Matt McGrath (actor)
Matt McGrath (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. Early life. He was born into an Irish Catholic family, with parents who worked in local politics. He first resided in Stuyvesant Town, then in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, then briefly in Albany, New York. He started performing on Broadway as a child. McGrath performed in "Peter Pan" and the original musical "Working". He can be heard on the Original Cast Recording released in 2001, singing his solo "Neat to Be a Newsboy". He went to Fordham University for a year, until a professor encouraged him to  join the Circle Repertory Company. Career. As an adult, he played in "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange as the Young Collector and then he portrayed the Emcee, originated by Joel Grey, in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Kander and Ebb's musical "Cabaret". Off Broadway, Matt appeared as Jerry Springer in "Jerry Springer the opera", "The Black Rider" in London, SF, Sydney & LA, "The Legend of Georgia McBride" (Lucille Lortel & LAOCC Awards), "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", "A Fair Country", "The Collection", "Fat Men in Skirts", "The Old Boy", "Amulets Against the Dragon  Forces", and "Dalton's Back" (which received a Drama Desk nomination). In Regional theatre, Matt has appeared in "The Rocky Horror Show" (as Frank ‘N' Furter), "Romance" and "Distant Fires" (LA Weekly Award). He won the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Featured Performance, as well as the 2017 Drama Critics Circle Award for his portrayal of Miss Tracy Mills in "The Legend of Georgia McBride". In The New York Times review of the play, Charles Isherwood wrote, “There isn’t a trace of caricature in his portrayal of the sweetly maternal Tracy”. In 2020, he was in the Broadway  premiere "Girl from the North Country". McGrath's film appearances include roles in "The Chaperone", "Boys Don't Cry", "", "The Impostors". Full Grown Men and "The Notorious Bettie Page." On television, McGrath has appeared on Modern Family where he plays Simon (Mitchell’s arch nemesis from Law School) and on episodes of "", "Now and Again", "New York Undercover" and "Cruel Doubt"; he also had a role on the short-lived "My Life and Times". Personal life. He is openly gay.