Matt McCarthy\u00a0(born November 9, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and improviser living in\u00a0Los Angeles. He is best known for his appearances on\u00a0Conan\u00a0and\u00a0CollegeHumor.com and for hosting the\u00a0We Watch Wrestling Podcast. McCarthy co-stars as Carl on the\u00a0\u00a0CBS\u00a0show\u00a0How We Roll.<\/p>\n
Matthew McCarthy, the youngest of three, was born in\u00a0Providence, Rhode Island, at the old\u00a0Women & Infants Hospital\u00a0on Maude Street. He grew up in an Irish-Catholic home in\u00a0Rumford, Rhode Island. He attended St. Margaret’s School and\u00a0La Salle Academy.<\/p>\n
The New York Times\u00a0described him as a “John Belushi-like madman, ”\u00a0McCarthy began performing stand-up comedy after graduating from Fordham University,\u00a0where he was the\u00a0mascot\u00a0of The Ram from 1999 to 2001.\u00a0He then studied\u00a0improvisation\u00a0at the\u00a0Upright Citizens Brigade\u00a0Theater in New York. Before becoming a performer, he appeared as a contestant on a\u00a0Cash Cab episode aired on June 26, 2006.<\/p>\n
In 2008, he starred in a\u00a0Guinness commercial for St. Patrick’s Day. The following year, he portrayed The Cable Guy in \u00a0Verizon\u00a0Fios commercials.<\/p>\n
McCarthy co-founded the sketch video group Front Page Films with fellow comedians and creators, including frequent collaborator\u00a0Pete Holmes. FPF made sketches, commercials and viral videos for\u00a0Doritos,\u00a0Crunch Fitness,\u00a0CollegeHumor,\u00a0and\u00a0Comedy Central. McCarthy also starred in many shorts for\u00a0CollegeHumor. Numerous Front Page Film videos were featured on\u00a0Atom.com\u00a0and Comedy Central’s\u00a0Tosh.<\/p>\n
In 2010, McCarthy hosted\u00a0Action Pack\u00a0on\u00a0AMC\u00a0with Nick Stevens.<\/p>\n
McCarthy was an avid\u00a0pro wrestling\u00a0fan who was a creative writer for WWE from 2011 to 2012 and 2016-2018.\u00a0In 2013, McCarthy began recording episodes of the\u00a0We Watch Wrestling Podcast\u00a0with fellow stand-up comedians Vince Averill, Tom Sibley, and producer Rob Sibley.<\/p>\n
From October 2013 through June 2014, McCarthy was a series regular and writer on\u00a0The Pete Holmes Show\u00a0on\u00a0TBS\u00a0following\u00a0Conan.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
In 2011, McCarthy ran a monthly comedy extravaganza called MARKING OUT in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
His stand-up comedy television performances include Season 3 of\u00a0Live at Gotham,\u00a0John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show on\u00a0Comedy Central.<\/p>\n
McCarthy has performed at such festivals as\u00a0Just for Laughs\u00a0in Montreal, All Tomorrow’s Parties,\u00a0Sasquatch! Music Festival,\u00a0Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival\u00a0and\u00a0Bonnaroo.<\/p>\n
Named one of LA Weekly’s Comics to Watch in 2014.<\/p>\n
Description above from the Wikipedia article about Matt McCarthy (comedian), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Matt McCarthy\u00a0(born November 9, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and improviser living in\u00a0Los Angeles. He is best known for his appearances on\u00a0Conan\u00a0and\u00a0CollegeHumor.com and for hosting the\u00a0We Watch Wrestling Podcast. McCarthy co-stars as Carl on the\u00a0\u00a0CBS\u00a0show\u00a0How We Roll. Matthew McCarthy, the youngest of three, was born in\u00a0Providence, Rhode Island, at the old\u00a0Women & Infants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-28293","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n