Michael Steven McGrady (born March 30, 1960) is an American theater, film and television actor. He is known for playing Tom Matthews in Beyond. 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

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, 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'', ''

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'', '' Leverage'' and ''

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''.Profile
imdb.com; accessed March 15, 2015. McGrady played Sal Salinger on the

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drama '' Southland'', which premiered in April 2009. The show was cancelled by

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after its first season, but cable channel

bought the rights for the show and ordered seven new episodes. 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

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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 ''

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''. He is also a painter.

Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGrady, Michael American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Washington (state) People from Federal Way, Washington 1960 births Living people