Matt McGrath (actor)

Matt McGrath (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor who has worked across stage, television, and film.

Early life

McGrath was born in New York City on June 11, 1969, into an Irish Catholic family, with parents who worked in local politics. He first resided in Stuyvesant Town, then in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, and 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, McGrath appeared in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' with Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange as the Young Collector and later portrayed the Emcee, originated by Joel Grey, in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Kander and Ebb's musical ''Cabaret''. Off-Broadway, McGrath played the title character in '' Jerry Springer: The Opera''. He also appeared in ''The Black Rider'' (including productions in London, San Francisco, Sydney and Los Angeles), ''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'', and '' Amulets Against the Dragon Forces'', and ''Dalton's Back'' (which received a Drama Desk nomination). In regional theatre, McGrath 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 Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'', '' The Impostors''. Full Grown Men and '' The Notorious Bettie Page''. On television, McGrath has appeared on Modern Family where he plays Simon (Mitchell's nemesis from Law School) and on episodes of '' Pose, Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', '' Now and Again'', ''New York Undercover'' and '' Cruel Doubt''; he also had a role on the short-lived ''My Life and Times''.

Personal life

McGrath is gay.King, Anthony
"Matt McGrath returns with James Vasquez in Diversionary’s 'Next Fall'"
. ''GaySanDiego.com'', February 10, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2015.

Filmography

Films

TV

References

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1969 births
20th-century American LGBTQ people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American LGBTQ people
21st-century American male actors
American gay actors
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American people of Irish descent
LGBTQ people from New York (state)
Living people
Male actors from New York City