Samuel Timothy Tim McGraw born May 1 1967 is an American country singer and actor Many of McGraws albums and singles have topped the country music charts leading him to achieve total album sales in excess of 40 million units He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of former baseball player Tug McGraw McGraw had 11 consecutive albums debut at Number One on the Billboard albums charts Twentyone singles hit No 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart He has won 3 Grammys 14 Academy of Country Music awards 11 Country Music Association CMA awards 10 American Music Awards and 3 Peoples Choice Awards His Soul2Soul II Tour with Faith Hill is the highest grossing tour in country music history and one of the top five among all genres of music McGraw has ventured into acting with supporting roles in The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock Friday Night Lights The Kingdom and Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon and lead roles in Flicka 2006 and Country Strong 2010 He was a minority owner of the Arena Football Leagues Nashville Kats Taylor Swifts debut single Tim McGraw refers to him and his song Cant Tell Me Nothin In honor of his grandfathers Italian heritage McGraw was honored by the National Italian American Foundation NIAF in 2004 receiving the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Music during the Foundations 29th Anniversary Gala Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim McGraw licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia