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,Amulets Against the Dragon Forces , lortel.org, accessed November 19, 2015 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.
Filmography Films + Film Year Title Role1987IronweedGoblin1990Desperate HoursKylePump Up the VolumeChris1992Bob RobertsBurt1996The Substance of FireYoung Book Clerk1997LifebreathTodd RuskColin Fitz Lives!PaulBoys Life 2Junior (segment 4; "The Dadshuttle")1999Andrew Goldman1998The ImpostorsDetective Marco1999Boys Don't CryLonnyStory of a Bad BoyGuy2000The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic ComedyHowie2001The Anniversary PartyJeffrey (uncredited)2005The Notorious Bettie PageNervous Man2006Full Grown MenAlby Cutrera2007The Man who Shot AmericaThe Utah Grim Reaper2012Ex-GirlfriendsProfessor O'Donnelly2018The ChaperoneRaymond
TV + Television Year Title Role Notes1990AppearancesTroy Danzig(TV Movie)1991My Life and TimesRobert Miller(TV Series), 3 episodes: "April 9, 2035", "Millennium" and "The Collapse of '98"ABC Afterschool SpecialsC.z.(TV Series), 1 episode: "It's Only Rock & Roll"1992Cruel DoubtChris Pritchard(TV Mini-Series), 2 episodes: "Episode #1.1" and "Episode #1.2"1994Winnetka Road(Unnamed role)(TV Series), 2 episodes: "Townies" and "The Real Wisconsin"1995Chicago HopeDr. Scott Callahan(TV Series), 1 episode: "The Virus"1996AndersonvilleEthan(TV Mini-Series)1997The Member of the WeddingJarvis(TV Movie)1998New York UndercoverJonathan(TV Series), 1 episode: "Sign o' the Times"Frasier Protester(TV Series), 1 episode: "Sweet Dreams"2000Now and AgainDr. Bing(TV Series), 2 episodes: "The Bugmeister" and "The Bugmeister, Part Bee"2006Law & Order: Criminal IntentSimon Fife(TV Series), 1 episode: "Masquerade"2008Little Britain USAVarious roles(TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.2"2015Modern FamilySimon(TV Series), 2 episodes: "Closet? You'll Love It!" and "The More You Ignore Me"2018PoseMitchell(TV Series), 1 episode: "Access"2020The UndoingJoseph Hoffman(TV Mini-Series), 2 episodes: "The Undoing" and "The Missing"
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