Francis X. McCarthy: movies and TV shows
Francis X. McCarthy has 98 credits in the archive: 60 films and 38 TV series, from 1977 to 2025. Highest rated: Interstellar (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1977 – 2025 · busiest year: 2003 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Unfinished Business | Chick Muldoon | Film | — | 83 |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 | Thomas | TV | 8.2 | 76 |
| 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | Judge Fred Daugherty | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2016 | Second Chance | George | TV | 6.8 | 74 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Boots | Film | 8.5 | 72 |
| 2013 | Bates Motel | Declan Rogers | TV | 8.1 | 71 |
| 2013 | Motive | Henry Guenther | TV | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2013 | CAT. 8 | William Danville | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2012 | Perception | Roger Jackson | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2012 | Imaginaerum | Tom Whitman (age 70) | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2012 | The Seven Year Hitch | Minister | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2012 | Nightwish: Making of Imaginaerum | Himself | Film | — | 70 |
| 2009 | Out of Control | Mike Cutler | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2009 | Black Widower | Patrick Henahan | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2008 | Story of Jen | Film | 5.1 | 66 | |
| 2008 | Abuse of Power | Chick Muldoon | Film | 4.0 | 66 |
| 2007 | The Great War | Prime Minister Robert Borden | Film | — | 65 |
| 2006 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Al Roberts | TV | 5.7 | 64 |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Noah Cassity | TV | 8.3 | 63 |
| 2004 | False Pretenses | Chasen Boggs | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2003 | NCIS | Roman Parker | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2003 | Beyond Borders | Strauss | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2003 | See Jane Date | William Remke | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2003 | Red Rover | George Callahan | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Dr. Loyal Davis | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2003 | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Jim Kossler | Film | 3.2 | 61 |
| 2003 | Going for Broke | Brad Bradford | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2003 | Nightwaves | Clay McClaren | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Bill Stark | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 2002 | No Good Deed | Bank Manager | Film | 5.4 | 60 |
| 2001 | Smallville | Board Member #1 | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2001 | The Guardian | McNeil | TV | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2001 | Hidden Agenda | Deputy Director Powell | Film | 4.3 | 59 |
| 1999 | Diplomatic Siege | Parker | Film | 4.3 | 57 |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | General Scott | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1998 | BASEketball | Dr. Kaiser | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1998 | Winchell | Winchell's Attorney | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Peter Robin | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1997 | Working | Mr. Richards | TV | 5.3 | 55 |
| 1997 | The Relic | Mr. George Blaisedale | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | TV | 5.4 | 54 | |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | President | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1996 | Arli$$ | TV | 6.8 | 54 | |
| 1996 | Profiler | Grandpa Fred | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1995 | Nowhere Man | Robert Barton | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1995 | The Stranger | Havel | Film | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1995 | Illegal in Blue | Sterling Justice | Film | 3.9 | 53 |
| 1995 | The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Lou Patrone | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Minister Vole | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1994 | Greedy | Daniel Sr. | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | Chief Stark | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1994 | Shadow of Obsession | Judge | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1994 | Dead Center | Cordoba (as Frank McCarthy) | Film | 4.0 | 52 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Steve Kendall | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 1993 | Boy Meets World | Curtis Kincaid | TV | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Jones | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show | Fred | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1992 | Melrose Place | Dr. Calvin Hobbs | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1992 | Renegade | Barney | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1991 | Stop at Nothing | Dean Bowles | Film | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1990 | Downtown | Inspector Ben Glass | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1990 | Night Visions | Commissioner Nathan Dowd | Film | 4.6 | 48 |
| 1988 | Action Jackson | Oliver O'Rooney | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1988 | Alien Nation | Captain Warner | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1988 | Death Spa | Lt. Fletcher | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Captain Briody | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Capt. Briody | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1987 | Summer School | Principal Kelban | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1986 | ALF | Darnell Valentine | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1986 | A Case of Deadly Force | Hanna | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Lt. Matthews (as Frank McCarthy) | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1985 | MacGruder and Loud | Sgt. Robert Myhrum | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1985 | Tuff Turf | Man at Bus Stop | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1985 | Summer Rental | Hal | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1985 | That Was Then... This Is Now | Mr. Carlson | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1984 | Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Judge | Film | 4.5 | 42 |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Underwood | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | TV | 6.5 | 41 | |
| 1983 | The Man with Two Brains | Olsen | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1983 | The Sting II | Lonnegan's Thug | Film | 4.8 | 41 |
| 1983 | Carpool | Mitchell | Film | 4.0 | 41 |
| 1983 | Happy Endings | Frank McCarthy | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1982 | Cheers | Mr. Phillips | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Father Lindsay Flynn | TV | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Waiter | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1982 | Twilight Theatre | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1982 | Farrell: For the People | Vince Raleigh | Film | 4.5 | 40 |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | Marshall | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1981 | Pennies from Heaven | The Bartender | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1981 | Cutter's Way | Toyota Man | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1981 | Zoot Suit | Press | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1981 | Hellinger's Law | Paul Savage | Film | 8.8 | 39 |
| 1980 | Altered States | Obispo | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1980 | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Lt. Holmby | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1980 | All God's Children | Film | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Tony | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1979 | A Last Cry for Help | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Lloyd | TV | 6.3 | 35 |