Andrew McCarthy

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Andrew McCarthy at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival

Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962 in New York City ) is an American actor and director .

Life

McCarthy grew up in Westfield, New Jersey and began acting at the age of 15. He studied drama at New York University . He had his first leading role in 1983 in the film Class . He had better known appearances as a member of the Brat Pack in films such as St. Elmo's Fire and Pretty in Pink .

For a long time, due to his youthful appearance, he was subscribed to roles of teenage lovers in romantic comedies. In the 1990s he succeeded in moving into the serious character subject after the French film director Claude Chabrol had him in 1990 for the leading roles in his films Stille Tage in Clichy and Dr. M had engaged.

After less significant roles in the 1990s, he made a comeback in 2004 with the television series Kingdom Hospital in the role of Dr. Hook . From 2005 to 2006 he was regularly involved in the television series E-Ring - Military Minds by the successful producer Jerry Bruckheimer , which is about power struggles and intrigues in the Pentagon.

In 2004 he made his debut as a director with the short film News for the Church . He then directed two episodes of the television series Lipstick Jungle in 2008/2009 and, from 2010, several episodes of Gossip Girl .

Andrew McCarthy divorced Carol Schneider in early 2005, whom he married in 1999. From this relationship he has the son Sam McCarthy (* 2002), who is meanwhile also an actor. He has lived with Dolores Rice since 2005, they have two children.

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SURNAME McCarthy, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCarthy, Andrew Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City