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Michael McGrady

Michael McGrady

Actor · Born March 30, 1960 (66) · Federal Way, Washington, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 30, 1960 (66)
From
Federal Way, Washington, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
73 on MovieCove · 86 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 37% in 30 days

What are Michael McGrady's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Morality
27%
Bonds
20%
Survival
15%
Power
4%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles
Hero
1 of 4
Ally
1 of 4
Mentor
1 of 4
Threshold guardian
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
6
Thrilling
4
Contemplative
3
Bittersweet
2
Other
11

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michael McGrady's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 58 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michael McGrady's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

86 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page.

  • Paradise(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Geiger

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Perfect Couple(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · as Bruce Sacks

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • FBI(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Tom Brennan

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • S.W.A.T.(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Agent Phil Kaminski

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • SEAL Team(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain Harrington

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Beyond(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Tom Matthews

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Lethal Weapon(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry Butler

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • American Crime Story(2016)

    Show 5 episodes · as Det. Phillip Van Atter

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Constantine(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Thad Bowman

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • How to Get Away with Murder(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as AUSA Hobbs

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Scorpion(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Admiral Pace

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Rage(2014)

    as Danny Doherty

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Chicago P.D.(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Supervising ASA James Osha

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Samuel Voss

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Beneath the Harvest Sky(2013)

    as Cy

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Frozen Ground(2013)

    as Vice Det. John Gentile

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Ray Donovan(2013)

    Show 8 episodes · as Frank Barnes

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Freelancers(2012)

    as Robert Jude

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Longmire(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Warren Stark

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Perfect Family(2011)

    as Frank Cleary

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Body of Proof(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Colin MacGregor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Coast Guard Captain McIlvane

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Rizzoli & Isles(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Rick Sullivan

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Southland(2009)

    Show 13 episodes · as Detective Daniel Salinger

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Castle(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Brian Reilly

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Lie to Me(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Gil Wallace

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Leverage(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheriff Hastings

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Eleventh Hour(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Val Tambor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Mentalist(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Coach Dieter

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Keith(2008)

    as Pete

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Ring of Death(2008)

    as Officer Colson

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Day Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 13 episodes · as Buchalter

  • Low Winter Sun(2006)

    as Brendan McCann

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Big Love(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Bones(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Coach Morse

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Closer(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Delaney

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Stanley Singer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • NCIS(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Walter Dunn

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Las Vegas(2003)

    Show 3 episodes · as Det. Max Dillon

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Half Past Dead(2002)

    as Guard Damon J. Kestner

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Without a Trace(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Bill Hyatt

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Eddie Delacroix · as Larry Chandler

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • 24(2001)

    Show 4 episodes · as Raymond Brown

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Star Trek: Enterprise(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Nausicaan Prisoner

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • The Guardian(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. O'Rourke

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Division (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Domenick

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheriff Dennis Brackett

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Hogan

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Five Aces(1999)

    as Sean Haggerty

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Deep End of the Ocean(1999)

    as Jimmy Daugherty

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Bad City Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Clarence Jefferson

  • Malevolence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as James Clark

  • The Thin Red Line(1998)

    as Pvt. Floyd

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday(1997)

    as Captain Skip Lang

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Volcano(1997)

    as Policeman

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Sentinel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Dave Becker

  • JAG(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jack Keeter

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Larry Fortensky

  • Welcome to Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Mark Sheridan

  • ER(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Jerry Ramsey

  • Wyatt Earp(1994)

    as John Shanssey

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Christy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mr. Morrison

  • Diagnosis Murder(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Det. Rick Hughes · as Lt. Bill Creighton

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheriff Kurt Frey

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Quick(1993)

    as Hellman

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Hocus Pocus(1993)

    as Cop

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story(1992)

    as Dennis

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride(1992)

    as Dave Tynan

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Baseball(1992)

    as Duane

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Diggstown(1992)

    as Frank Mangrum

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Coopersmith(1992)

    as Marvin

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Babe(1992)

    as Lou Gehrig

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Palace Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • She'll Take Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Scott

  • Quantum Leap(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Oscar

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami(1988)

    as Captain

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Born to Race(1988)

    as Walt

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Project X(1987)

    as Wilson

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Back to School(1986)

    as Player #1

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Matlock(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Walt Thomas

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Creator(1985)

    as Larry

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Trancers(1984)

    as Chris Lavery

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Bo Wilder · as Leon Schnable · as Richard · as Sean Shaleen

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Gene Stallings

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 86 titles from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

$28M worldwide

Highest rated

Southland (2009)

Midcredits 96th

Film career

19842025

Peak 2014 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1984Screen debut· Trancers
  • 2008Career best· Keith

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting86 of 86: 86 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score71st

By decade

1980s10 · acting1990s28 · acting2000s25 · acting2010s21 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
8499

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Michael McGrady's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 73 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up33
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

35 of their 73 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved18
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser35
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

Born to Race (1988)

84th percentile spread · 58% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Southland (2009)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 31. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Michael McGrady's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Michael McGrady work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael McGrady's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tia Carrere shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers and editors