Biography
Thomas Joseph McCarthy (born 1966) is an American actor, writer, and film director who has appeared in several movies, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television shows such as The Wire, Boston Public, Law & Order, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Saint Maybe. McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction work for the independent films The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win. He currently resides in Manhattan. He is the silent part...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Friend
2025
as Dr. Warren
When a solitary writer adopts and bonds with a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creati...
Stillwater
2021
Director, Writer, Producer
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder ...
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
2020
Director, Screenplay, Producer
An 11-year old boy believes that he is the best detective in town and runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound po...
Christopher Robin
2018
Screenplay
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and lovea...
Spotlight
2015
Writer, Director
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking ...
Pixels
2015
as Michael the Robot
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Inside Out
2015
Thanks
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work togeth...
The Cobbler
2014
Director, Producer, Writer
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumble...
Million Dollar Arm
2014
Screenplay
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher fro...
Win Win
2011
Writer, Director, Screenplay
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns...
Little Fockers
2010
as Dr. Bob
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. A...
Jack Goes Boating
2010
as Dr. Bob
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Fair Game
2010
as Jeff
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at ris...
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmeric...
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.
The Lovely Bones
2009
as Principal Caden
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their da...
2012
2009
as Gordon Silberman
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns t...
Up
2009
Story
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed ...
Duplicity
2009
as Jeff Bauer
Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...
Mammoth
2009
as Bob Sanders
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their ...
Baby Mama
2008
as Kate's Date
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate...
The Visitor
2008
Director, Writer
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
Michael Clayton
2007
as Waiter (voice)
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty ...
Year of the Dog
2007
as Pier
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
The Situation
2007
as Major Hanks
The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. ...
Beautiful Ohio
2006
as William Messerman (Older)
A quietly provocative coming-of-age drama about two brothers — Clive and William — growing up in the unconventional household of progressive parents i...
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
as James Bradley
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the s...
All the King's Men
2006
as Editor
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 ...
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
as Palmer Williams
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
The Great New Wonderful
2005
as Davie Burbage
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
The Last Shot
2004
as Agent Pike
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent worki...
The Station Agent
2003
Director, Writer
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a w...
Certain Guys
2000
as Mitch
Five old friends reunite in Dallas for one buddy's wedding. Over the course of a week, each guy faces a major crisis - Mitch loses the love of his lif...
Meet the Parents
2000
as Dr. Bob Banks
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent...
30 Days
1999
as Brad Drazin
Jordan meets Sarah on a blind date. His family announces they're moving, and his best friend is getting a quickie wedding. Jordan panics and breaks up...
Saint Maybe
1998
as Ian Bedloe
A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brot...
In My Sister's Shadow
1997
as Michael Butler (as Thomas Joseph McCarthy)
Joan Connor is a lonely florist who falls for her little sister's ex, even though he is stalking the younger woman.
Mary & Tim
1996
as Tim Melville
Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him ...
Rift
1993
as Bartender
A songwriter seeks a psychiatrist's help after his obsession with his best friend's wife turns to chilling fantasies of murder.
Roast Suckling
1990
as Calmer
A darkly humorous, early experimental film from director David Jacobson.
Anima
N/A
An impulsive young woman and a reclusive older man launch on a poignant cross‑country road trip to preserve his failing consciousness via an experimen...
The Gallerist
N/A
Producer
A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.