Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy

1966-06-07 New Providence, New Jersey, USA 44 Credits

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...

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The Friend

The Friend

2025

as Dr. Warren

6.5
Acting

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

Stillwater

2021

Director, Writer, Producer

6.6
Directing Writing Producing

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

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

2020

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.2
Directing Writing Producing

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

Christopher Robin

2018

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

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

Spotlight

2015

Writer, Director

7.8
Writing Directing

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

Pixels

2015

as Michael the Robot

5.8
Acting

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Inside Out

Inside Out

2015

Thanks

7.9

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

The Cobbler

2014

Director, Producer, Writer

5.9
Directing Producing Writing

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

Million Dollar Arm

2014

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

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

Win Win

2011

Writer, Director, Screenplay

6.8
Writing Directing Producing

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

Little Fockers

2010

as Dr. Bob

5.7
Acting

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

Jack Goes Boating

2010

as Dr. Bob

6.0
Acting

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

Fair Game

2010

as Jeff

6.5
Acting

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

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

2010

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

2010

as Self

7.8
Acting

A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

2009

as Principal Caden

7.1
Acting

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

2012

2009

as Gordon Silberman

5.9
Acting

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns t...

Up

Up

2009

Story

8.0
Writing

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

Duplicity

2009

as Jeff Bauer

5.9
Acting

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

Mammoth

2009

as Bob Sanders

6.2
Acting

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

Baby Mama

2008

as Kate's Date

6.0
Acting

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

The Visitor

2008

Director, Writer

7.2
Directing Writing

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

The Wire: The Last Word

2007

as Self

1.5
Acting

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

The Wire Odyssey

The Wire Odyssey

2007

as Self

6.6
Acting

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

2007

as Waiter (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

Year of the Dog

2007

as Pier

5.4
Acting

A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

The Situation

The Situation

2007

as Major Hanks

5.7
Acting

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

Beautiful Ohio

2006

as William Messerman (Older)

5.1
Acting

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

Flags of Our Fathers

2006

as James Bradley

6.9
Acting

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

All the King's Men

2006

as Editor

5.8
Acting

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.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

as Palmer Williams

7.1
Acting

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

The Great New Wonderful

2005

as Davie Burbage

4.8
Acting

The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

The Last Shot

The Last Shot

2004

as Agent Pike

5.7
Acting

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

The Station Agent

2003

Director, Writer

7.4
Directing Writing

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

Certain Guys

2000

as Mitch

1.0
Acting

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

Meet the Parents

2000

as Dr. Bob Banks

6.7
Acting

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

30 Days

1999

as Brad Drazin

2.0
Acting

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

Saint Maybe

1998

as Ian Bedloe

6.2
Acting

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

In My Sister's Shadow

1997

as Michael Butler (as Thomas Joseph McCarthy)

5.0
Acting

Joan Connor is a lonely florist who falls for her little sister's ex, even though he is stalking the younger woman.

Mary & Tim

Mary & Tim

1996

as Tim Melville

5.5
Acting

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

Rift

1993

as Bartender

5.0
Acting

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

Acting

A darkly humorous, early experimental film from director David Jacobson.

Anima

Anima

N/A

Acting

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

Producing

A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.