Andrew McCarthy

{{Short description|American actor (born 1962)}}

{{About|the actor|the attorney and columnist|Andrew C. McCarthy|the football player|Andrew McCarthy (footballer)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Andrew McCarthy

| image = Andrew McCarthy by Shankbone.jpg

| caption = McCarthy in 2010

| birth_name = Andrew Thomas McCarthy

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|11|29}}

| birth_place = Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = New York University (withdrawn)

| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Actor
  • travel writer
  • television director

}}

| years_active = 1983–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Carol Schneider|1999|2005|reason=divorced}}
  • {{marriage|Dolores Rice
    |2011}}

}}

| children = 3, including Sam McCarthy

| website = {{url|andrewmccarthy.com}}

}}

Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962){{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229/|title= UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019|work= United Press International | date= November 29, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-date= December 24, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191224110508/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229//|url-status=live|quote=…actor Andrew McCarthy in 1962 (age 57)}} is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Mannequin, and Weekend at Bernie's. He is ranked No. 40 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars of all-time list. As a director, he is known for his work on Orange Is the New Black.

Early life and education

McCarthy was born in Westfield, New Jersey, the third of four boys. His mother worked for a newspaper, and his father was involved in investments and stocks.{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Bob|title=McCarthy a hot ticket in acting market|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fDoqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5678,195187&dq=mccarthy-a-hot-ticket-in-acting-market&hl=en|newspaper=Park City Daily News|date=March 1, 1987}} McCarthy moved to Bernardsville, New Jersey, as a teenager and attended Bernards High School and the Pingry School, a preparatory academy.{{Cite web|title=Andrew McCarthy Biography|url=http://www.tv.com/people/andrew-mccarthy/biography/|access-date=19 December 2020|website=TV.com|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401231520/http://www.tv.com/people/andrew-mccarthy/biography/|url-status=dead}}Schwartz, Lexi. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190422170702/http://www.albanydailynews.com/andrew-mccarthy-then-now/ "Celebrity Then And Now: Andrew McCarthy"]}}, Albany Daily News. Accessed September 5, 2019. "Enjoying a rather ordinary childhood and attending the Pingry School and Bernards High School, McCarthy set his sights on acting after high school graduation and landed his first starring role at 19 years old in the 1983 feature film, Class." At Pingry, he played the Artful Dodger in Oliver!, his first acting role. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at NYU for acting, but was expelled after two years.{{Cite news|url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/from-brat-pack-to-backpack/|title=From Brat Pack to Backpack|last=Newman|first=Melinda|date=15 August 2011|work=New Jersey Monthly|access-date=28 July 2019}}

Career

McCarthy's first major role was in the 1983 comedy Class opposite Jacqueline Bisset. He was a member of the 1980s Hollywood group of young actors dubbed by the media as the "Brat Pack". The group starred in a few films, among them St. Elmo's Fire and Pretty in Pink. McCarthy appeared in the 1987 films Mannequin and Less than Zero, a cinematic adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel. In 1985, McCarthy starred with Donald Sutherland and Kevin Dillon in Heaven Help Us (also known as Catholic Boys) as Michael Dunn. McCarthy made his Broadway debut in The Boys of Winter.[http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4385 The Boys of Winter at IBDb] He quickly returned to Hollywood in 1988 to star in several films, such as Fresh Horses and Kansas. He had another hit with the 1989 comedy film Weekend at Bernie's.

He returned to Broadway to star in Side Man, and the production won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play. In 2003, McCarthy was set to guest star in two episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Due to bad relations with actor Vincent D'Onofrio, series creator Dick Wolf decided against it. Wolf later stated, "Mr. McCarthy engaged in fractious behavior from the moment he walked on the set." McCarthy fired back in a statement of his own saying, "I was fired because I refused to allow a fellow actor to threaten me with physical violence, bully me and try to direct me."{{Cite web | date=28 May 2003| title=McCarthy Fired From Law + Order| url=https://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/mccarthy-fired-from-law-.-order| access-date=19 December 2020| website=contactmusic.com}} Despite this incident, he later guest starred in a 2007 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (with Chris Noth, not D'Onofrio).{{cite web | date = November 29, 2007| author = Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith| title = Once Fired From "Law & Order," Andrew McCarthy Returns| url = http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=19&num=17452 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071201201729/http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272617452.shtml | archive-date = December 1, 2007}} In 2004, he played Dr. Hook in Kingdom Hospital. He appeared in five episodes of the 2005 NBC television series E-Ring. In 2008, he starred in the NBC television series Lipstick Jungle as billionaire Joe Bennett and had a minor role in The Spiderwick Chronicles.

McCarthy directed several episodes of the hit CW television series Gossip Girl, including "Touch of Eva" in the fourth season.

