 He recently filmed the BBC comedy "Puppy Love", written by and starring Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine (co-creators of the BAFTA nominated "Getting On"), and returned to the stage at the end of 2014 in the world premiere of "Jonathan Harker and Dracula"

McCarthy's debut feature film, "A Nightingale Falling", premiered at the 2014 Galway Film Fleadh.In 2015 McCarthy returned to his homeland with the one-man show "Cat - The Play" by Richard Hardwick and Jamie Beamish before commencing a national tour of Jonathan Harvey's "Beautiful Thing", in which he played Tony.Shortly after, he played George Bailey in the UK premiere of "It's a Wonderful Life" at Penge's Bridgehouse Theatre, directed by Guy Retallack.