Michael McGrady

Michael Steven McGrady is an American theater, film and television actor, and painter. He portrayed Tom Matthews in Beyond and voiced and provided the motion capture for Rusty Galloway in the 2011 video game LA Noire.

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 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.

Personal life McGrady is of Irish, British, German and French heritage. At age 19, he overcame stage 3 skin cancer (malignant melanoma), the same disease that had claimed his father’s life a year earlier.

Michael McGrady and his wife Ilka have three children: Michaela, Hunter (a model), and the late Tynan, who died in 2021, aged 23. The family established the Tynan McGrady Foundation, a nonprofit Scholarship and Funding organization for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) endeavors.

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 1990 Quantum Leap Oscar 1 episode 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 2026 Paradise Geiger Recurring role Video Games Year Title Role Notes 2009 Prototype Additional Voices 2011 L.A. Noire Rusty Galloway