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Douglas McGrath

Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born February 12, 1958Died November 3, 2022 (64 years)
Douglas Geoffrey McGrath (February 2, 1958 – November 3, 2022) was an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He received various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Tony Award, and Primetime Emmy Award.

McGrath started his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1981. He co-wrote with Woody Allen the film Bullets Over Broadway (1994), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as BAFTA and Writers Guild of America Award nominations. He then directed such films as Emma (1996), Company Man (2000), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), and Infamous (2006). He also appeared in such films as Quiz Show (1994), The Daytrippers (1996), Happiness (1998), The Insider (1999), and Michael Clayton (2007).

He also made appearances in television including a recurring role as Principal Toby Cook in Lena Dunham's HBO series Girls from 2015 to 2016. He also appeared in the Amazon Prime comedy series Crisis in Six Scenes (2016), and the Netflix western limited series Godless (2017).

McGrath received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical nomination for the Broadway musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in 2014. He also directed the HBO documentaries His Way (2011), and Becoming Mike Nichols (2016). He wrote political commentary, such as "The Flapjack File", a column for The New Republic, as well as articles for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Bullets Over Broadway
  • Small Time Crooks
  • Celebrity
  • Hollywood Ending
  • I Don't Know How She Does It
  • Solitary Man
  • Rifkin's Festival

Known For

  • Emma
  • Bullets Over Broadway
  • I Don't Know How She Does It
  • Infamous
  • Nicholas Nickleby
  • Born Yesterday
  • Company Man
  • Becoming Mike Nichols
  • The Daytrippers
  • His Way
  • Saturday Night Live

Featured Videos

  • Doug Mcgrath On The Story
    Doug Mcgrath On The StoryI Don't Know How She Does ItBehind the Scenes

Douglas McGrath Filmography

2020
Rifkin's Festival · as Gil Brenner
2017
Godless (TV Series) · as Edward Solomon
2016
Crisis in Six Scenes (TV Series) · as Doug
2016
Café Society · as Norman
2012
Girls (TV Series) · as Principal Toby Cook
2009
Solitary Man · as Dean Edward Gitleson
2007
Michael Clayton · as Jeff Gaffney
2002
Hollywood Ending · as Barbeque Guest
2001
2001
2000
Small Time Crooks · as Frenchy's Lawyer
2000
Company Man · as Alan Quimp
1999
The Insider · as Private Investigator
1998
Celebrity · as Bill Gaines
1998
Happiness · as Tom
1996
The Daytrippers · as Chap
1994
Quiz Show · as Snodgrass
1975
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Dinner Guest - Laura Has A Story

2006
Infamous · as Screenplay
2002
2000
1996
Emma · as Screenplay
1994
1993
Born Yesterday · as Screenplay
1975

2016
2012
2002
1999
1996
Life and Times (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self

2016
Becoming Mike Nichols · as Executive Producer
1991
The Steven Banks Show · as Co-Producer

1991
The Steven Banks Show · as Written By
1986
L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Written By

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