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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Andrew McCarthy
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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84% |
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Brats |
Self, Director, Writer, Executive Producer |
- | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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Finding Julia | Mike Chamonix (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Come Dance With Me | Jack (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snatched | Frank Baum (Character) | - | 2011 |
33% |
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The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best | Brian (Character) | $50.5K | 2011 |
13% |
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Main Street | Howard Mercer (Character) | $1.6K | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Camp Hope | Michael Leary (Character) | - | 2010 |
36% |
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The Good Guy | Cash (Character) | $100.5K | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The National Tree | Corey Burdock (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Crusader | Hank Robinson (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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2B Perfectly Honest | Josh (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hollywood Mom's Mystery | Kit Freers (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Straight From the Heart | Tyler Ross (Character) | - | 2003 |
37% |
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Anything but Love | Elliot Shepard (Character) | $80.8K | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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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 | No Score Yet | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Robert "Bobby" Kennedy (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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A Storm in Summer | Stanley Banner (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Nowhere in Sight | Eric Shelton (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Sight | Michael Lewis (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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A Twist of Faith | Henry Smith (Character) | $2.5K | 1999 |
92% |
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New Waterford Girl | Cecil Sweeney (Character) | $774.5K | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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New World Disorder | Kurt Bishop (Character) | - | 1999 |
40% |
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I'm Losing You | Bertie Krohn (Character) | $12.7K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Perfect Assassins | Ben Carroway (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Father for Brittany | Keith Lussier (Character) | - | 1998 |
27% |
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Maylinda Austed (Character) | $863 | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Bela Donna | Frank (Character) | - | 1998 |
40% |
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Stag | Pete Weber (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Escape Clause | Richard Ramsay (Character) | - | 1996 |
31% |
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Mulholland Falls | Jimmy Fields (Character) | $11.5M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Things I Never Told You | Don Henderson (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heist | Rabbit (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Tree | Richard Reilly (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Courtyard | Jonathan (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Dead Funny | Reggie Barker (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dream Man | David Mander (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Night of the Running Man | Jerry Logan (Character) | - | 1994 |
76% |
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Eddie Parker (Character) | $2.1M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Getting In | Rupert Grimm (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ladrón que roba a ladrón | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
86% |
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The Joy Luck Club | Ted Jordan (Character) | $32.8M | 1993 |
13% |
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Weekend at Bernie's II | Larry Wilson (Character) | $11.2M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Only You | Clifford Godfrey (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazing Stories: The Movie V | Edwin (Character) | - | 1992 |
29% |
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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 |
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Dr. M | Assassin (Character) | - | 1990 |
54% |
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Weekend at Bernie's | Larry Wilson (Character) | $29.4M | 1989 |
0% |
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Fresh Horses | Matt Larkin (Character) | $6.4M | 1988 |
18% |
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Kansas | Wade Corey (Character) | $2.3M | 1988 |
20% |
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Mannequin | Jonathan Switcher (Character) | $34.9M | 1987 |
44% |
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Waiting for the Moon | Henry Hopper (Character) | - | 1987 |
48% |
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Less Than Zero | Clay Easton (Character) | $10.8M | 1987 |
75% |
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Pretty in Pink | Blane McDonough (Character) | $521.0K | 1986 |
29% |
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Heaven Help Us | Michael Dunn (Character) | - | 1985 |
42% |
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St. Elmo's Fire | Kevin Dolenz (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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The Beniker Gang | Arthur Beniker (Character) | - | 1985 |
29% |
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Class | Jonathan (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 13% | The View | Guest | 2023-2024 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist |
Edward (Guest Star), Director, Writer |
2019-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2017 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 78% | The Resident |
Dr. Ian Sullivan (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2022-2023 |
86% | 77% | Good Girls |
Fitzpatrick (Guest Star), Director |
2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012 2021 |
87% | 78% | Condor | Director | 2019-2020 |
43% | 81% | The Enemy Within | Director | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 50% | New Amsterdam | Director | 2018 |
81% | 92% | TURN: Washington's Spies | Director | 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2012 2017 |
20% | No Score Yet | Conviction | Director | 2016 |
61% | 88% | The Family |
Hank (Character), Director |
2016 |
90% | 82% | Orange Is the New Black | Director | 2013-2015 |
90% | 87% | Grace and Frankie | Director | 2015 |
26% | 61% | Black Box | Director | 2014 |
84% | 85% | The Carrie Diaries | Director | 2014 |
79% | 80% | Alpha House | Director | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Unforgettable | Ari Sonnenland (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2012 |
84% | 79% | Gossip Girl |
Rick Rhodes (Guest Star), Director |
2009-2012 |
81% | 88% | Hart of Dixie | Director | 2011 |
96% | 93% | White Collar | Vincent Adler (Guest Star) | 2011 |
94% | 78% | Royal Pains | Marshall Bryant (Guest Star) | 2009 |
19% | No Score Yet | Lipstick Jungle |
Joe Bennett (Character), Director |
2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | A.D.A. Gene Hoyle (Guest Star) | 2003 2007 |
15% | No Score Yet | E-Ring | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingdom Hospital | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
89% | 87% | Monk | Derek Philby (Guest Star) | 2003 |
50% | 75% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Randolph Morrow (Guest Star) | 2000 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | EPIX FREE: Condor | Director |