J. C. Spink

Jeffrey Christian Spink (February 25, 1972 – April 18, 2017) was an American talent manager and film producer.

Early life J. C. Spink was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Bucknell University.

Career Spink established Benderspink, a management-production company with partner Chris Bender in 1998 with American Pie in post-production and fourteen writer clients. Benderspink's film production arm had a deal with New Line Cinema for over two decades. Spink produced or executive produced a wide variety of projects, including Cats & Dogs, The Ring franchise, The Butterfly Effect, Kyle XY (for television), Leap Year and A History of Violence, for which he and Bender received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Benderspink continued to make diverse feature films over the past fifteen years including the romantic comedies Just Friends, starring Ryan Reynolds, Monster-in-Law, starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda, Other notable credits include Ride Along and Criminal.

A young J. C. Spink (played by actors Cooper Roth and Zayne Emory) was a recurring minor character in the first two seasons of the ABC comedy The Goldbergs. In addition, the real J. C. Spink had made cameos in two episodes as a bus driver. Spink was a real-life schoolmate of series creator Adam F. Goldberg. According to The Goldbergs, J. C. bullied Adam till he saw the error of his ways.

Death Spink died on April 18, 2017, in West Hollywood, California. On July 12 the same year, the Los Angeles County coroner's office ruled that his death was complications from an accidental undiagnosed drug overdose.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2001 Cats & Dogs Executive producer 2002 Cheats Producer 2003 Blind Horizon Co-executive producer 2004 The Butterfly Effect Producer 2005 The Ring Two Co-executive producer Monster-in-Law Producer A History of Violence Producer Red Eye Executive producer Just Friends Producer 2006-09 Kyle XY Executive producer TV series 2009 The Hangover Executive producer 2010 Leap Year Executive producer 2011 I Am Number Four Executive producer Arthur Executive producer The Hangover II Executive producer 2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Executive producer The Hangover III Executive producer We're the Millers Executive producer 2014 Zombeavers Producer 2014-15 The Goldbergs Joe the Bus Driver TV series, 2 episodes 2016 Criminal Producer