Trivia

He has appeared in seven works of Woody Allen: Celebrity (1998), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Small Time Crooks (2000), Hollywood Ending (2002), Café Society (2016), in the first episode of Crisis in six scenes (2016), and Rifkin's Festival (2020).

At the time of his death, McGrath was starring in the Off Broadway solo show he'd written, Everything's Fine, an autobiographical play directed by John Lithgow at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

He's the son of Beatrice and R. Searle McGrath, an independent oil producer from Midland, Texas.

He is an alumnus of the Trinity School of Midland, TX, the Choate School, and Princeton University.

As of 2015, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Quiz Show (1994), The Insider (1999) and Michael Clayton (2007).

Was nominated for an Award, BAFTA Award, Tony Award, and Primetime Emmy Award.

Started his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live.

McGrath also wrote essays for the New Yorker, the New York Times and Vanity Fair and was a columnist at Air Mail.

Brother-in-law of children's book author, Ann Matthews Martin (author of "The Baby-sitters Club" franchise and other books).