Editing Andrew McCarthy (section)

==Career==
McCarthy's first major role was in the 1983 comedy ''[[Class (film)|Class]]'' opposite [[Jacqueline Bisset]].<ref name=":0" /> He was a member of the 1980s Hollywood group of young actors dubbed by the media as the "[[Brat Pack]]". The group starred in a few films, among them ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]'' and ''[[Pretty in Pink]]''. McCarthy appeared in the 1987 films ''[[Mannequin (1987 film)|Mannequin]]'' and ''[[Less than Zero (film)|Less than Zero]]'', a cinematic adaptation of [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s [[Less than Zero (novel)|novel]]. In 1985, McCarthy starred with [[Donald Sutherland]] and [[Kevin Dillon]] in ''[[Heaven Help Us]]'' (also known as ''Catholic Boys'') as Michael Dunn. McCarthy made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''The Boys of Winter.''<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4385 ''The Boys of Winter'' at IBDb]</ref> He quickly returned to Hollywood in 1988 to star in several films, such as ''[[Fresh Horses (film)|Fresh Horses]]'' and ''[[Kansas (film)|Kansas]]''. He had another hit with the 1989 comedy film ''[[Weekend at Bernie's]]''.

He returned to Broadway to star in ''[[Side Man]]'', and the production won the 1999 [[Tony Award for Best Play]]. In 2003, McCarthy was set to guest star in two episodes of ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''. Due to bad relations with actor [[Vincent D'Onofrio]], series creator [[Dick Wolf]] decided against it. Wolf later stated, "Mr. McCarthy engaged in fractious behavior from the moment he walked on the set." McCarthy fired back in a statement of his own saying, "I was fired because I refused to allow a fellow actor to threaten me with physical violence, bully me and try to direct me."<ref>{{Cite web | date=28 May 2003| title=McCarthy Fired From Law + Order| url=https://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/mccarthy-fired-from-law-.-order| access-date=19 December 2020| website=contactmusic.com}}</ref> Despite this incident, he later guest starred in a 2007 episode of ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' (with Chris Noth, not D'Onofrio).<ref>{{cite web | date = November 29, 2007| author = Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith| title = Once Fired From "Law & Order," Andrew McCarthy Returns| url = http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=19&num=17452 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071201201729/http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272617452.shtml | archive-date = December 1, 2007}}</ref> In 2004, he played Dr. Hook in ''[[Kingdom Hospital]]''. He appeared in five episodes of the 2005 [[NBC]] television series ''[[E-Ring]]''. In 2008, he starred in the NBC television series ''[[Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle]]'' as billionaire Joe Bennett and had a minor role in ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles (film)|The Spiderwick Chronicles]]''.

McCarthy directed several episodes of the hit [[CW (network)|CW]] television series ''[[Gossip Girl (TV series)|Gossip Girl]]'', including "[[Touch of Eva]]" in the fourth season. 
In 2010 and 2011, he appeared in the hit [[USA Network|USA]] show ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]''. He returned to the series in the next season to direct the episode "[[Neighborhood Watch (White Collar)|Neighborhood Watch]]". In 2015, he directed three episodes in Season 2 of the [[NBC]] hit television show ''[[The Blacklist]]'' starring [[James Spader]] and [[Megan Boone]]. In 2016, he starred in the short-lived [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama ''[[The Family (2016 TV series)|The Family]]''.
From 2020 to 2021, he had a recurring role in NBC's TV series ''[[Good Girls (TV series)|Good Girls]]''. In 2022, McCarthy joined the cast of ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]'' as Ian Sullivan, a renowned pediatric surgeon and Cade's estranged father.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Resident': Andrew McCarthy Joins Cast Of Fox Medical Drama |url= https://deadline.com/2022/04/andrew-mccarthy-cast-the-resident-fox-1235005217/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 18, 2022 |access-date=October 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cordero |first1=Rosy |title='The Resident': Andrew McCarthy Upped To Series Regular For Season 6 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/the-resident-andrew-mccarthy-series-regular-season-6-1235061472/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 11, 2022|access-date=October 11, 2022}}</ref>