In 2010 and 2011, he appeared in the hit USA show White Collar. He returned to the series in the next season to direct the episode "Neighborhood Watch". In 2015, he directed three episodes in Season 2 of the NBC hit television show The Blacklist starring James Spader and Megan Boone. In 2016, he starred in the short-lived ABC drama The Family.

From 2020 to 2021, he had a recurring role in NBC's TV series Good Girls. In 2022, McCarthy joined the cast of The Resident as Ian Sullivan, a renowned pediatric surgeon and Cade's estranged father.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Resident': Andrew McCarthy Joins Cast Of Fox Medical Drama |url= https://deadline.com/2022/04/andrew-mccarthy-cast-the-resident-fox-1235005217/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 18, 2022 |access-date=October 11, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Cordero |first1=Rosy |title='The Resident': Andrew McCarthy Upped To Series Regular For Season 6 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/the-resident-andrew-mccarthy-series-regular-season-6-1235061472/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 11, 2022|access-date=October 11, 2022}}

Writing

McCarthy began travel writing and served as an Editor at Large at National Geographic Traveler magazine.[https://web.archive.org/web/20161004162957/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/features/about-us-masthead/ Traveler Staff and Contributors]{{Cite web |url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Andrew-McCarthy-talks-Pretty-In-Pink-wig--travel-writing:-9-facts/8833252 |title=Andrew McCarthy talks Pretty In Pink |access-date=August 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213621/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Andrew-McCarthy-talks-Pretty-In-Pink-wig--travel-writing:-9-facts/8833252 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }} In 2010, McCarthy was escorted out of an underground church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, for entering the site without documentation. He had been in the church on assignment for the travel magazine Afar.{{Cite web|last=Nudd|first=Tim|date=8 February 2010|title=Lipstick Jungle Star Andrew McCarthy Detained in Ethiopia|url=https://people.com/celebrity/lipstick-jungle-star-andrew-mccarthy-detained-in-ethiopia/|website=People|language=EN}} McCarthy's book The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down was published in 2012.{{Cite news|last=Strayed|first=Cheryl|date=21 September 2012|title=Where Is He Now?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/books/review/the-longest-way-home-by-andrew-mccarthy.html|access-date=19 December 2020|issn=0362-4331}}

In February 2015, National Geographic published McCarthy's account, titled "A Song for Ireland", of his return to the house in the townland of Lacka West in the parish of Duagh in County Kerry in Ireland from which his great-grandfather John McCarthy had emigrated in the late 1800s.{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Andrew|date=2 February 2015|title=A Song for Ireland -- National Geographic Traveler|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/a-song-for-ireland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095754/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/a-song-for-ireland/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2017|access-date=19 December 2020|website=National Geographic|language=en}}{{cite news|date=February 6, 2015|title=Hollywood star discovers he's from Kerry and not Cork after supporting Cork all his life!'|work=evoke.ie|url=http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/andrew-mccarthy-ireland-roots|url-status=dead|access-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306110113/http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/andrew-mccarthy-ireland-roots|archive-date=6 March 2016}}

McCarthy has received several awards from SATW (Society of American Travel Writers), including Travel Journalist of the Year in 2010.{{Cite web|title=Past Winners SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas Competition|url=http://www.satwf.com/past-winners-satw-foundation-lowell-thomas-competi/2010-satw-foundation-lowell-thomas-travel-journali|access-date=19 December 2020|website=Society of American Travel Writers|archive-date=September 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922113855/http://www.satwf.com/past-winners-satw-foundation-lowell-thomas-competi/2010-satw-foundation-lowell-thomas-travel-journali|url-status=dead}}

In 2017, Algonquin Books published McCarthy's YA novel, Just Fly Away.{{Cite news|last=Hong|first=Catherine|date=2017-07-12|title=Summer Y.A. Escapes from Sarah Dessen, Andrew McCarthy and More|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/books/review/summer-ya-escapes-from-sarah-dessen-andrew-mccarthy-and-more.html|access-date=2020-12-19|issn=0362-4331}} The novel became a New York Times bestseller.{{Cite web|title=Just Fly Away|url=https://www.workman.com/products/just-fly-away|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Workman Publishing|language=en-US}}

McCarthy's memoir about his life and career in the 1980s, titled Brat: An '80s Story, was released in May 2021 by Grand Central Publishing.{{Cite web|last=Gillette|first=Sam|date=10 November 2020|title=Pretty in Pink Star Turned Director Andrew McCarthy Revisits the '80s with Memoir Brat|url=https://people.com/movies/andrew-mccarthy-pretty-in-pink-looks-back-at-the-80s-with-his-memoir-brat/|access-date=19 December 2020|website=People|language=EN}}

In 2023, Grand Central Publishing released Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain, McCarthy's memoir about walking the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam in the summer of 2021.{{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andrew-mccarthy/walking-with-sam/9781538709207/ |title=Walking with Sam |date=2022-09-12 |isbn=978-1-5387-0920-7 |language=en-US |last1=McCarthy |first1=Andrew |publisher=Grand Central }}

Personal life

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In 1992, McCarthy entered a detoxification program and has been sober since that time.{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-03-26-mccarthy-alcoholism_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Andrew McCarthy discusses his alcoholism | date=March 26, 2004 | access-date=April 25, 2010}} In 2004, he announced that he once had a serious alcohol problem, which began at age 12.

