Thomas Joseph McCarthy (born 1966) is an American actor, writer, and film director who has appeared in several movies, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television shows such as The Wire, Boston Public, Law & Order, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Saint Maybe. McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction work for the independent films The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win. He currently resides in Manhattan. He is the silent partner in a chain of successful Papaya Dogs throughout the greater metropolitan area. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas McCarthy (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026A Statement — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2026Anima — Pete
• 2026Evil Genius
• 2026The Gallerist — Producer
• 2025The Friend — Dr. Warren
• The Lowdown — Trip Keating
• Alaska Daily — Director, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Consulting Producer
• The Last Movie Stars — Sidney Lumet (voice)
• 2021Stillwater — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2020Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• The Loudest Voice — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• 2018Christopher Robin — Screenplay
• 13 Reasons Why — Executive Producer, Director
• 2015Inside Out — Thanks
• 2015Pixels — Michael the Robot
• 2015Spotlight — Director, Writer
• 2014Million Dollar Arm — Screenplay
• 2014The Cobbler — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2011Win Win — Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
• 2010Fair Game — Jeff
• 2010Jack Goes Boating — Dr. Bob
• 2010Little Fockers — Dr. Bob
• 20092012 — Gordon Silberman
• 2009Duplicity — Jeff Bauer
• 2009Mammoth — Bob Sanders
• 2009The Lovely Bones — Principal Caden
• 2009Up — Story
• 2008Baby Mama — Kate's Date
• 2008The Visitor — Director, Writer
• 2007Michael Clayton — Waiter (voice)
• 2007The Situation — Major Hanks
• 2007Year of the Dog — Pier
• 2006All the King's Men — Editor
• 2006Beautiful Ohio — William Messerman (Older)
• 2006Flags of Our Fathers — James Bradley
• 2005Good Night, and Good Luck. — Palmer Williams
• 2005Syriana — Fred Franks
• 2005The Great New Wonderful — Davie Burbage
• 2004The Last Shot — Agent Pike
• 2003The Station Agent — Director, Writer
• 2002The Guru — Lars (as Thomas McCarthy)
• The Wire — Scott Templeton
• Boston Public — Kevin Riley
• 2000Meet the Parents — Dr. Bob Banks
• 199930 Days — Brad Drazin
• 1999Certain Guys — Mitch
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Nick Ganzner
• 1998Saint Maybe — Ian Bedloe
• Ally McBeal — Peter Hanks
• 1997Conspiracy Theory — Helicopter Spotter
• 1997In My Sister's Shadow — Michael Butler (as Thomas Joseph McCarthy)
• The Practice — Kevin Riley
• 1996Mary & Tim — Tim Melville
• Spin City — Priest
• 1993Rift — Bartender
• Law & Order — Donald Housman, Lambert, John Conlan
• 1990Roast Suckling — Calmer
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Frank Errington
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Ian Bedloe

Appearances as themselves (5)

• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic — Self
• 2010The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective — Self
• 2007The Wire Odyssey — Self
• 2007The Wire: The Last Word — Self