Thomas Joseph McCarthy (born June 7, 1966) is an American film
director, screenwriter, and actor who has appeared in several films,
including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and
television series such as The Wire, Boston Public, Law & Order
etc.McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction
work for the independent films The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor
(2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), the last of which won
the Academy Award for Best Picture, won McCarthy the Academy Award for
Best Original Screenplay, and earned him a nomination for the Academy
Award for Best Director.Additionally, McCarthy co-wrote the film Up
(2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. McCarthy also
wrote the film Million Dollar Arm (2014) and served as a director and
executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why
(2017).McCarthy was raised in New Providence, New Jersey, one of five
children of Carol and Eugene F. "Gene" McCarthy; Gene worked in the
textile industry. McCarthy was raised Catholic, in a family of Irish
descent. McCarthy is a graduate of New Providence High School in New
Providence, New Jersey; Boston College, Class of 1988, where he was a
member of the improv comedy troupe My Mother's Fleabag; and the Yale
School of Drama, where he studied under Earle R. Gister.
director, screenwriter, and actor who has appeared in several films,
including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and
television series such as The Wire, Boston Public, Law & Order
etc.McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction
work for the independent films The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor
(2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), the last of which won
the Academy Award for Best Picture, won McCarthy the Academy Award for
Best Original Screenplay, and earned him a nomination for the Academy
Award for Best Director.Additionally, McCarthy co-wrote the film Up
(2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. McCarthy also
wrote the film Million Dollar Arm (2014) and served as a director and
executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why
(2017).McCarthy was raised in New Providence, New Jersey, one of five
children of Carol and Eugene F. "Gene" McCarthy; Gene worked in the
textile industry. McCarthy was raised Catholic, in a family of Irish
descent. McCarthy is a graduate of New Providence High School in New
Providence, New Jersey; Boston College, Class of 1988, where he was a
member of the improv comedy troupe My Mother's Fleabag; and the Yale
School of Drama, where he studied under Earle R. Gister.
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