Matthew J. McCarthy

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Matt McCarthy (born November 9, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and improviser living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his appearances on Conan and CollegeHumor.com and for hosting the We Watch Wrestling Podcast. McCarthy co-stars as Carl on the  CBS show How We Roll. 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. He attended St. Margaret's School and La Salle Academy. The New York Times described him as a "John Belushi-like madman, " McCarthy began performing stand-up comedy after graduating from Fordham University, where he was the mascot of The Ram from 1999 to 2001. He then studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. Before becoming a performer, he appeared as a contestant on a Cash Cab episode aired on June 26, 2006. In 2008, he starred in a Guinness commercial for St. Patrick's Day. The following year, he portrayed The Cable Guy in  Verizon Fios commercials. 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, Crunch Fitness, CollegeHumor, 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. In 2010, McCarthy hosted Action Pack on AMC with Nick Stevens. McCarthy was an avid pro wrestling fan who was a creative writer for WWE from 2011 to 2012 and 2016-2018. In 2013, McCarthy began recording episodes of the We Watch Wrestling Podcast with fellow stand-up comedians Vince Averill, 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, and bringer shows. Quickly found a home in the East Village at the now-defunct Comedy Social, a weekly comedy showcase at Sin Bar. Soon after, he 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. His stand-up comedy television performances include Season 3 of Live at Gotham, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show 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 and Bonnaroo. Named one of LA Weekly's Comics to Watch in 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Matt McCarthy (comedian), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Sid
Released: 2025-01-22

A billionaire's death sets off a chain of events for Iris and her friends during a weekend trip...

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The Angry Birds Movie

as Rodney Pig / Acrobat Pig (voice)
Released: 2016-05-11

An island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds or almost entirely. In this paradise,...

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as Therapy Cop
Released: 2010-08-06

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz...

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Kuso

as Mazu
Released: 2017-01-21

Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in...

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The Music Never Stopped

as Carl
Released: 2011-03-18

Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that...

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All That I Am

as Pat
Released: 2013-03-10

On the eve of an annual sibling reunion, a troubled young writer is sent reeling with the...

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Arman - Perp
First aired: 2013-09-17

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New...

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White Collar

as Mr. Cooper
First aired: 2009-10-23

In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help...

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Heckler #2
First aired: 2000-10-15

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe...

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CollegeHumor Shorts

as Agent
First aired: 2007-11-26

Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.

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CollegeHumor Shorts

as Mr S.
First aired: 2007-11-26

Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.

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CollegeHumor Shorts

as Principal
First aired: 2007-11-26

Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.

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Precious Plum

as Crazy Man
First aired: 2013-05-23

Precious Plum (Elaine Carroll) and her stage monster Mama (Josh Ruben) are hellbent for beauty...

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Bad Internet

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-05-25

A satirical anthology series about the terrifying potential futures of internet technology and...

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Very Mary-Kate

as Officer White
First aired: 2010-01-31

The unofficial celebrity biography of Mary-Kate Olsen, brought to spoiled rotten life by Elaine...

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Adam Devine's House Party

as Bowling Team Buddy (as Matt McCarthy)
First aired: 2013-10-24

Workaholics' star Adam Devine takes over a swank LA mansion and fills it up with the freshest...

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Corporate

as Richard
First aired: 2018-01-17

A dark, edgy look at life as a Junior-Executive-in-Training at your average, soulless...

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How We Roll

as Carl
First aired: 2022-03-31

Stoic Midwest husband and dad, Tom gets laid off from a car assembly line and makes the...

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