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 , 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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Eye of the Beholder | Paul Hugo | |||
| 2000 | Isn't She Great | Book Nook Clerk | |||
| data-sort-value="Skulls, The" | 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 | data-sort-value="Steps, The" | The Steps | Keith | ||
| O Negative | The Man | Short film; also director, writer, executive producer, and producer | |||
| 2016 | Joseph & Mary | Rabbi Elijah | |||
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Definites, The" | 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 | data-sort-value="End of Sex, The" | The End of Sex | Gary |