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Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy
Rising to fame as one of the 'brat pack' of the 1980s Andrew McCarthy generally stared in coming of age films such as St. Elmo's Fire with Emilio Estevez and Rob Lowe, and Pretty In Pink alongside Molly Ringwald and Jon Cryer.
McCarthy went on to star in Weekend at Bernie's and took the lead role in Year Of The Gun before going on to several television and Stage roles.



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Andrew McCarthy - news / articles


  • McCarthy was bald for Pretty in Pink reshoots - 1 May 2011
    -Actor Andrew McCarthy was bald when he filmed reshoots for iconic 80s movie Pretty In Pink - because he had shaved his head for a play.-The movie star, who played Blane McDonnagh in the cult John Hughes film, was convinced the project was over and signed up for a play,

Andrew McCarthy - what members say


  • Class
  • Class review by from Manchester
    Rated - 1.0 stars No class whatsoever 5 July 2004
    ...slikeable. Perhaps it's watching two of the Brat Pack's least talented members (Andrew McCarthy and Rob Lowe, whose smug face and comb-over haircut makes you want to punch the...   Read customer review
  • Mannequin
  • Mannequin review by from Warrington, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars A Must for 80's fans 15 August 2004
    ...ion, the music, the simpleness. SATC's Kim Cattrell and the ultimate 80's actor Andrew McCarthy are brlliant....   Read customer review
  • Less Than Zero
  • Less Than Zero review by from Liverpool, UK
    Rated - 3.0 stars Dark tale of the upper class junkie 14 May 2005
    ... talking drug agent and Robert Downey Jr. in a role close to his real persona. Andrew McCarthy as the betrayed lover. The inherent sadness of the theme and the slow narratio...   Read customer review

