McClintock graduated with a degree in communications from Wright State University in Dayton and studied design in college.

Working as a wrestler and later a production assistant,[citation needed] he subsequently took up acting and began appearing in roles in 1997.

He was a cast member on the sitcom Stark Raving Mad from 1999 to 2000, which won the People's Choice Award[2] but was cancelled after one season.

He has also guest-starred on Sex and the City, My Boys, Felicity, Friends, Ned and Stacey, Less than Perfect, Better Off Ted, Monk, and The King of Queens.

[4] He took on the role of a father whose teen son was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of brain cancer in Miracle at Manchester, which he also directed.