ACTOR

Andrew McCarthy

1962 - Today

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Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Less than Zero, and Weekend at Bernie's. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew McCarthy has received more than 7,127,669 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Andrew McCarthy is the 5,208th most popular actor (down from 4,883rd in 2019), the 7,601st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,267th in 2019) and the 2,351st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Andrew McCarthies by language

Over the past year Andrew McCarthy has had the most page views in the with 1,024,734 views, followed by German (49,361), and Spanish (48,896). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (162.59%), Romanian (94.41%), and Korean (71.63%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Andrew McCarthy ranks 5,208 out of 13,578. Before him are Barbara Loden, Rita Renoir, Alley Mills, Barry Foster, Cote de Pablo, and Paige Turco. After him are Kasey Rogers, Florence Pugh, Judy Greer, Anne Alvaro, Jessica Szohr, and Shawn Weatherly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Andrew McCarthy ranks 286. Before him are Primož Ulaga, Den Harrow, Gabriele Tarquini, Rosie O'Donnell, Mikhail Krug, and Gunde Svan. After him are Volodymyr Pravyk, Bashkim Fino, Tom Kenny, Bruno Pelletier, Jaan Ehlvest, and Adel al-Jubeir.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew McCarthy ranks 7,601 out of 20,380. Before him are Bernard Hopkins (1965), Alley Mills (1951), Barbara Broccoli (1960), Jimmy Dorsey (1904), Candace Bushnell (1958), and Paige Turco (1965). After him are David R. Ellis (1952), Kasey Rogers (1925), Larry James (1947), Judy Greer (1975), Sara Paretsky (1947), and Jessica Szohr (1985).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Andrew McCarthy ranks 2,351. Before him are Nancy Kelly (1921), Jerry Hardin (1929), Alessandro Nivola (1972), Barbara Loden (1932), Alley Mills (1951), and Paige Turco (1965). After him are Kasey Rogers (1925), Judy Greer (1975), Jessica Szohr (1985), Shawn Weatherly (1959), Jan Sterling (1921), and James Gammon (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

Weekend at Bernie's
Larry Wilson
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets killed and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe he's still alive. The killer wants to do his job so when he is informed that the stiff is still alive he's got to shoot him again, and again, and again.
Jul 5o 19896.4 / 10
Mannequin
Jonathan Switcher
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.
Feb 13o 19876.8 / 10
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Richard Grace
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Feb 14o 20086.621 / 10