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John Gatins

Writer, Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn April 16, 1968 (57 years)
John Gatins (born April 16, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, and actor. For writing the drama film Flight (2012), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Gatins made his directorial feature debut by filming his screenplay for Dreamer (2005). He also wrote or co-wrote Coach Carter (2005), Real Steel (2011), Kong: Skull Island, and Power Rangers (2017). As an actor, he has collaborated three times with Eddie Murphy on Norbit (2007), Meet Dave (2008), and A Thousand Words (2012).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Ready to Rumble
  • Leprechaun 3
  • Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
  • Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
  • Frances Ferguson

Known For

  • Flight
  • Need for Speed
  • Kong: Skull Island
  • Real Steel
  • Coach Carter
  • Power Rangers
  • Hardball
  • Dreamer
  • Summer Catch
  • Ready to Rumble
  • Leprechaun 3
  • Little Wing
  • Witchboard 2
  • Lying and Stealing
  • 7 Chinese Brothers

John Gatins Filmography

2024
2017
Power Rangers · as Screenplay
2012
2011
Real Steel · as Screenplay
2005
2005
Coach Carter · as Screenplay
2001
Hardball · as Screenplay
2001

2025
Countdown (2025) (TV Series) · as Zabo
2019
2019
2015
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV Series) · as Jeff Channington
2015
7 Chinese Brothers · as Dinsmore
2014
Need for Speed · as Air Force Pilot
2012
Chicago Fire (TV Series) · as Sam Mullins
2012
A Thousand Words · as Valet
2011
2011
Real Steel · as Kingpin
2010
Fred: The Movie · as Car Wash Clerk #1
2010
Terriers (TV Series) · as Beach Bum
2009
Harmony and Me · as Homeless Tom
2008
Meet Dave · as Air Traffic Controller
2007
Norbit · as Attendant
2006
The Shaggy Dog · as Homeless Guy
2002
Big Fat Liar · as Tow Truck Driver
2001
Impostor · as Patient-Soldier
1999
Varsity Blues · as Smiling Man
1998
1998
Gods and Monsters · as Kid Saylor (uncredited)
1998
1995
1993
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings · as Young Caspar Dixon
1993
Witchboard 2 · as Russel

2024
2017
Power Rangers · as Executive Producer
2014
2001
Summer Catch · as Co-Producer
2000

2017
The Power of the Present · as Self - Screenwriter (2017)
2013
The Oscars · as Self - Nominee
2007
The Nines · as John Gatins
2006
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self

2017
Kong: Skull Island · as Story
2014
Need for Speed · as Story

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