Steven McCarthy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. [1] He is most noted for his three-time guest role as Morgan in the television series Mary Kills People , for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. [2]
He attended the National Theatre School of Canada on two separate occasions, studying acting in the 1990s and directing in the 2000s. [3] His first major directing project was a production of Olivier Choinière's play Bliss for Buddies in Bad Times in 2012. [3]
His other roles have included the films Eye of the Beholder , An Insignificant Harvey , Citizen Gangster , Picture Day , and O Negative , and episodes of the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation , Good Dog , Good God , Defiance , Copper , The Strain , Crawford , The Expanse , and Barkskins .
He was the co-writer of We Forgot to Break Up , [4] and the writer and director of O Negative. [5]
He and Amanda Brugel received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for their cohosting of the 2021 Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design awards. [6]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Eye of the Beholder | Paul Hugo | |
2000 | Isn't She Great | Book Nook Clerk | |
The Skulls | Sweeney | ||
2002 | Steal | Frank | |
2007 | Dead Mary | Baker | Credited as Steve McCarthy |
2008 | Eating Buccaneers | Stewart | |
2011 | Citizen Gangster | Jail Reporter | |
An Insignificant Harvey | Lucas Harold | ||
2012 | Picture Day | Jim | |
2015 | The Steps | Keith | |
O Negative | The Man | Short film; also director, writer, executive producer, and producer | |
2016 | Joseph & Mary | Rabbi Elijah | |
2017 | The Definites | Alex | |
We Forgot to Break Up | Angus MacQueen | Short film; also writer | |
2018 | Rape Card | Miles | Short film |
2019 | Togo | Dev Burdett | |
Chubby | Uncle Jody | Short film | |
2020 | Pieces of a Woman | Photographer | |
Dear Jesus | Priest | Short film | |
2021 | V/H/S/94 | Jimmy | Segment: "Terror" |
2022 | The End of Sex | Gary |
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