Neil Flynn

 Flynn was born on the south side of Chicago. Flynn is of Irish descent, and was raised Catholic. When he was a young man He moved to Waukegan in Illinois. In 1978, while a Waukegan East High school student He and his friend Mike Shklair won the Illinois Individual Events state championship in "Humorous Duet Acting". Flynn completed his studies at Bradley University in Peoria in Illinois in 1982 and returned to Chicago to study acting. Flynn was part of the Bradley University Speech Team, that is well-known nationally. He also performed with the Goodman and Steppenwolf Theaters. Flynn was nominated to win the Joseph Jefferson Award ("Actor In the Principal Role") for his role in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. He also appeared on stage at the Improv Olympic and the Second City Comedy Troupe.Flynn initially tried out for the part as Dr. Cox in the popular series Scrubs, but was given the part as Janitor instead. While he was initially in the pilot episode, he was so popular that he became a regular, playing the role of a Janitor who devotes much of his time to threatening young Dr. John "J.D." Dorian. Additionally, his role as the Chicago Transit Authority police officer in The Fugitive was used in an unrelated plot of the Scrubs episode "My Friend the Doctor" in which J.D. Flynn is seen in the film. Flynn believes that the character of J.D. Flynn as a Janitor is the real actor.