| Matt McCarthy | |
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| Born | November 9, 1979 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Medium | Comedy, movie, television |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Website | themattmccarthy |
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]
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]
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 .
McCarthy began performing comedy in New York City in 2003 at various open mics, barker shows, and bringer shows. He quickly found a home in the East Village at the now-defunct Comedy Social, with a weekly comedy showcase at Sin Sin bar. Soon after, McCarthy 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[ clarification needed ] 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]
He was named one of LA Weekly's Comics to Watch in 2014. [17]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Therapy Cop #2 | |
| 2011 | The Music Never Stopped | Carl | |
| 2012 | The Normals | Ossap | |
| 2013 | All That I Am | Pat | |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Rodney Bird / Acrobat Pig | |
| 2025 | Companion | Sid |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Live at Gotham | Himself | Episode #3.5 |
| 2010 | John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show | Himself | Episode: "Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Matt McCarthy, & Janeane Garofalo" |
| 2011 | Bored to Death | Tiger | Episode: "We Could Sing A Duet" |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Baseball Heckler | Episode: "Mister Softee" | |
| Whitest Kids U' Know | Union Soldier | Episode: "Civil War on Drugs: part 8 & 9" | |
| 2012 | Louie | Actor Louie | Episode: "Dad" |
| White Collar | Mr. Cooper | Episode: "Upper West Side Story" | |
| 2013 | Adam Devine's House Party | Bowling Team Buddy | Episode: "Neighbor Party" |
| 2013–2014 | The Pete Holmes Show | Series regular | Also writer |
| 2015 | @midnight | Himself | Episode 223 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Arman | Episode: "Payback" | |
| 2015–2017 | Adam Ruins Everything | Striking Union Man / Joe 'Cray Cray' Crazyzowitz | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2021 | Conan | Sketch performer | Recurring |
| 2016 | Bad Internet | John Snow | Youtube Red |
| 2018–2020 | Corporate | Richard | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Black Monday | Flanny | Episode: "Money Pot" |
| 2022 | How We Roll | Carl | 11 episodes |