Perry Cox
| Dr. Perry Cox, M.D. | |
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| First appearance | "My First Day" |
| Last appearance | "Our Thanks" |
| Created by | Bill Lawrence |
| Portrayed by | John C. McGinley |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Doctor of internal medicine |
| Title | Attending Physician of Internal Medicine Residency Director Interim Chief of Medicine Chief of Medicine |
| Family | Paige (sister) |
| Spouse(s) | Jordan Sullivan (Ex-Wife/Current Partner) |
| Children | Jack Cox Jennifer Dylan "J.D." Cox |
Dr. Percival Ulysses "Perry" Cox, M.D., is a fictional character played by John C. McGinley on the American television comedy-drama Scrubs. Dr. Cox appeared in every episode except "My Last Words," "My Comedy Show," and "My Full Moon," all in Season 8.
McGinley, Zach Braff, and Donald Faison were the only cast members who returned as regulars for Season 9.
Dr. Cox is sarcastic and bitter and has a quick, cruel wit, normally expressed through frequent and sometimes incredibly long rants. At the beginning of the series, he is the chief attending physician at Sacred Heart Hospital; he is later promoted to residency director and, by the eighth season, to chief of medicine. In the ninth and final season, he becomes a professor when Sacred Heart is turned into a medical school. He is the superior and unwilling mentor of the series' protagonist, John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff). He has a "married but not married" relationship with his ex-wife, Jordan Sullivan (Christa Miller), with whom he has a son, Jack, and a daughter, Jennifer Dylan.
Cox is athletic, often found playing basketball in the hospital's parking lot with younger employees. In "My Friend the Doctor", he shows off by slam-dunking a basketball, but injures his back when he lands, a reminder that he is middle-aged. Out of vanity, he tries to hide his injury. He is also extremely egotistical; when named by a magazine as the best doctor in the city, he lines up every staff member beneath him, and his ex-wife, to consecutively praise him.
Cox grew up in an Irish Catholic family and has a younger sister, Paige (Cheryl Hines). Their family was extremely dysfunctional; their father was an abusive alcoholic who "drunkenly knocked [them] from room to room", while their mother did nothing to stop the abuse. Cox has a strained relationship with his sister, who reminds him of the childhood he has tried to forget.
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