Steven McCarthy (actor)
Steven McCarthy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. 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.
He attended the National Theatre School of Canada on two separate occasions, studying acting in the 1990s and directing in the 2000s. His first major directing project was a production of Olivier Choinière's play Bliss for Buddies in Bad Times in 2012.
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 Degrassi: The Next Generation, Good Dog, Good God, Defiance, Copper, The Strain, Crawford, The Expanse, and Barkskins.
He was the co-writer of We Forgot to Break Up, and the writer and director of O Negative.
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.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Eye of the Beholder | Paul Hugo | |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great | Book Nook Clerk | |
| 2000 | The Skulls | Sweeney | |
| 2002 | Steal | Frank | |
| 2007 | Dead Mary | Baker | Credited as Steve McCarthy |
| 2008 | Eating Buccaneers | Stewart | |
| 2011 | Citizen Gangster | Jail Reporter | |
| 2011 | An Insignificant Harvey | Lucas Harold | |
| 2012 | Picture Day | Jim | |
| 2015 | The Steps | Keith | |
| 2015 | O Negative | The Man | Short film; also director, writer, executive producer, and producer |
| 2016 | Joseph & Mary | Rabbi Elijah | |
| 2017 | The Definites | Alex | |
| 2017 | We Forgot to Break Up | Angus MacQueen | Short film; also writer |
| 2018 | Rape Card | Miles | Short film |
| 2019 | Togo | Dev Burdett | |
| 2019 | Chubby | Uncle Jody | Short film |
| 2020 | Pieces of a Woman | Photographer | |
| 2020 | Dear Jesus | Priest | Short film |
| 2021 | V/H/S/94 | Jimmy | Segment: "Terror" |
| 2022 | The End of Sex | Gary | |
| 2023 | Dark Harvest | Coach Nelson | |
| 2025 | The Dogs | Frank McTavish | |
| 2025 | The Well | Walter | World premiere at the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival |