---
name: "Dan McGrath"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-mcgrath"
fi1m_id: "dan-mcgrath"
imdb_id: "nm0569775"
tmdb_id: 1216622
wikidata_id: "Q2606644"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 July 1964"
died: "14 November 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:31:11.808867+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan McGrath

## Identity

Dan McGrath

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-mcgrath
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-mcgrath
- **IMDb ID:** nm0569775
- **TMDB ID:** 1216622
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2606644
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_McGrath, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2606644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216622

Writer. Born 20 July 1964 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 14 November 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 July 1964, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 14 November 2025
- **Active:** 1989–1997
- **Also known as:** Daniel Anthony McGrath
- **Frequently works with:** [Brent Forrester](https://film.one/person/brent-forrester.md), [Chuck Sheetz](https://film.one/person/chuck-sheetz.md), [Dominic Polcino](https://film.one/person/dominic-polcino.md), [Greg Daniels](https://film.one/person/greg-daniels.md), [Jonathan Collier](https://film.one/person/jonathan-collier.md), [Jon Vitti](https://film.one/person/jon-vitti.md), [Klay Hall](https://film.one/person/klay-hall.md), [Lauren MacMullan](https://film.one/person/lauren-macmullan.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_McGrath, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2606644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216622

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*King of the Hill*](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md) (82)

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## Biography

Dan McGrath was an American television writer. After working with the Harvard Lampoon, he joined the writing staff of *Saturday Night Live* in 1991, where he worked for two seasons and received an Emmy nomination in 1992.

He contributed to *The Simpsons* as a story editor on 50 episodes between 1992 and 1994 and as a producer on 24 episodes from 1996 to 1998. His writing credits included "The Devil and Homer Simpson", "Time and Punishment" and "Bart of Darkness"; he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1997 for the episode "Homer’s Phobia".

McGrath later spent eight years on *King of the Hill*, receiving writing credits on 11 episodes and producing credits on 28. He also wrote for *Mission Hill*, *The PJs*, *Muppets Tonight* and *Gravity Falls*, and received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for the *King of the Hill* episode "Life: A Loser's Manual". He died in 2025.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *King of the Hill* (1997), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mission Hill* (1999), series, Writer
- *The PJs* (1999), series, Writer, Story
- *King of the Hill* (1997), series, as Jamaican Radio Rapper (voice) (uncredited) · Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)
- *Muppets Tonight* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1997: Primetime Emmy Award (won), for *The Simpsons*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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