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Michael McGrady

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Michael McGrady
Born
Federal Way, Washington, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, painter
Years active1983–present
SpouseIlka McGrady
Children3; including Hunter

Michael McGrady is an American theater, film and television actor. He is known for playing Tom Matthews in Beyond and for voicing and providing the motion capture for Rusty Galloway in the 2011 video game LA Noire. He is also an artist.

Life and work

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McGrady was born in Federal Way, Washington, to Gloria, a hair salon owner, and George McGrady, an airline mechanic. He attended Federal Way High School and the University of Washington, majoring in Business Administration. He currently splits his time between Southern California and Washington State, with his wife Ilka .[1]

McGrady had planned to become a lawyer and was working at a bank when his sister entered him in a contest for a scholarship to a local acting school. After that McGrady moved to California to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.[2] He was cast in a Cherry Pepsi commercial. He has worked steadily in the industry since. He guest starred in several popular television shows such as 24, Murder She Wrote, CSI: Miami, Leverage and Prison Break. McGrady played Sal Salinger on the TNT drama Southland, which premiered in April 2009. He has also been seen as recurring character Frank Barnes on Showtime's Ray Donovan and appeared as Detective Philip Vanatter on FX's American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson. Mcgrady has also made a quick cameo in the 2007 movie Iron Man.

McGrady gave his voice and likeness to Rockstar Games period video game L.A. Noire as Rusty Galloway, and most recently appeared in the film Freelancers. He starred in Low Winter Sun for AMC as Brendan McCann, and as Cy in the independent feature Under The Harvest Moon. He played Detective John Gentile in The Frozen Ground. He is also a painter.[3]

Selected filmography

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Film
Year Film Role Notes
1992 The Babe Lou Gehrig
1993 Hocus Pocus Cop Eddie
2002 Half Past Dead Guard Damon J. Kestner
2008 Keith Pete Anderson
2008 Ring of Death Colson
2012 The Perfect Family Frank Cleary
2013 The Frozen Ground Vice Det. John Gentile
2014 Rage Danny Doherty
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002–2003 24 Officer Raymond Brown 4 episodes
2005 Criminal Minds Sheriff John Bridges 1 episode
2006–2008 Day Break Shadow Agent Buchalter Main cast
2007 Grey's Anatomy Stanley Singer 1 episode
2008 Leverage Sheriff Hastings 1 episode
2009 The Mentalist Coach Dieter 1 episode
2009–2011 Southland Detective Daniel "Sal" Salinger Main cast
2010 Lie to Me Gil Wallace 1 episode
2010 CSI: Miami Larry Chandler 1 episode
2011 The Protector J.R. Daldrop 1 episode
2012 Castle Brian Reilly 1 episode
2013 Low Winter Sun Brendan McCann Recurring role
2013 Mob City Chief Clemance Horall Recurring role
2013–2017 Ray Donovan Frank Barnes Recurring role
(seasons 1–5)
2014 How to Get Away with Murder AUSA Hobbs 1 episode
2015 Battle Creek Jack Stanton 1 episode
2016 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Detective Philip Vannatter Recurring role
2016–2017 Chance Sanford Pringle Recurring role
2017–2018 Beyond Tom Matthews Main cast
2018 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Samuel Voss 2 episodes
2018–2019 SEAL Team Captain Harrington Recurring role
(season 2)
2019 FBI Tom Brennan 1 episode
2022 S.W.A.T. Agent Phil Kaminski 1 episode
Video Games
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Prototype Additional Voices
2011 L.A. Noire Rusty Galloway

References

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  1. ^ "Hunter McGrady profile". ModelMayhem.com. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  2. ^ "Welcome". McGrady Fine Art. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  3. ^ Staff (2010-10-05). "Actor Michael McGrady appears at Fred Oldfield show". Blog.thenewstribune.com. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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