Michael McCarthy
Biography
Michael McCarthy (born 5 June 1966), is an Irish musical theatre performer who is best known for his many appearances as Javert in the musical Les Misérables. Other musical stage roles have included: Max in Cabaret; Sir Lancelot in Camelot; Thomas Inkle in a 1997 revival of Inkle and Yarico; the Phantom in Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera; Ivan Molokov in Chess and Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. McCarthy has also performed in operas, such as Rigoletto and dramatic roles including, Marco in A View from the Bridge, and Laurie in Little Women. He has appeared in a number of high-profile concerts including playing the Factory Foreman in Les Misérables tenth anniversary show, Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert, and as Thomas Inkle in a concert performance of Inkle and Yarico at the Edinburgh Festival. He has recorded three albums Broadway (1994), Living for the Moment (2000), and You're Still You (2012), and a number of his performances have been broadcast by the BBC and PBS. He continues to perform and runs workshops in performing arts.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2002
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2001
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2003
The Lord Of The Rings (The Motion Picture Trilogy Soundtrack)
2003
Credited work
310 releases · 59 albums · active 1979–2025
- Performance · 141
- Mastering · 140
- Other credits · 29
- Production · 12
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · Air Lyndhurst Hall · Watford Colosseum · Aigle Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Howard Shore
- William Byrd
- Lassus
- Taverner
- Robert Fayrfax
- The Sixteen
- Ockeghem
- Oxford Camerata