Andrew McCarthy

Personal context

Summary

Andrew McCarthy is an American actor, television director, travel writer, and author known for 1980s films including St. Elmo’s Fire and Pretty in Pink, and for directing series such as Orange Is the New Black and Gossip Girl. His memoirs and travel writing revisit fame, addiction and recovery, fatherhood, and male friendship; his documentary Brats examines the lasting effect of the “Brat Pack” label on its members. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or activism, or public partisan campaigning, are on record.