Andrew McCarthy is an actor, director, and an award-winning travel writer.
He made his professional début at 19 in Class, and has appeared in dozens of films, including such iconic movies as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, Less Then Zero, and cult favourites Weekend At Bernie’s and Mannequin.
His memoir chronicling this time, BRAT: An ‘80s Story, became a New York Times Bestseller in 2021. His documentary, BRATS, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year.
Television directing credits include The Blacklist, Grace and Frankie, New Amsterdam, Orange is the New Black, and many others.
Andrew has for many years served as an editor-at-large with National Geographic Traveler magazine. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic and Time, among many others. He was named Travel Journalist of the Year by The Society of American Travel Writers, as well as serving as guest editor of the prestigious Best American Travel Writing anthology.
Other writing credits include Walking with Sam; his travel memoir, The Longest Way Home and a Young Adult novel Just Fly Away — both New York Times bestsellers.
He lives in New York and Dublin.
Andrew’s website.
