Malachy McCourt Wants To Be Governor of New York

Posted on April 19, 2006

Writer and actor Malachy McCourt, the brother of author Frank McCourt has announced that he will run for governor of New York. He is seeking to be the nominee for the Green Party which wants to end nuclear energy programs and revoke the death penalty.

It is quite clear in the Bible 'Thou Shalt Not Kill,'" McCourt, well-known in New York City progressive politics, said in a news release. McCourt plans to officially announce his candidacy Sunday. He was out of the country Tuesday and didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
McCourt has appeared on public radio and numerous TV talk shows. His latest of eight books is "I Never Drink When I'm Sober," and he writes a newspaper column called "Sez I to Myself." He also has acted in soap operas, in films including "The Molly Maguires," "She's the One," "The Devil's Own," and "Green Card," and in the HBO prison series "Oz." His brother Frank McCourt wrote the best seller "Angela's Ashes."

This whole business of actors running for president or governor has clearly spilled over into the writing world. Malachy McCourt sounds like a double threat: he's an actor and a writer. Which presumably means he can write his own speeches and then perform them brilliantly.