Thomas McCarthy (born 30 January 1966) is an American writer, director and actor. He most famous for his recurring role as Scott Templeton on The Wire, as well as directing the film The Station Agent (starring Peter Dinklage) and co-writing the Pixar movie Up.
For Game of Thrones, McCarthy directed the unaired pilot episode. It is unclear how much of the material he directed will remain in the first episode of the series, the reshoots on which were handled by Tim Van Patten.