Matt McCarthy (comedian)

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Matt McCarthy
Comedian Matt McCarthy.jpg
Born (1979-11-09) November 9, 1979 (age 44)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
MediumComedy, movie, television
NationalityAmerican
Years active2003–present
Genres Comedy
Website TheMattMcCarthy.com

Matt McCarthy (born November 9, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and improviser living in Los Angeles. He is best known for appearances on Conan , The Pete Holmes Show and CollegeHumor.com and as host of the We Watch Wrestling Podcast . McCarthy co-stars as Carl on the CBS show How We Roll . [1]

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Early life

Matthew McCarthy, the youngest of three, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, at the old Women & Infants Hospital on Maude Street. He grew up in an Irish-Catholic home in Rumford, Rhode Island, and attended St. Margaret's School and La Salle Academy. [2]

Career

Described by The New York Times as a "John Belushi-like madman", [3] McCarthy began performing standup comedy after graduating from Fordham University where he was the mascot, The Ram, from 1999 to 2001. [4] He then studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. Before becoming a performer, he appeared as a contestant on an episode of Cash Cab, which aired on June 26, 2006.

In 2008 he starred in a St. Patrick's Day commercial for Guinness. [5] The next year he portrayed The Cable Guy in a series of Verizon FiOs commercials. [6]

McCarthy co-founded the sketch video group Front Page Films with fellow comedians and creators, including frequent collaborator Pete Holmes. FPF made sketches, commercials and viral videos for Doritos, [7] Crunch Fitness, [8] CollegeHumor, [9] and Comedy Central. McCarthy also starred in many shorts for CollegeHumor. Numerous Front Page Film videos were featured on Atom.com and Comedy Central's Tosh.0. [10]

In 2010 McCarthy hosted Action Pack on AMC with Nick Stevens. [11]

An avid pro wrestling fan, from 2011 to 2012 and 2016-2018 McCarthy worked as a creative writer for the WWE. [12] In 2013 McCarthy began recording episodes of the We Watch Wrestling Podcast with fellow stand-up comedians Vince Averill and Tom Sibley and producer Rob Sibley.

From October 2013 through June 2014, McCarthy was a series regular and writer on The Pete Holmes Show on TBS following Conan.

Stand-up Comedy

McCarthy began performing comedy in New York City in 2003 at various open mics, barker shows, and bringer shows. Quickly found a home in the East Village at the now-defunct Comedy Social, a weekly comedy showcase at Sin Sin bar. Soon after, hosted a stand-up at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction. McCarthy had a month-long run of his solo show "McCarthyism" at the infamous Rififi Cinema Classics. McCarthy also ran "The Matt McCarthy Stand-Up Comedy Show" at Comix NY for several months.

In 2011, McCarthy ran a monthly comedy extravaganza called MARKING OUT in Manhattan. [13]

His standup comedy television performances include Season 3 of Live at Gotham , John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show [14] ' on Comedy Central.

McCarthy has performed at such festivals as Just for Laughs in Montreal, All Tomorrow's Parties, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival [15] and Bonnaroo. [16]

Named one of LA Weekly's Comics to Watch in 2014. [17]

Discography

Filmography

Film

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 The Angry Birds Movie Rodney Bird/Acrobat Pig
2015 Best Wishes From Millwood Vernshort
2013 All That I Am Pat
2012 The Normals Ossap
2011 The Music Never Stopped Carl
2010 The Other Guys Therapy Cop #2

Television

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 How We Roll Carl11 Episodes
2015 - 2021 Conan Regular Sketch Performer40+ appearances
2018 - 2020 Corporate (TV series) Richard4 episodes
2019 Black Monday (TV series) FlannyEpisode "Money Pot"
2015 - 2017 Adam Ruins Everything Striking Union Man

Joe 'Cray Cray' Crazyzowitz

Episode "Adam Ruins Work"

Episode "Adam Ruins Money" "Adam Ruins The Economy"

2016 Bad Internet John SnowYoutube Red
2015 @midnight HimselfEpisode 223
2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine ArmanEpisode "Payback"
2013 - 2014 The Pete Holmes Show Series RegularWriter/Performer
2013 Adam Devine's House Party Bowling Team BuddyEpisode "Neighbor Party"
2012 Louie Actor LouieEpisode "Dad"
2012 White Collar Mr. CooperEpisode "Upper West Side Story"
2011 Bored to Death TigerEpisode "We Could Sing A Duet"
2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Baseball HecklerEpisode "Mister Softee"
2011 Whitest Kids U' Know Union SoldierEpisode "Civil War on Drugs: part 8 & 9"
2010 John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show HimselfEpisode "Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Matt McCarthy, & Janeane Garofalo"
2008 Live at Gotham HimselfEpisode "Host: Kevin Hart"

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