A long career in film, television and theatre starting with his first play in NYC in 1980 at the HB Playwrights Foundation in, "Valentine's Day," written and directed by Horton Foote. In Los Angeles, he appeared in the US premier of, Loleh Bellon's, "Thursday's Girls", with Lynn Redgrave at the Cornet Theatre. Other productions in New York and Los Angeles include, "Fool for Love," "Hedda Gabler," "A Rainbow in the Night," "One Last Ride," "Geography of a Horse Dreamer." Recent television includes, "Dr. Death," "The Good Lord Bird," Steven Soderbergh's, The Knick (2014) "The Knick. Hines played, Mr. Arthur in "The Gal Who Got Rattled," in Joel and Ethan Coen's anthology western film, "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs." Gideon Welles, the Secretary of the Navy in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), "Lincoln." Recently completed films include, "Martin Eden," "Muzzle", "Love Bomb." Recently completed television include, Netflix, "A Man in Full," and Peacocks, "Mrs. Davis." Grainger is an avid horseman and a playing member of the United States Polo Association.