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Tom McCarthy(XXII)

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  • Writer
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Tom McCarthy at an event for The Station Agent (2003)
Here's the true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and the subsequent cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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Spotlight (2015)
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Tom McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for direct and write The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director.

McCarthy co-wrote the film Up (2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He also served as a director and executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017).
BornJune 7, 1966
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BornJune 7, 1966
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Tom McCarthy in Beyond the Reasons Season 1 (2017)
Tom McCarthy in The Cobbler (2014)
Tom McCarthy in The Wire (2002)
Clark Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Brandon Young, and Michelle Paress in The Wire (2002)
Paul Giamatti and Tom McCarthy in Win Win (2011)
Tom McCarthy in Win Win (2011)
Hiam Abbass, Richard Jenkins, and Tom McCarthy in The Visitor (2007)
Richard Jenkins, Tom McCarthy, and Haaz Sleiman in The Visitor (2007)
Clark Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Brandon Young, and Michelle Paress in The Wire (2002)
Laura Dern and Tom McCarthy in Year of the Dog (2007)
Tom McCarthy in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Mitch (Tom McCarthy), Cal (Mark Pellegrino), Burdett (Robert Peters), Ronald (Diedrich Bader) and Stewart (Stephen James) in "Certain Guys."

Known for

Paul Giamatti and Alex Shaffer in Win Win (2011)
Win Win
7.1
  • Producer
  • 2011
Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent (2003)
The Station Agent
7.6
  • Writer(as Tom Mccarthy)
  • 2003
Danai Gurira in The Visitor (2007)
The Visitor
7.6
  • Writer
  • 2007
Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight
8.1
  • Writer
  • 2015

Credits

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Producer

  • Pulp
  • Hilary Swank in Alaska Daily (2022)
    Alaska Daily
  • Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • Matt Damon in Stillwater (2021)
    Stillwater
    • (produced by, p.g.a.)
  • Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
    13 Reasons Why
  • Winslow Fegley in Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)
    Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
  • Russell Crowe in The Loudest Voice (2019)
    The Loudest Voice
  • Adam Sandler in The Cobbler (2014)
    The Cobbler
  • Game of Thrones (2011)
    Game of Thrones
  • Paul Giamatti and Alex Shaffer in Win Win (2011)
    Win Win

Actor

  • Conphidance in Little America (2020)
    Little America
  • The Tap (2017)
    The Tap
  • Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, and Josh Gad in Pixels (2015)
    Pixels
  • Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Ben Stiller, Jessica Alba, and Owen Wilson in Little Fockers (2010)
    Little Fockers
  • Sean Penn and Naomi Watts in Fair Game (2010)
    Fair Game
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Ryan in Jack Goes Boating (2010)
    Jack Goes Boating
  • The Lovely Bones (2009)
    The Lovely Bones
  • Osric Chau in 2012 (2009)
    2012
  • Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in Duplicity (2009)
    Duplicity
  • Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams in Mammoth (2009)
    Mammoth
  • Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Baby Mama (2008)
    Baby Mama
  • The Wire (2002)
    The Wire
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
  • George Clooney in Michael Clayton (2007)
    Michael Clayton
    • (voice)
  • Year of the Dog (2007)
    Year of the Dog
    • (as Thomas McCarthy)

Writer

  • Pulp
  • Hilary Swank in Alaska Daily (2022)
    Alaska Daily
  • Matt Damon in Stillwater (2021)
    Stillwater
  • Winslow Fegley in Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)
    Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
  • Russell Crowe in The Loudest Voice (2019)
    The Loudest Voice
    • (creator)
  • Christopher Robin (2018)
    Christopher Robin
  • Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)
    Spotlight
  • Adam Sandler in The Cobbler (2014)
    The Cobbler
  • Jon Hamm, Madhur Mittal, and Suraj Sharma in Million Dollar Arm (2014)
    Million Dollar Arm
    • (as Thomas McCarthy)
  • Paul Giamatti and Alex Shaffer in Win Win (2011)
    Win Win
  • Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Laraine Newman, and Jordan Nagai in Up (2009)
    Up
  • Danai Gurira in The Visitor (2007)
    The Visitor
  • Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent (2003)
    The Station Agent
    • (as Tom Mccarthy)
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Videos15

"Making Sailboats" from The Lovely Bones
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"Making Sailboats" from The Lovely Bones
"Grandma Arrives" from The Lovely Bones
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"Grandma Arrives" from The Lovely Bones
"You Are Beautiful" from The Lovely Bones
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"You Are Beautiful" from The Lovely Bones
"Are You the Salmon Girl?" from The Lovely Bones
Clip 0:54
"Are You the Salmon Girl?" from The Lovely Bones
'Spotlight' Trailer
Trailer 1:02
'Spotlight' Trailer
International Trailer
Trailer 2:32
International Trailer
Jack Goes Boating
Trailer 2:27
Jack Goes Boating
Mammoth
Trailer 2:21
Mammoth
2012: Final Theatrical Trailer
Trailer 2:53
2012: Final Theatrical Trailer
2012: 2nd Teaser Trailer
Trailer 2:21
2012: 2nd Teaser Trailer
2012: Teaser Trailer
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2012: Teaser Trailer
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    • June 7, 1966
    • New Providence, New Jersey, USA
    • Wendy Merry? - present (1 child)
  • Stage play: Noises Off - playing Garry Lejeune, at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, NY
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    • 2 Articles

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    Directed 3 actors to an Oscar nominated performance: Richard Jenkins, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams.
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    The Cobbler (2014) will always be a very special film to me. I've had a lot of wonderful response from "The Cobbler." I'm not here to defend any of the movies I make, but I can always speak very honestly that will never be diminished by anyone's perspective on it. [2015]
    • Low-key films about disparate people who become unusual surrogate families

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