Background
McGrady was born in Federal Way, Washington to Gloria, a hair salon owner, and George McGrady, an airline mechanic.
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 also an artist whose work is represented in various galleries throughout the United States. 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, Computer Society of India: Miami, Leverage and Prison Break. McGrady played Sal Salinger on the TNT drama Southland, which premiered in April 2009.
The show was cancelled by National Broadcasting Company after its first season, but cable channel TNT bought the rights for the show and ordered seven new episodes. He was last scene as recurring character Frank Barnes on Showtime"s Ray Donovan and is currently working as Detective Phillip Vanatter on Forex"s American Crime Story:The People versus
O.J. Simpson. McGrady gave his voice and likeness to Rockstar Games period video game Los Angeles Noire as Rusty Galloway, and most recently appeared in the film Freelancers.
He starred in Low Winter Sun for Administrative Management College as Brendan McCann, and as Cy in the independent feature Blue Potato. He played Detective John Gentile in The Frozen Ground. He is also a painter and his work has been featured in various galleries.