{"id":34158,"date":"2025-01-31T10:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/?post_type=guest&#038;p=34158"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:13:26","slug":"andrew-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/speaker\/andrew-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kevin Dolenz in <strong>St. Elmo\u2019s Fire<\/strong> (1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Ogner in <strong>Class<\/strong> (1983)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blane McDonnagh in <strong>Pretty in Pink<\/strong> (1986)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Switcher in <strong>Mannequin<\/strong> (1987)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Larry Wilson in <strong>Weekend at Bernie\u2019s<\/strong> (1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Richard Grace in <strong>The Spiderwick Chronicles<\/strong> (2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director for <strong>Orange is the New Black, The Blacklist, Gossip Girl<\/strong> &amp; more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>and much more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SHORT BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew McCarthy is a true 80&#8217;s movies icon. Since he first rose to fame in the 1983 comedy-drama <strong>Class<\/strong>, he got role after role in memorable movies, series, and cult classics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was seen on the screen so much that he was said to be part of the <strong>Brat Pack<\/strong>, an unofficial group of young actors who were often seen together in similar types of movies. Such movies include <strong>Class, St. Elmo&#8217;s Fire, Pretty in Pink, <\/strong>and <strong>Fresh Horses<\/strong>, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His rich background in TV work also gave way to his own directing career, with sounding names like <strong>Orange is the New Black, The Blacklist, Gossip Girl, Good Girls, The Sinner<\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrew McCarthy will be available on Saturday, April 5th, and Sunday, April 6th, 2025, for photoshoots, autographs, selfies, and Q&amp;A. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"ST. 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