On October 9, 1999, McCarthy married his college sweetheart Carol Schneider almost 20 years after they first dated. He later stated his reasons for tracking her down after they had drifted apart: "I ran into someone who said they had seen Carol and her boyfriend and they seemed really happy, and for some reason it bothered me for a week. I called her and asked her if she was really with this guy and asked her out for coffee." In 2002, Schneider gave birth to a son, Sam, who also became an actor. McCarthy and Schneider divorced in 2005.

On August 28, 2011, McCarthy married Irish writer and director Dolores Rice. They have two children, Willow and Rowan.{{cite news|last=Freydkin|first=Donna|title='Pretty' heartthrob Andrew McCarthy loves his 'Lipstick'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-19-mccarthy-lipstick_N.htm|work=USA Today|access-date=August 28, 2011|date=March 20, 2008}}{{Cite web|last=Reinstein|first=Mara|date=2021-05-07|title=Andrew McCarthy on Life in the 'Brat Pack', Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Reconnecting With Molly Ringwald and Living in the Now|url=https://parade.com/1205828/maramovies/andrew-mccarthy-memoir/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays|language=en}}

Filmography

=Film=

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width="50px" | Year

! width="250px" | Title

! width="150px" | Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1983

| Class

| Jonathan Ogner

|

1984

| The Beniker Gang

| Arthur Beniker

|

1985

| Heaven Help Us

| Michael Dunn

| a.k.a. Catholic Boys

1985

| St. Elmo's Fire

| Kevin Dolenz

|

1986

| Pretty in Pink

| Blane McDonnagh

|

1987

| Mannequin

| Jonathan Switcher

|

1987

| Waiting for the Moon

| Henry Hopper

|

1987

| Less than Zero

| Clay Easton

|

1988

| Kansas

| Wade Corey

|

1988

| Fresh Horses

| Matt Larkin

|

1989

| Weekend at Bernie's

| Larry Wilson

|

1990

| Quiet Days in Clichy

| Henry Miller

| a.k.a. Jours tranquilles à Clichy

1990

| Dr. M

| The Assassin

|

1991

| Year of the Gun

| David Raybourne

|

1992

| Only You

| Clifford Godfrey

|

1993

| Weekend at Bernie's II

| Larry Wilson

|

1993

| {{sortname|The|Joy Luck Club|dab=film}}

| Ted Jordan

|

1994

| Getting In

| Rupert Grimm

| a.k.a. Student Body

1994

| Dead Funny

| Reggie Barker

|

1994

| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

| Eddie Parker

|

1995

| Night of the Running Man

| Jerry Logan

| Direct-to-video release

1995

| Dream Man

| David Mander

| Direct-to-video release

1996

| Mulholland Falls

| Jimmy Fields

|

1996

| Everything Relative

| Howard

|

1996

| Things I Never Told You

| Don Henderson

| a.k.a. Cosas que nunca te dije

1997

| Stag

| Peter Weber

|

1998

| Bela Donna

| Frank

|

1998

| I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

| Cemetery Cop

|

1998

| I'm Losing You

| Bertie Krohn

|

1999

| {{sortname|A|Twist of Faith|nolink=yes}}

| Henry Smith

|

1999

| New World Disorder

| Kurt Bishop

|

1999

| New Waterford Girl

| Cecil Sweeney

|

2000

| Nowhere in Sight

| Eric Shelton

|

2001

| Heaven Must Wait

| Raymond Cane

|

2002

| Anything But Love

| Elliot Shephard

| a.k.a. Standard Time

2004

| 2BPerfectlyHonest

| Josh

|

2004

| News for the Church

| {{N/A}}

| Director, writer; Short film

2005

| {{sortname|The|Orphan King|nolink=yes}}

| Charles King

|

2008

| {{sortname|The|Spiderwick Chronicles|dab=film}}

| Richard Grace

|

2009

| {{sortname|The|Good Guy|dab=film}}

| Cash

|

2009

| Camp Hell

| Michael Leary

|

2010

| Main Street

| Howard Mercer

|

2011

| The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best

| Brian

|

2011

| Snatched

| Frank Baum

|

2019

| Finding Julia

| Mike Chamonix

|

2024

| Brats{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/former-brat-pack-stars-reunite-documentary-directed-andrew/story?id=110984645|title=Former 'Brat Pack' stars reunite in documentary directed by Andrew McCarthy|website=ABC News|date=June 13, 2024|author=Doc Louallen|access-date=June 13, 2024}}

| {{N/A}}

| Documentary; Also director

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
width="100px" | Year

! width="250px" | Title

! width="150px" | Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1986

| Amazing Stories

| Edwin

| Episode: "Grandpa's Ghost"

