Steven McCarthy (actor)

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, O Negative, Joseph & Mary and We Forgot to Break Up, and episodes of the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation, Good Dog, Good God, Defiance, Copper, The Strain, Crawford, The Expanse, Barkskins and Chapelwaite.

He was the cowriter 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]

References
  1. Brian Kelly, "Talking sex with Steven McCarthy". Sault Star, October 18, 2017.
  2. Rachel West, "2018 Canadian Screen Awards: Creative Fiction Storytelling Winners Include ‘Mary Kills People’, ‘Vikings’, ‘Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs’". ET Canada, March 7, 2018.
  3. Alison Broverman, "Two solitudes within both play and director: Steven McCarthy was having a lonely year when he encountered the French Canadian play Bliss". Toronto Star, March 29, 2012.
  4. Brian Kelly, "'This truly was a gift'; McCarthy thanks friend for CSA nomination". Sault Star, March 7, 2018.
  5. Rob Munday, "O Negative". Short of the Week, October 31, 2016.
  6. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.


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