Don McGraw

From IMDb Don McGraw was born in Chicago Illinois on May 2 1966 to Donald P McGraw Jr and the former Helen Ann Hughes His father was a factory plant manager who made beer cans and his mother was a homemaker who previously had worked as a telephone operator for Illinois Bell Because of his fathers job Don moved around during his youth living for only three years in his home town and then variously in Longview Texas Gretna Louisiana and finally in Warner Robins Georgia In 1979 at the age of thirteen Don auditioned for and won his first stage role that of Noah Claypole in an adaptation of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist He did so on the advice of a classmate who reported that teenage girls were in abundance in community theatre and that friend was right What started out as a means to get dates quickly turned into a thirtyyear avocation Professionally Don spent most of his adult life as a high school drama and English teacher all the while amassing an impressive list of over 75 stage credits Throughout these years he also managed to direct around 45 plays and write another dozen However he never considered making a living at his craft until his midforties When he was 44 years old Don developed some health problems which sidelined him from teaching While recuperating he and his wife decided that he should try his hand at film acting Initially he had planned on doing only background work to earn a little extra cash but opportunities came so quickly and easily that he moved into fullfledged acting roles only after a month or so Don currently lives with his wife Denise in Central Georgia which puts him right smackdab in the middle of that states two largest markets for film and television acting Atlanta and Savannah When hes not in front of the camera Don spends his time raising his five sons four dogs and one very outnumbered cat He is also a huge proponent of the American Association of Adaptive Sports Programs AAASP an organization of teams for wheelchairbound student athletes as he has two sons with Muscular Dystrophy