Andrew McCarthy - filmography


  • White Collar - Series 2 (4 discs) (2011)
    Starring: Matt Bomer,  Tim Dekay,  Willie Garson
    Director: Tim Matheson,  Sanford Bookstaver
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All 16 episodes from the second series of the comic crime drama about a con artist and an FBI agent who join forces to track down elusive criminals. In this season, as the trail to discover Kate (Alexandra Daddario)'s killer becomes ever more complex and Neil (Matt Bomer) and Peter (Tim DeKay)'s ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 14 members
    Due for release on 20th May 2013
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  • Camp Hell on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jesse Eisneberg,  Connor Paolo,  Dana Delany
    Director: George VanBuskirk
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey attend Camp Hope. They travel deep into the woods far from any distractions the world provides. Here, the children are taught the ways of the Lord, the perils of the flesh, and the horror of the Devil. A ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 548 members
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  • Camp Hell - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jesse Eisneberg,  Connor Paolo,  Dana Delany
    Director: George VanBuskirk
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey attend Camp Hope. They travel deep into the woods far from any distractions the world provides. Here, the children are taught the ways of the Lord, the perils of the flesh, and the horror of the Devil. A ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 7 members
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  • The Good Guy (2009)
    Starring: Alexis Bledel,  Aaron Yoo,  Andrew McCarthy
    Director: Julio DePietro
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Some guys seem to have it all: good looks, easy charm, and easy money. Tommy Fielding is one of those guys. Riding a streak of good fortune and a budding romance that could finally be the real thing, the rising young star on Wall Street chooses to spread the wealth, taking his seemingly hapless co-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 27 members
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  • Crusader on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Bo Derek,  Andrew McCarthy,  Michael York
    Director: Bryan Goeres
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Action thriller set in the world of telecommunications and television journalism. A journalist at a small television station, using less than ethical methods, manages to get an informant to divulge information that could potentially alter the world of telecommunications and the internet. In the mix ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 473 members
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  • Kingdom Hospital - Complete (4 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Diane Ladd,  Bruce Davison
    Director: Craig R. Baxley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and produced by horrormeister Stephen King teamed with experimental filmmaker Lars von Trier, this 13-part TV mini-series is set in the haunted Kingdom Hospital, built on the wreckage of two horrific fires. The first fire occurred in the civil war, burning down a mill where small children, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 2,561 members
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  • The Secret Life of Zoey (2002)
    Starring: Mia Farrow,  Julia Whelan,  Cliff de Young
    Director: Robert Mandel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The teenage daughter of Marcia develops an addiction to drugs that begins with taking her mother's medication. It is only when Zoey passes out in the car that her mother takes action by sending Zoey to a rehab centre. Zoey becomes progressively unwell...
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 25 members
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  • I'm Losing You on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Aria Noelle Curzon,  Daniel von Bargen
    Director: Bruce Wagner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Tangled family drama set in Hollywood, based on the bestselling 1997 novel by Bruce Wagner, who also wrote the screenplay. Perry Krohn (Frank Langella) is a multi-millionaire with a beautiful home in the Hollywood Hills. He's the producer of a hit sci-fi series and has a family who adore him. He is ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 58 members
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  • Stag on DVD (1997)
    Starring: P.J. Brown,  Jerry Stiller,  Ben Gazzara
    Director: Gavin Wilding
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    On the eve of his marriage to the woman of his dreams, a wealthy charmer undergoes the traditional stag night celebrations. A couple of strippers arrive to spice up the occasion, but tragedy strikes when one of them is accidentally killed. The party-goers are then faced with two dilemmas: to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 133 members
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  • Year Of The Gun on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Sharon Stone,  Valeria Golino
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 1978 and an American journalist (Andrew McCarthy), working in Italy, stumbles across the Red Brigade's plans to kidnap Prime Minister Aldo Moro. An American photographer (Sharon Stone) teams up with him on the case but they soon fear for their lives in this political thriller. John ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 221 members
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  • Weekend At Bernies on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Terry Kiser,  Jonathan Silverman
    Director: Ted Kotcheff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When two bumbling businessmen, Larry Wilson (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard Parker (Jonathan Silverman), alert their boss, Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser), to an expensive discrepancy in the company books, he invites them to his home on the beach with the intent to have them murdered. However when they ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 4,545 members
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  • Fresh Horses on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Ben Stiller,  Patti D'Arbanville
    Director: David Anspaugh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Romantic drama. Matt Larkin (Andrew McCarthy) is a wealthy college student at the University of Cincinnati who has recently become engaged. His friends decide to take him out for a celebration, the group eventually ending up at a backwoods farmhouse with a wild reputation where Larkin meets Jewel (..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 229 members
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  • Kansas on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Arlen Dean Snyder,  Andrew McCarthy,  Matt Dillon
    Director: David Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On the way to a friend's wedding, Wade's (Andrew McCarthy) car breaks down. He meets an unscrupulous drifter named Doyle (Matt Dillon), who goads him into participating in a robbery. Afterwards they get separated, and while in hiding Wade rescues a girl from a car wreck and gets his photo in the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 113 members
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  • Less Than Zero on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Tony Bill,  Jami Gertz
    Director: Marek Kanievska
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Clay (Andrew McCarthy) arrives home from college for Christmas in Los Angeles. His ex-girlfriend (Jami Gertz) wants Clay to save their friend Julian (Robert Downey Jr) from his ever-worsening drug addiction and its attendant debts. Clay does his best to undo the damage, but realises along the way ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,478 member
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  • Mannequin on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Carole Davis,  G.W. Bailey
    Director: Michael Gottlieb
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Andrew McCarthy plays a department store window dresser. One night, whilst working on a window, one of the mannequins comes to life and is in fact a woman (Kim Catrall) from ancient Egypt. This woman then inspires him to create the most amazing window displays (and fall in love with her), prompting ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 6,363 members
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  • Pretty In Pink on DVD (1986)
    Starring: David Sutton,  Andrew McCarthy,  Jim Haynie
    Director: Howard Deutch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Hughes crafts an exemplary '80s Brat Pack romance out of the standard Cinderella story in Pretty in Pink. Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is a teenager who lives in the dingy part of town with her terminally underemployed dad (Harry Dean Stanton). She works at a record store with eccentric Ionia (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,968 members
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  • St. Elmo's Fire on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  Ally Sheedy,  Andie MacDowell
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this 1980s 'Brat Pack' movie, seven college graduates decide to stick together while going out into the big, wide world. They consist of: Billy (Rob Lowe), who refuses to move on; Jules (Demi Moore), for whom life is one long, high-powered party; Kirbo (Emilio Estevez), who spends all his time ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6,535 members
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  • Catholic Boys on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Andrew McCarthy,  John Heard,  Kate Reid
    Director: Michael Dinner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It's Brooklyn, 1965, and young Michael Dunn (Andrew McCarthy) finds himself forced to attend St. Basil's in pursuit of the priesthood. Once there, against his better judgment, he gets caught up with a wild crowd led by the raucous Rooney (Kevin Dillon), and together they work towards their higher ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,010 member
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  • Class on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Joan Cusack,  Casey Siemaszko,  Alan Ruck
    Director: Lewis John Carlino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fresh-faced country boy Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) arrives by scholarship to study among the super-elite at a posh preparatory school. His roommate is the devilishly arrogant Skip (Rob Lowe) who, upon learning of Jonathan's inexperience in worldy matters, decides to make it his mission to educate ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,379 member
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Andrew McCarthy facts

5 most recent films

The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best - 3.0 stars
White Collar - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 4 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Camp Hell - 1.5 stars
Camp Hell - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Gossip Girl - Season 4 - Complete - 4.5 stars
The Spiderwick Chronicles - 3.5 stars
The Spiderwick Chronicles - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
St. Elmo's Fire - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Weekend At Bernies - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Twist Of Faith - 2.5 stars
Camp Hell - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Secret Life of Zoey - 2.5 stars
Diggity - A Home For Christmas - 2.5 stars
The Good Guy - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Paul Blackthorne - 14 times - show films
Brooke Shields - 14 times - show films
Lindsay Price - 14 times - show films
David Alan Basche - 14 times - show films
Robert Buckley - 14 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mark Piznarski - 6 times - show films
Joe Lazarov - 6 times - show films
Craig R. Baxley - 5 times - show films
Gary Winick - 4 times - show films
George VanBuskirk - 3 times - show films