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.^[1]

Career

Spink established Benderspink, a management-production company with partner Chris Bender in 1998 with American Pie in post-production and fourteen writer clients.^[2] 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.^[3] 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,^[1] and Red Eye, directed by Wes Craven and starring Rachel McAdams.

Spink served as an executive producer on the worldwide blockbuster comedies The Hangover and We're the Millers.^[4] Other notable credits include Ride Along and Criminal.^[5]

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.^[1][6] 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.^[7]

Filmography