This fun, kind and very wise series, many know and love. The Clinic was filmed for almost ten years, and during this time she had millions of fans in the United States and other countries. What is the reason for her popularity? Good humor, ridiculous and ridiculous situations in which heroes fall, real human problems and even tragedies, good music and bright characters - all this is the series “Clinic”. The actors and roles in it are perfectly matched. It is because of this that it is interesting to watch it today.
Short description of the series and characters
The story begins with the fact that interns John Dorian (JD) and Christopher Turk go to work at the Sacred Heart Clinic. They are young, full of energy and desire to help people, but they still have much to learn on the way to building a medical career.
JD becomes a therapist and Turk becomes a surgeon. The former has a relationship with intern Elliot Reed, the latter with a nurse Carla Espinosa. The mentor of Dr. Dorian is the cynical and enthusiastic profession Percival Cox, and he will conduct the work under the supervision of a competent, but very strict head physician, Robert Kelso. In addition, the bright hero of the story is the Cleaner, who for some reason does not like Dr. Dorian and clearly shows him his attitude.
The actors of the series “Clinic”, who embodied these characters, will be presented below. But since the main character, on whose behalf the story is being narrated, is John Dorian, it is about him that we will talk first of all.
John Dorian - Zach Braff
John Dorian, from the first to the ninth season of the series, goes from a young and naive intern to a confident senior doctor and medical college teacher. JD loves his job and quickly learns all the intricacies of the profession, although this is not always easy. In the course of the story, he makes love with Elliot Reed, a child appears, but from another woman.
John Dorian was brilliantly played by American actor Zach Braff. During the filming of "Clinic", he discovered the director's talent in himself and even directed several episodes of the series. Later in this role, he worked on the films "Country of Gardens" and "I would like to be here", which have earned the highest praise of film critics.
Zach Braff is not married, and his girls over the years have been Bonnie Sommerville, Mendy Moore, Shiri Appleby and Taylor Bagley.
Another interesting fact about the actor: he provides financial assistance to an organization that is looking for a cure for autism.
Christopher Turk - Donald Faison
Actors of the series "Clinic" communicate with each other in everyday life. Turk is John Dorian’s best friend on the show, and Donald Faison is Zach Braff’s closest friend. At the Clinic, Dr. Turk is a surgeon who first falls in love with nurse Karl and then marries her. The couple has two children. Interestingly, in ordinary life, a forty-year-old actor has six children from different women. The eldest son was born to him by a girl whom he had met in his youth. From his first marriage, Fayson has three more children, and two from Casey Cobb, whom the actor married in 2012.
Donald Faison has acted in films since 1992. Then in the film "Authority" he got a cameo role of a student. Then there were the series “Sabrina - a little witch”, “Felicity” and “Clinic”. Actors Faison and Braff worked together later. In 2014, Donald played an employee of the car dealership in the film Zack Braff "I would like to be here."
Sarah Chock and Judy Reyes
These actresses also became famous for their roles in the TV series Clinic. The actors of the series starred in other films, which are definitely worth talking about.
Sarah Chock played the role of Elliot Reed in The Clinic. At the very beginning of the story, she began a romantic relationship with John Dorian, and then they somehow recalled herself in all seasons of the series. Sarah is known to viewers for her roles in the films Theory of Chaos and Kill Me Later, and she also appeared in one of the episodes of Anatomy of Passion. The actress’s grandmother and aunt died from malignant breast tumors, so Chok starred in the film “Lipstick”, where the heroine firmly decides that even a difficult diagnosis is no reason to put up with fate.
Judy Reyes played the role of Carla, the nurse who became the wife of Dr. Terk. It is noteworthy that the actress starred in Martin Scorsese's painting “Resurrecting the Dead”, and there she was also given the role of a nurse. Judy has a twin sister.
John McGinley, Ken Jenkins and Neil Flynn
John McGinley, who played Perry Cox in The Clinic, has worked closely with Oliver Stone throughout his career . He played Sergeant O'Neill in the movie Platoon. He appeared in the role of Dr. Cox and in the series "Clinic: Interns."
Actor Ken Jenkins began his career in 1979 with a role in the series Quiet Pier. In total, in his "piggy bank" about a hundred works in film and television.
Neil Flynn is known for his role as a Cleaner in the Clinic and Mike in the sitcom It Happens and Worse. By the way, the charismatic Cleaner was not supposed to be one of the main characters. But the audience liked it so much that the creators of the series simply could not do otherwise.
"Clinic", season 9: actors
In the final season, the main character is no longer JD, but the intern girl Lucy Bennett (Kerry Bichet). Her colleagues are Drew Suffin (Michael Mosley) and Cole Aronson (David Franco). Now these young and ambitious people have a long, but fascinating way from interns to qualified doctors, and Cox, Kelso and JD will help them with this.
At the right time, talented people created the wonderful comedy series “Clinic”. Actors worked wonderfully, got used to their roles and therefore the audience loved it so much.