Education
Yale University; Yale School of Drama.
Yale University; Yale School of Drama.
McCarthy also wrote the film Million Dollar Arm (2014). McCarthy was raised in New Providence, New Jersey, one of five children of Carol and Eugene F. "Gene" McCarthy. His father worked in the textile industry.
He 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.
And the Yale School of Drama, where he studied under Earle R. Gister. McCarthy also starred in Flags of Our Fathers as James Bradley.
McCarthy starred in the final season of The Wire as a morally challenged reporter named Scott Templeton.
He made his Broadway debut in the 2001 revival of Noises Office! McCarthy"s second feature film was The Visitor, which premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. McCarthy appeared in the 2009 dramas The Lovely Bones and 2012. In 2010, McCarthy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the animated film Up.
McCarthy"s most recent film, the independent drama film Spotlight, received widespread acclaim following its release in 2015.