# Michael McGrady

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

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 .
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. 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.

## Selected filmography

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 | |