- Born
- Birth nameNicolas Augustine McCarthy
- Nicknames
- McCarthief
- Pretty Boy Franz
- Nick McCarthy was born on December 13, 1974 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Endless Love (2014), Piercing Stillness (2019) and Threshold (2005). He has been married to Manuela Gernedel since July 2, 2005. They have two children.
- SpouseManuela Gernedel(July 2, 2005 - present) (2 children)
- His laugh
- Guitarist & keyboardist of the group Franz Ferdinand.
- Grew up in Germany, hence the German lyrics at the end of the Franz Ferdinand song Darts of Pleasure.
- Met his Austrian wife in Munich where both of them studied.
- Speaks German fluently.
- Was a part of the bands Embryo, Kamerakino, and the jazz band Scatter, prior to Franz Ferdinand.
- I made it, you know, I climbed all the way to the bar [during the show] and I came to the bar, and I asked for a drink and he gave me water!
- I used to love stealing cars when I was a kid but I don't do that anymore.
- [Female fan standing next to him: Goddammit, man. You *are* pretty short, aren't you?] I'm 5'3".
- [Nick's kid crying in the background] What was that? [Alex Kapranos: You created it!]
- [on injuring his foot mid-way through Franz Ferdinand's US tour, April 2009] I've bust my foot and it's driving me insane but the shows are brilliant. [I'm] sitting around all day with my foot over my heart, to get the swelling down they tell me. I had to get out... [footage of him cooling his swollen foot in a nearby river] This is the old Austrian tradition of the Kneipp Kur, which I learned back in my childhood in the Bavarian alps. Who'd have known it would ever come in handy?
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content