Ted McGinley

I have a real soft spot for actors like Ted McGinley. A Newport Beach surfer who went through USC, he became so reliably present in long-running sitcoms that he earned a half-affectionate reputation as the man who shows up when a show is winding down. Yet that undersells him: as Jefferson on Married... with Children and more recently Derek on Shrinking, he is the kind of dependable presence that quietly steadies a scene. He never needed the lead. To me, that steady, decades-long working career deserves more admiration than flashier resumes.

Name (English)

Ted McGinley

Name (Japanese)

テッド・マッギンレー

Reading

てっど・まっぎんれー

Born

May 30, 1958 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Newport Beach, California, United States

Occupation

actor / surfer / television actor / film actor / voice actor

High school

Newport Harbor High School

University

University of Southern California

• Official sitehttp://tedmcginley.com
• Xhttps://x.com/RealTedMcGinley
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20McGinley
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617641

Tags

• California
• actor
• surfer
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.