Thomas McCarthy
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McCarthy has been a regular on television, making notable appearances on such popular series as “The Practice”, “Ally McBeal” and “Spin City”. But it wasn’t until McCarthy turned to directing his first feature that people took special notice of his career. McCarthy made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed “The Station Agent” (2003), starring 4’5” Peter Dinklage.

He attended Boston College where he helped form the self funded comedy improv group, My Mother’s Fleabag. He then went to the renowned School of Drama at Yale University and began to appear on stage, most notably in “Noises Off” on Broadway and numerous Shakespeare productions, including “Hamlet”, “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Twelfth Night”.

McCarthy then made the jump to television. He was on random episodes of several shows before landing a regular role on the acclaimed and sometimes controversial “Boston Public”. The actor played football coach Kevin Riley, whom one critic noted was probably the least physically intimidating coach in television history. McCarthy was also in a few feature films, including the comedy hit, “Meet The Parents” (2000), co-starring Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro, and directed by Jay Roach (“Austin Powers”, “Mystery, Alaska”).

Meanwhile, McCarthy directed his own play, “The Killing Act”, which co-starred Peter Dinklage and the two worked together again in the McCarthy directed “The Station Agent.” The film screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, where it won in the Audience Award, the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and the Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance for Actress Patricia Clarkson.

Filmography: Conspiracy Theory, Flags of Our Fathers, Good Night, And Good Luck., The Great New Wonderful,

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