glenn matthews is the janitor's real name on scrubs.
what is the janitor's real name on scrubs?
glenn matthews
for "scrubs", flynn auditioned for the role of dr. cox, but was given the role of janitor, instead. flynn was originally only cast for the first episode ("my first day"), but he became a regular, playing a character known only as the janitor, who devotes much of his energy to menacing young dr. john "j.d." dorian. his name is not revealed in the series until the season 8 finale when, upon j.d.'s first time asking about it, he simply says his name is glenn matthews. this is also speculated to be false for two reasons: first, after j.d. leaves the shot, an orderly addresses the janitor as "tommy"; and second, while watching "the fugitive" with carla and danni (dr. cox's sister-in-law, played by tara reid) in the season 3 episode 'my friend the doctor', j.d. notices the real-life flynn's character in the train scene. when the janitor confirms he was in the movie at the end of the episode, some speculated the janitor's real name in "scrubs" is actually neil flynn. flynn was a series regular with "scrubs" through the first eight seasons. when "scrubs" was cancelled by nbc and subsequently picked-up by abc, he signed a second position one-year deal for "scrubs" season 9, which would have allowed him to continue on "scrubs" if his pilot "the middle" was not picked up. "the middle" was picked up, although he did guest star in the season 9 premiere of "scrubs".
neil flynn
in "my hero", janitor chastises j.d. for not even knowing his name while janitor knows many personal details about j.d.'s life (though it's later shown janitor has been breaking into j.d.'s locker and reading his journal). when j.d. protests that he does in fact know janitor's real name, janitor asks him to say it aloud and quickly claps his hand over his name badge so j.d. can't read it.





























in "my manhood", janitor tells dr. cox "i've been called a great many horrible names in my life: backstabber, zebra poacher, josh..."
janitor (scrubs)