
Andrew McCarthy
Highest Rated: 92% New Waterford Girl (1999)
Lowest Rated: 0% Fresh Horses (1988)
Birthday: Nov 29, 1962
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Always a good guy stand-out amidst the bad boys of the infamous 1980s cinematic "Brat Pack," Andrew McCarthy's down-to-earth appeal helped the handsome actor earn millions of teen fans during his eighties heyday. Hitting the ball out of the park time and again with roles in iconic Generation X films like "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), "Pretty in Pink" (1986) and "Mannequin" (1987), McCarthy often played the well-off yet unassuming romantic lead with a good heart, who always should get the girl in the end. Unbeknownst to many of his young fans, however, McCarthy was also an accomplished theater actor, who appeared in productions of Tennessee Williams', Eugene O'Neill's, and Horton Foote's works both on and off-Broadway. After taking a turn toward the dark side in Bret Easton Ellis' feature adaptation of his edgy novel "Less Than Zero" (1987) and defying logic with a role in the misfire "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989), the actor watched his star - as well as those of most of his fellow Brat Packers - fall as their fans grew up and moved on to the next big thing. Keeping a low profile throughout the 1990s, McCarthy consistently worked, but remained under the radar for the most part, until regaining a more mature but no less potent sex symbol status as billionaire Joe Bennett in the popular but short-lived Brooke Shields' drama, "Lipstick Jungle" (NBC, 2008-09). Like his peers Patrick Dempsey and Robert Downey, Jr., McCarthy reemerged as a mature leading man for a new generation of fans.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | 87% | Finding Julia | Mike Chamonix (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Come Dance With Me | Jack (Character) | - | 2012 |
33% | 62% | The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best | Brian (Character) | $50.5K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snatched | Frank Baum (Character) | - | 2011 |
13% | 11% | Main Street | Howard Mercer (Character) | $1.6K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 10% | Camp Hope | Michael Leary (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The National Tree | Corey Burdock (Character) | - | 2009 |
35% | 30% | The Good Guy | Cash (Character) | $100.5K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Crusader | Hank Robinson (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 20% | 2B Perfectly Honest | Josh (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Hollywood Mom's Mystery | Kit Freers (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Straight From the Heart | Tyler Ross (Character) | - | 2003 |
36% | 69% | Standard Time | Elliot Shepard (Character) | $80.8K | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 29% | The Secret Life of Zoey | Mike Harper (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diggity: A Home at Last | Raymond Cane (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 35% | The Sight | Michael Lewis (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Nowhere in Sight | Eric Shelton (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 54% | A Storm in Summer | Stanley Banner (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Robert "Bobby" Kennedy (Character) | - | 2000 |
92% | 85% | New Waterford Girl | Cecil Sweeney (Character) | $774.5K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 43% | A Twist of Faith | Henry Smith (Character) | $2.5K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 14% | New World Disorder | Kurt Bishop (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Father for Brittany | Keith Lussier (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Perfect Assassins | Ben Carroway (Character) | - | 1998 |
40% | 27% | I'm Losing You | Bertie Krohn (Character) | $12.7K | 1998 |
27% | 50% | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Maylinda Austed (Character) | $863 | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bela Donna | Frank (Character) | - | 1998 |
40% | 36% | Stag | Pete Weber (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Things I Never Told You | Don Henderson (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Tree | Richard Reilly (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heist | Rabbit (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Escape Clause | Richard Ramsay (Character) | - | 1996 |
31% | 39% | Mulholland Falls | Jimmy Fields (Character) | $11.5M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Dead Funny | Reggie Barker (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dream Man | David Mander (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Courtyard | Jonathan (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Getting In | Rupert Grimm (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 49% | Night of the Running Man | Jerry Logan (Character) | - | 1994 |
75% | 60% | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Eddie Parker (Character) | $2.1M | 1994 |
87% | 89% | The Joy Luck Club | Ted Jordan (Character) | $32.8M | 1993 |
10% | 41% | Weekend at Bernie's II | Larry Wilson (Character) | $11.2M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazing Stories: The Movie V | Edwin (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Only You | Clifford Godfrey (Character) | - | 1992 |
29% | 25% | Year of the Gun | David Raybourne (Character) | $1.2M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quiet Days in Clichy |
Henry Miller/ |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Dr. M | Assassin (Character) | - | 1990 |
54% | 57% | Weekend at Bernie's | Larry Wilson (Character) | $29.4M | 1989 |
20% | 20% | Kansas | Wade Corey (Character) | $2.3M | 1988 |
0% | 33% | Fresh Horses | Matt Larkin (Character) | $6.4M | 1988 |
43% | 73% | Waiting for the Moon | Henry Hopper (Character) | - | 1987 |
50% | 63% | Less Than Zero | Clay Easton (Character) | $10.8M | 1987 |
21% | 55% | Mannequin | Jonathan Switcher (Character) | $34.9M | 1987 |
75% | 81% | Pretty in Pink | Blane McDonough (Character) | $521K | 1986 |
33% | 74% | Heaven Help Us | Michael Dunn (Character) | - | 1985 |
43% | 68% | St. Elmo's Fire | Kevin Dolenz (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 79% | The Beniker Gang | Arthur Beniker (Character) | - | 1985 |
29% | 50% | Class | Jonathan (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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87% | 79% | Good Girls |
Fitzpatrick (Guest Star), Director |
2019-2021 |
91% | 80% | The Blacklist | Director | 2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Condor | Director | 2019-2020 |
43% | 81% | The Enemy Within | Director | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daily Blast Live | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 83% | New Amsterdam | Director | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | q | Guest | 2017 |
81% | 91% | TURN: Washington's Spies | Director | 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2017 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda | Guest | 2017 |
20% | No Score Yet | Conviction | Director | 2016 |
61% | 88% | The Family |
Hank (Character), Director |
2016 |
23% | 60% | Black Box | Director | 2014 |
83% | 86% | The Carrie Diaries | Director | 2014 |
79% | 82% | Alpha House | Director | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Unforgettable | Ari Sonnenland (Guest Star) | 2013 |
90% | 82% | Orange Is the New Black | Director | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Better Show | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2012 2008 |
84% | 78% | Gossip Girl |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
2009-2012 |
81% | 87% | Hart of Dixie | Director | 2011 |
94% | 74% | Royal Pains | Marshall Bryant (Guest Star) | 2009 |
19% | No Score Yet | Lipstick Jungle |
Joe Bennett (Character), Director |
2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 2003 |
15% | No Score Yet | E-Ring | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingdom Hospital | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
91% | 91% | Monk | Derek Philby (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
78% | 89% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Randolph Morrow (Guest Star) | 2000 |
82% | 98% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | EPIX FREE: Condor | Director |
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