Andrew McCarthy

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Recent Role:
on White Collar
Gender:
Male
Birthplace:
New York, New York
AKA:
Member of the Brat Pack
Andrew T. McCarthy was born on November 29th, 1962, one of four brothers. He grew up in Westfield, New Jersey. There, he attended Edison Intermediate School. At 16, he moved to Bernardsville, where he attended a prep school called the Pingry School. There, Andrew played basketball, as well as performing in plays and musicals.



At 18, Andrew went to New York University as a theatre major, but quit in 1983, after earning himself the lead in the 1983 film opposite Jacquelyn Bisset and Rob Lowe. After the film, Andrew studied at NY's Circle in Square Theater School.



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Andrew became one of the stars in the 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire, and lead to Andrew's association with The Brat Pack. Andrew rejected this association, flying under the radar, unlike many of the other Brat Pack members.



In 1986, Andrew was in Pretty in Pink, with Molly Ringwald. The following year saw him co-starring in Less Than Zero with Jami Gertz and Robert Downey Jr. Andrew finished the decade with several badly recieved films.



Andrew continued his positive acting career with 1991's Year of the Gun and 1993's Joy Luck Club.



Andrew McCarthy has been in numerous on and off Broadway productions, such as 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Boys of Winter', 'Love Letters', 'Psychopathic Sexualious', 'Side Man', and after playing Edmond in 'Long Days Journey Into Night', was asked to play the lead in 'Death of Papa', replacing Matthew Broderick. This lead Andrew to the role of Clifford, in the succesful play 'Side Man'.



Andrew is now divorced from actress Carol Schneider, whom he met at NYU. Together, they have a son named Sam, born in 2002.
Andrew now has a new partner and a daughter called Willow.


Andrew has acted on such shows as Amazing Stories, Law and Order: CSI, Law and Order: SVU, Monk, Tales from the Crypt, Twilight Zone, and most recently Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital.



Andrew is still making films, such as Standard Time, and theatre work, including Tom from 'Glass Menagerie'.



Andrew McCarthy partial Filmography: 1983's Class, 1985's Heaven Help Us, 1985's St. Elmo's Fire, 1986's Pretty in Pink, 1987's Mannequin, 1987's Less Than Zero, 1987's Waiting for the Moon, 1988's Fresh Horses, 1988's Kansas, 1989's Weekend at Bernie's, 1990's Quiet Days in Clichy, 1991's Year of the Gun, 1992's Only You, 1993's Weekend at Bernie's II, and 1993's Joy Luck Club.

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    Andrew McCarthy was at his peak in the 1980s in such movies as "Pretty in Pink" and "St. Elmo's Fire." But, after that, he hasn't had much of a career. That aside, the man pulled off his roles with such "coolness."

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    amauriel Added Mar 13, 2007 All my reviews
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    Whether courting Molly Ringwald in the 80s or being creepy as hell in "Law and Order SVU," Andrew McCarthy is incredibly versatile. hide show

    I initially fell for Andrew McCarthy when he had the guts to ignore James Spader in "Pretty in Pink." I was a teenager then and always hoped I would find a guy in my life that had the strength of conviction that he had. I realize it was the character doing this, but he really made me think the character was just an extension of himself. Fast forward 15 years and imagine my shock and horror when he turns out to be a control freak and a sexual deviant on "Law and Order SVU!" Once again, I completely believed that the person was the character - there was no hint of that adorable conflicted sweetness any more. I think the hallmark of a great actor/actress is when they can make you completely forget that they were ever any other character (to be sure, sometimes this is impossible, given the nature of the character - Leonard Nimoy will always be Spock in my mind), or that there is no line between the actor/actress and the character. Andrew McCarthy completely did that for me.

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    amytheorygeek Added Jan 31, 2006 All my reviews
 

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