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Janitors In Film and TV
Many of America’s leading men have played characters with jobs like the rest of us. Check out these 6 ironic janitors in film and TV.
Will Hunting In Good Will Hunting In this breakout role, Matt Damon is a janitor by day at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology and math genius by night, solving equations on blackboards thought to be unsolvable.
“Janitor” In TV show Scrubs Not only was actor Neil Flynn’s character not given a proper name, but he was constantly referred to as just “Janitor” as if that was his name. Written as a single episode character, his rivalry with Dr. Jon Dorian at Sacred Heart Hospital proved to be so popular his character was added as a show regular.
Vincent Freeman In Gattaca In this futuristic film about eugenics and reproductive technologies, Ethan Hawke plays an office janitor at Gattaca Aerospace Corporation who gets involved in a scheme of false identity with Jude Law’s character, Jerome Morrow.
Carl Reed In The Breakfast Club Famously saying to the five students in Saturday morning detention, “I am the eyes and ears of this institution, my friends,” John Kapelos’s ironic character of the wise and witty janitor roaming the halls in this 1980s cult classic was originally to be played by Rick Moranis of Ghostbusters and Little Shop of Horrors fame.
God In Bruce Almighty Actor Morgan Freeman as God disguised as an office janitor gave a whole new meaning to the saying “cleanliness is next to godliness.� In this Jim Carrey blockbuster, God offers the character of Bruce Nolan, a TV reporter, the opportunity to be God for one week, which leaves Freeman with a lot of cleaning up to do.
Joe Dirt In Joe Dirt David Spade’s mulletwearing, down-on-his-luck janitor character is catapulted into fame when he has the chance to tell his life story on the radio, which includes the tale of how he was left behind at the Grand Canyon as a child and doesn’t know is real last name.
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"Matt Damon, Steven Soderbergh 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra)" by nicolas genin from Paris, France - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMatt_Damon%2C_Steven_Soderbergh_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra).jpg
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Summary Many of America’s leading men have played characters with jobs just like the rest of us. Take a look at these six ironic, smart-witted janitors in film and TV.