, Screwdriver

Inventions:
- Pen Straw – Makes soda taste like ink
- Knife Wrench – Practical and safe
- Drill Fork – Drill and fork, mostly fork
- Hover Hoover – Where suction meets the sky

ACTOR BIO

Talk about dirty jobs—we don’t think this show could get a better actor to play J.D.’s aggravating broom-pushing nemesis at Sacred Heart Hospital!

Neil Flynn plays Scrubs’ the menacing janitor. Although Flynn initially auditioned for the role of Dr. Cox (which ultimately went to John C. McGinley), executive producer Bill Lawrence asked Flynn if he would consider another part—the mysterious custodian who makes tormenting young doctor J.D. (Zach Braff) his life's work.

While the role was originally devised as a one-time gag in the series' pilot episode, Lawrence admitted, "When we watched the pilot, we knew instantly we had to keep this guy around." Flynn went on to appear in every episode of the series in its first season.

Flynn was born on Chicago's South Side and raised in Waukegan, Illinois, the third of six children. Although he acted in plays during his school years, it wasn't until he was getting ready to graduate from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, that he began to think that performing was something he could actually do for a living.

After college, Flynn returned to Chicago and pursued a career in live theater. He appeared at the prestigious Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters, where he worked with Aidan Quinn (Hamlet) and Brian Dennehy (Galileo), and was twice a Jefferson Award Nominee. Equally adept at drama and comedy, Flynn became a mainstay at Chicago's ImprovOlympic and went on to be a member of the Second City Comedy Troupe in Chicago.

Flynn had a role in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, (directed by Stephen Spielberg) and starred in the independent film 5-25-77. He also starred in Sex and Death 101. He was seen in Hoot and previously appeared in the hit Mean Girls, opposite Lindsay Lohan. His other film credits include Home Alone 3, The Fugitive, Chain Reaction, Rookie of the Year, Baby's Day Out and Major League.

On television, Flynn has performed a variety of roles in comedy and drama. On series ranging from The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show for Comedy Central and Re-animated for Cartoon Network to C.S.I., Boston Public and NYPD Blue. Other T.V. appearances include Arli$$, The Drew Carey Show, That '70s Show, Seinfeld, Ellen, Family Law and Smallville.