DANNY McCARTHYDANNY McCARTHY was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended the Webster Conservatory of Theater Arts before relocating to Chicago to start his professional acting career.
On-screen, Danny first gained notoriety for his recurring role as Special Agent Hale in FOX's hit series Prison Break, and for his featured role in AT&T's audience favorite "Dropped Call - The Butcher" commercial, which received a National Gold Award from the American Advertising Federation, and the Cannes Lions TVC Bronze Award, among others. He was also featured as "The Brattender" in Johnsonville Brats' long-running and Effie Award-winning (Silver & Bronze) campaign. Since then, Danny's profile has continued to rise with roles in films including the 2024 Sundance breakout hit Good One, as well as The Debut, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, The Exorcist-Believer, Lost Bus, Stronger, Elvis & Nixon, Our Hero Balthazar, Killing Kennedy, The Drop, The Express, Fred Claus, Derailed, Proof, Flags of Our Fathers, Stranger Than Fiction, The Amityville Horror, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Danny's TV work includes recurring roles on Hulu's hit series Furious, Peacock's Superfakes, CBS' Elsbeth, Elementary, and Blue Bloods, HBO's Somebody Somewhere and Boardwalk Empire, ABC's Betrayal, Boss for Starz, and MTV's Unemployed, as well as guest spots on Instinct, The Chicago Code, Chicago Fire, Detroit 1-8-7, and ER, among others. A longtime company member at Chicago's acclaimed A Red Orchid Theatre, Danny's Broadway stage credits include The Minutes with Tracy Letts and Jessie Mueller, Aaron Sorkin's To Kill A Mockingbird with Jeff Daniels, The Iceman Cometh opposite Denzel Washington, and Grace with Michael Shannon and Paul Rudd. Off-Broadway, Danny appeared in both the original run and remount of Bubba Weiler’s hit Well I’ll Let You Go, Annie Baker's The Antipodes, and The Open House (Drama Desk Award Winner: Best Ensemble), and the world premiere of Kill Floor opposite Marin Ireland at Lincoln Center. Regional theater work includes The Minutes, The Flick, Middletown, The Pillowman, Take Me Out, and The Water Engine at Chicago's acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre, David Cromer's visionary A Streetcar Named Desire at Writer's Theater of Glencoe, and Circle Mirror Transformation at The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, where his performance earned him a Kevin Kline Award nomination for Best Actor. Danny is a proud member of SAG-Aftra and AEA, and is represented by Innovative Artists and ABRAMS entertainment. |
Photo by Michael Loccisano
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AWARDS
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TV/FILM
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD: NEW TV DRAMA Prison Break, Fox Television GOLDEN GLOBE: BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA Prison Break, Fox Television ARTIOS AWARD: OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING/PILOT AND FIRST SEASON/COMEDY - NOMINATION Elsbeth, CBS CRITICS CHOICE AWARD: BEST COMEDY SERIES - NOMINATION Elsbeth, CBS AFI AWARD: TV PROGRAM OF THE YEAR Somebody, Somewhere, HBO GLAAD AWARDS: BEST NEW TV SERIES - NOMINATION Somebody, Somewhere, HBO CANNES LIONS TVC: BRONZE AWARD AT&T "Dropped Call" Campaign AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION: GOLD AWARD AT&T "Dropped Call" Campaign |
STAGE
DRAMA DESK AWARD: BEST ENSEMBLE The Open House, Signature Theatre KEVIN KLINE AWARD: BEST ACTOR - NOMINATION Circle Mirror Transformation, St. Louis Repertory DRAMA DESK: OUTSTANDING PLAY - NOMINATION Well I'll Let You Go, Studio Seaview TONY AWARD: BEST PLAY - NOMINATION The Minutes, Studio 54 TONY AWARD: BEST REVIVAL - NOMINATION The Iceman Cometh, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS: OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION - NOMINATION To Kill A Mockingbird, Shubert Theater OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE: OUTSTANDING NEW BWAY PLAY - NOMINATION To Kill A Mockingbird, Shubert Theater |
