Andrew Thomas McCarthy was born on the 29th November 1962, in Westfield, New Jersey USA, and is an actor, perhaps best known for appearing in the 1980s films “Less Than Zero”, “St. Elmo’s Fire”, and “Weekend At Bernie’s”. He has also appeared in TV shows, including “Royal Pains”, “White Collar”, “The Family”, etc. Andrew is also known as a director. He became an active member of the film industry in 1983.
Have you ever wondered how rich Andrew McCarthy is as of early 2016? It has been estimated from authoritative sources that Andrew counts his net worth at the amount of $10 million, with the main sum of it coming, obviously, from his successful career in the film industry. Another source is coming from his writing articles for a travel magazine.
Andrew McCarthy Worth $10 Million
Andrew McCarthy was born to a mother who worked as a journalist, and father who worked in the area of stocks and investments. The family moved to Bernardsville, New Jersey, where he attended the Pringy School, after which he matriculated from Bernards High School.
Andrew’s professional career began in the 1980 s, right after finished high school, debuting in the film “Class” (1983), with Jacqueline Bisset and Rob Lowe in the lead roles, and two years later he was featured in the film “Heaven Help Us”, alongside such actors as Donald Sutherland and John Heard. During the 1980 s, Andrew made a few more memorable appearances in the Brat Pack productions – the ‘80s Hollywood group of young actors of which he became a member – such as “St. Elmo’s Fire” (1985), “Pretty In Pink” (1986), “Mannequin” (1987), “Less Than Zero” (1987), and “Weekend At Bernie’s” (1989). All these appearances grew his popularity as well as his net worth.
He continued to line up success after success during the 1990s by appearing in films such as “Weekend At Bernie’s” (1993), “The Joy Luck Club” (1993), “Mulholland Falls” (1996), “I’m Losing You” (1998), and “A Twist Of Faith” (1999), among others, all of which added to his net worth.
The 2000 s brought new roles for Andrew, increasing further his popularity and net worth, by his appearances in such film and TV series as “Kingdom Hospital” (2004), “Anything But Love” (2002), “E-Ring” (2005), “Lipstick Jungle” (2008-2009), “Snatched” (2011), and “Main Street” (2011).
Most recently Andrew was featured in the TV series “The Family” (2016), and the film “Finding Julia”, which is currently in post-production.
Apart from his successful career as an actor, during which he has appeared in more than 70 film and TV titles, and winning several awards, including the award for Best Actor for his work on “Mannequin” (1987), Andrew has also been recognized as a director. He started his directing career in 2004 with the short video “News For The Church”, but since 2008 he has become more focused on directing, taking credit for several episodes of the TV series “Lipstick Jungle”. In 2010, he also took credit for directing several episodes of the TV series “Gossip Girl”, as many as six episodes through 2012.
Furthermore, Andrew has directed four episodes of the TV series “Alpha House” (2014), and several episodes of the hit TV series “Orange Is The New Black” (2013-2016), and most recently, he took credit for directing two episodes of the TV series “TURN: Washington’s Spies” (2015-2016), which have also added to his net worth.
Regarding his personal life, Andrew McCarthy was married to Carol Schneider (1999-2005), with whom he has a son. Later, in 2011 he married Dolores Rice, andthe couple has two children.
