Tim McGraw Biography

Fast Facts

• At age 11, discovered that his biological father was Major League Baseball pitcher Tug McGraw
• Attended Northeast Louisiana University on a baseball scholarship, but dropped out in 1989 to pursue a music career
• In 2004, made his film debut in the high-school football drama Friday Night Lights, playing an abusive father
• Won the 2004 People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Musical Performer
• Paired with rap star Nelly for the No
• 1 ballad "Over and Over" in 2004
• Sang a duet, "Me and Tennessee," with Gwyneth Paltrow for the film Country Strong (2010), in which he played her husband; Paltrow's real-life husband, Coldplay's Chris Martin, wrote the song
• Organized, along with wife Faith Hill, the fundraising event Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery in 2010