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

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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

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for over two decades. Spink produced or executive produced a wide variety of projects, including '' Cats & Dogs'', '' The Ring'' franchise, '' The Butterfly Effect'', ''

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'' (for television), ''

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'' 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, 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''. Other notable credits include '' Ride Along'' and ''

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''. 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

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. 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

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