1991

| Tales from the Crypt

| Edward Foster

| Episode: "Loved to Death"

1992

| Screen Two

| Martin Musgrove

| Episode: "Common Pursuit"

1995

| {{sortname|The|Courtyard}}

| Jonathan Hoffman

| Television film

1996

| Escape Clause

| Richard Ramsay

| Television film

1996

| Hostile Force

| Rabbit (Mike)

| Television film

1996

| {{sortname|The|Christmas Tree|dab=1996 film}}

| Richard Reilly

| Television film

1998

| {{sortname|A|Father for Brittany}}

| Keith Lussier

| Television film (a.k.a. A Change of Heart)

1998

| Perfect Assassins

| Ben Carroway

| Television film

2000

| A Storm in Summer

| Stanley Banner

| Television film

2000

| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

| Randolph Morrow

| Episode: "Slaves"

2000

| The Sight

| Michael Lewis

| Television film

2000

| Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

| Robert F. Kennedy

| Television film

2002

| Georgetown

|

| Television pilot

2002

| {{sortname|The|Secret Life of Zoey}}

| Mike Harper

| Television film

2003

| Straight from the Heart

| Tyler Ross

| Television film

2003

| Law & Order

| Attorney Finnerty

| Episode: "Absentia"

2003

| The Twilight Zone

| Will Marshall

| Episode: "The Monsters Are on Maple Street"

2003

| Monk

| Derek Philby

| Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes Back to School"

2004

| Kingdom Hospital

| Dr. Hook

| Miniseries

2004

| {{sortname|The|Hollywood Mom's Mystery|nolink=yes}}

| Kit Freers

| Television film

2005

| Crusader

| Hank Robinson

| Television film

2005

| E-Ring

| Aaron Gerrity

| 5 episodes

2006

| {{sortname|The|Way|nolink=yes}}

| Henry Warden

| Television pilot

2007

| Law & Order: Criminal Intent

| A.D.A. Gene Hoyle

| Episode: "Offense"

2008–2009

| Lipstick Jungle

| Joe Bennett; Director

| 20 episodes

2009

| Gossip Girl

| Rick Rhodes

| Episode: "Valley Girls"

2009

| Royal Pains

| Marshall David Bryant IV

| 2 episodes

2009

| The National Tree

| Corey Burdoc

| Television film

2010–2012

| Gossip Girl

| Director

| 6 episodes

2011

| White Collar

| Vincent Adler

| 2 episodes

2012

| A Christmas Dance

| Jack

| Television film (a.k.a. Come Dance with Me)

2013–2019

| Orange Is the New Black

| rowspan=4 | Director

| 15 episodes

2013–2014

| Alpha House

| 4 episodes

2015–2017

| Turn: Washington's Spies

| 3 episodes

2015–2022

| The Blacklist

| 22 episodes

2016

| The Family

| Hank Asher

| 12 episodes

2017

| The Blacklist: Redemption

| rowspan="6" |Director

| Episode: "Hostages"

rowspan=2 | 2018

| Nightflyers

| 2 episodes

New Amsterdam

| Episode: "As Long as it Takes"

2018–2020

| Condor

| 5 episodes

2019

| The Enemy Within

| Episode: "Sequestered"

2019–2020

| rowspan="2" |Good Girls

| Episode: "Jeff"/"Au Jus"/"Vegas Baby"

2020–2021

| Mr. Fitzpatrick

| 5 Episodes

2020

| The Sinner

| Director

| 2 episodes

2020

| 13 Reasons Why

| Mr. St. George

| Episode: Prom

2022–2023

| The Resident

| Ian Sullivan

| Guest (season 5)
Main cast (season 6)

2023

| The Blacklist

| Edward

| Episode: Arthur Hudson

Awards and nominations

Fantafestival

  • 1987: Won, "Best Actor" – Mannequin

Rhode Island International Film Festival

  • 2004: Won, Grand Prize for "Best Short Film" – News for the Church – qualifying it as an Official Entry with the Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short Film

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Sedona International Film Festival

  • 2005: Won, "Best Short Film" – News for the Church

References

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