June 7 - Tom McCarthy

Happy 54th Birthday, Tom McCarthy! Born today in 1966 as Thomas Joseph McCarthy, this American actor, screenwriter and film director is known for appearing in several films and television shows. 

  

For features, his most notable include appearing in American film director, producer, and screenwriter Jay Roach's 2000 American comedy/romance film 'Meet the Parents' (as Dr. Robert "Bob "Banks) and in the 2005 American/French/British/Japanese black and white biographical historical drama film 'Good Night, and Good Luck' (as Palmer Williams).  

  

For television series. his most notable include appearing in the NBC American police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order (1990–2010), the Fox American drama television series Boston Public (2000–2004), the HBO American crime drama television series The Wire (2002–2008) etc. 

  

For the final season of The Wire, McCarthy played the morally challenged reporter Scott Templeton. 

  

For his work in film, McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction work for a few independent films.  

  

These include the 2003 American comedy-drama independent film 'The Station Agent', the 2007 American drama/romance film 'The Visitor' and the 2011 American sports comedy-drama film 'Win Win'.

Additionally, McCarthy co-wrote the film the 2009 American computer animated comedy-drama buddy adventure family film 'Up'. 

  

This was with Animator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, director, voice actor Bob Peterson and American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor Pete Docter, for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. 

The following year, McCarthy directed the unaired pilot for the HBO American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). 

He also served as the consulting producer for "Winter Is Coming" (S01E01). The name of the episode would serve as the motto of House Stark, one of the Great Houses of Westeros.        

A few years later, McCarthy wrote the screenplay for the 2014 American biographical sports drama film 'Million Dollar Arm'.

The following year, McCarthy co-wrote and directed the film of which he is best known. This was the 2015 American biographical drama/history film 'Spotlight'. 

  

Set in 2001, editor Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than eighty boys.  

  

Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson (Michael Keaton), reporters Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Matty Carroll (Brian d'Arcy James) and Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents.  

  

The reporters then make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. 

  

The following year, 'Spotlight' won the Oscar for Best Picture. The film also won McCarthy the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. This occurred at the 88th Academy Awards in late February 2016.

The following year, McCarthy served as an executive producer and director for the American supernatural teen drama mystery thriller web television series 13 Reasons Why (stylized onscreen as TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY) for Netflix (2017–2020). 

   

 McCarthy has been active from 1992–present. 

  

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