John McCarthy

Acting

John McCarthy

Born 1962-12-17 · Los Angeles, California, USA

John Michael McCarthy (born October 12, 1962) is a retired American mixed martial arts (MMA) referee best known for officiating numerous bouts promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), dating back to UFC 2.

Acting credits

The Naked Gun poster
6.4

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.

The Naked Gun

2025

Blue Streak poster
6.5

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.

Blue Streak

1999

The Hurt Business poster
5.7

From the producers of 'Bowling for Columbine', 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Generation Iron' comes 'The Hurt Business' which examines the rise of mixed martial arts fighting through the eyes of today's top stars.

The Hurt Business

2016

UFC Ultimate Knockouts poster
6.0

Tank Abbott vs Steve Nelmark • Brad Kohler vs Steve Judson • Jens Pulver vs John Lewis • BJ Penn vs Kaoru Uno • Tony de Souza vs Jutaro Nakao • Pat Miletich vs Shonie Carter • Gary Goodridge vs Paul Herrera ; Bobby Hoffman vs M. Robinson • Pedro Rizzo vs Tank Abbott • Fabiano Iha vs Kaoru Uno • Frank Shamrock vs Igor Zinoviev • Pedro Rizzo vs Tra tellingman • Shonie Carter vs Matt Serra • Lance Gibson vs Jermaine André • Chuck Liddell vs K. Randleman • Ron Waterman vs Andre Roberts • Eugene Jackson vs K.Yamamiya • Carlos Newton vs Matt Hughes • Vitor Belfort vs Wanderlei Silva • Pedro Rizzo vs Josh Barnett • Eugene Jackson vs Royce Alger • Pete Williams vs Mark Coleman • Tito Ortiz vs Evan Tanner

UFC Ultimate Knockouts

2003

The Ronda Rousey Story: Through My Father's Eyes poster
5.7

This documentary chronicles former Olympian and UFC champion Ronda Rousey's ascent to iconic status in the world of mixed martial arts.

The Ronda Rousey Story: Through My Father's Eyes

2019

Once I Was a Champion poster
6.1

Writer, philosopher, alcoholic, and MMA fighter Evan Tanner died mysteriously in the desert of Clapp Springs, California. He was searching for treasure but not the material kind. This feature length biopic focuses on fifty people whose lives he forever changed as they try to figure out who he really was and the reason behind his untimely death.

Once I Was a Champion

2011

Everyday Miracles poster
3.8

A reluctant faith healer tries to escape his troubled past, but his evangelist mother will stop at nothing to exploit her son's miraculous gifts.

Everyday Miracles

2015

UFC 10: The Tournament poster
7.1

UFC 10: The Tournament was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 12th, 1996, at the Fairgrounds Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

UFC 10: The Tournament

1996

UFC 3: The American Dream poster
NR

UFC 3 used an eight-man tournament format, with the winner receiving $60,000. The tournament had no weight classes or weight limits. Each match had no time limit, rounds or rules; therefore no judges were used for the night.

UFC 3: The American Dream

1994

Mask poster
6.8

Charles Lewis founded TapouT in 1997, prompting a whirlwind life that intersected the birth of a sport. Selling TapouT apparel out of the trunk of his car during road trips throughout California, a hot bed of mixed martial arts in the late 1990s, Lewis took on the superhero persona of “Mask" as he donned war paint on his face and wore outlandish comic book outfits. Mask's vision quickly came to represent hardcore aspects of MMA fandom at a time when the sport floundered under political pressure. The history of MMA cannot be told without mentioning Charles “Mask” Lewis, or the era in which he emerged. On March 11, 2009, Lewis was killed by a drunk driver in Newport Beach, Calif. To honor his contributions, the sport's dominant promoter, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), posthumously inducted "Mask" as the first and only non-fighter into the UFC Hall of Fame.

Mask

2015

UFC Hits: Volume 1 poster
7.2

UFC Hits: Volume 1 highlights many of the Ultimate Fighting Championships greatest and most notorious fights from the UFC's early days. See where it all began with clips of the best fights featuring original MMA stars, some who are now in the UFC Hall of Fame, like Don Frye and Randy Couture, Royce Gracie and Kimo, John Hess and Andy Anderson, Tito Ortiz and Guy Mesger. This highlight reel has enough knockouts and submissions to keep any MMA fan entertained.

UFC Hits: Volume 1

2000

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7.0

Chronicles the daily lives of professional MMA fighters from all different levels over the course of one year.

Fight Life

2012