Neil Flynn is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on November 13, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was first recognized for his role in Scrubs as the unnamed janitor. Later, he starred as Mike Heck in the ABC series The Middle.
His character and His character and Zach Braff‘s character J.D. had a constant rivalry on Scrubs.’s character J.D. There was a constant rivalry between them on Scrubs.
Flynn was born on the south side of Chicago. He is of Irish descent and was raised in a devout Catholic household. He moved to Waukegan, Illinois, at an early age. As a student at Waukegan East High School in 1978, he and partner Mike Shklair won an Illinois Individual Events state championship for “Humorous Duet Acting.” He attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and participated on the Bradley University Speech Team. After graduating in 1982, Flynn returned to Chicago to pursue an acting career.
In Chicago, he acted with the renowned Goodman and Steppenwolf theaters. Flynn was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award (Actor in a Principal Role, for The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, 1986). He also performed at the Improv Olympic and the Second City Comedy Troupe. In 1998, he founded the improv team Beer Shark Mice with David Koechner, which was still active as of 2015.
He was the fifth child in a large extended family that included five siblings.
