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J. McAlary

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
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2024
Emmy and Artios Nominee J. McAlary (a now Transgender Woman), CSA has collaborated with some of the most acclaimed directors in Hollywood, including Clint Eastwood, Mike Nichols, and Alexander Payne.

She gained experience as a casting executive under the tutelage of Terri Taylor, former Head of Casting at Paramount Pictures, and has worked extensively both within the studio system and independently.

Her notable work includes Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q; Netflix's Trinkets from creator Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith starring Brianna Hildebrand; and Hulu's anthology series Into the Dark produced by Blumhouse TV. They also have a strong presence in the features world, with credits including Them That Follow, an official U.S. Dramatic Competition selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival starring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman; Netflix's Rattlesnake starring Carmen Ejogo; Logan Marshall-Green's directorial debut, Adopt a Highway, starring Ethan Hawke; 300: Rise of an Empire (WB); Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (Paramount); Hardcore Henry (STX) and Welcome to the Blumhouse, a collection of seven feature-length thrillers for Amazon/Blumhouse TV.
BornOctober 6, 1977
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      • 4 nominations total

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    The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
    The L Word: Generation Q
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Casting Director(as John McAlary)
    Alice Englert in Them That Follow (2019)
    Them That Follow
    5.4
    • Casting Director(as John McAlary)
    • 2019
    Shelley Hennig in Unfriended (2014)
    Unfriended
    5.6
    • Casting Director(as John McAlary)
    • 2014
    Kiana Madeira, Brianna Hildebrand, and Quintessa Swindell in Trinkets (2019)
    Trinkets
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Casting Director(as John McAlary)

    Credits

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    • The Crawling
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
    • Liked
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • Completed
    • Action #1
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • Completed



    • Bojana Novakovic and Ben McKenzie in Bloat (2025)
      Bloat
      3.7
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Genneya Walton, and Madison Thomas in Candy Cane Lane (2023)
      Candy Cane Lane
      5.6
      • casting executive
      • 2023
    • Ross Butler, Ashley Liao, and Nico Hiraga in Love in Taipei (2023)
      Love in Taipei
      5.7
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2023
    • Kyle Gallner and Johnny Berchtold in The Passenger (2023)
      The Passenger
      6.4
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2023
    • Missi Pyle, Jolene Purdy, Nicholas X. Parsons, and Midori Francis in Unseen (2023)
      Unseen
      5.8
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2023
    • Unexpected (2023)
      Unexpected
      4.4
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2023
    • There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023)
      There's Something Wrong with the Children
      5.0
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2023
    • The Visitor (2022)
      The Visitor
      4.3
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2022
    • Nicholas Galitzine and Sofia Carson in Purple Hearts (2022)
      Purple Hearts
      6.7
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2022
    • Jordan Fisher and Talia Ryder in Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between (2022)
      Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between
      5.2
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2022
    • Uriah Shelton, Brianne Tju, Lo Graham, Drew Scheid, Benjamin Wadsworth, and Ali Gallo in Unhuman (2022)
      Unhuman
      4.4
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2022
    • Katey Sagal in Torn Hearts (2022)
      Torn Hearts
      5.3
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2022
    • Erika Alexander, Sam Trammell, and Derek Luke in American Refugee (2021)
      American Refugee
      4.4
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2021
    • Paul Schneider, Angela Sarafyan, Jacob Lofland, and Lia McHugh in A House on the Bayou (2021)
      A House on the Bayou
      5.6
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2021
    • Tenoch Huerta and Ariana Guerra in Madres (2021)
      Madres
      4.9
      • Casting Director (as John McAlary)
      • 2021

    Casting Department



    • Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Lars Eidinger in Persian Lessons (2020)
      Persian Lessons
      7.4
      • casting (as John McAlary)
      • 2020
    • Martin Freeman in Cargo (2017)
      Cargo
      6.3
      • additional casting consultant (as John McAlary)
      • 2017
    • Chloë Grace Moretz and Zackary Arthur in The 5th Wave (2016)
      The 5th Wave
      5.2
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2016
    • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)
      The Revenant
      8.0
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2015
    • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
      Sicario
      7.7
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2015
    • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
      Tomorrowland
      6.4
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2015
    • Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet, Mark Duplass, and Steve Zissis in Togetherness (2015)
      Togetherness
      7.5
      TV Series
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2015
    • Jersey Boys (2014)
      Jersey Boys
      6.8
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2014
    • Kimberly Elise in Apple Mortgage Cake (2014)
      Apple Mortgage Cake
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • casting: US (as John McAlary)
      • 2014
    • Sullivan Stapleton in 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
      300: Rise of an Empire
      6.2
      • casting (as John McAlary)
      • 2014
    • Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
      The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
      7.5
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2013
    • Jason Bateman in Bad Words (2013)
      Bad Words
      6.6
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2013
    • Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
      Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
      5.0
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2013
    • Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Michael Wincott, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel, James D'Arcy, Danny Huston, and Scarlett Johansson in Hitchcock (2012)
      Hitchcock
      6.8
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2012
    • Kathryn Newton in Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
      Paranormal Activity 4
      4.7
      • casting associate (as John McAlary)
      • 2012

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    • Alternative names
      • John McAlary
    • Born
      • October 6, 1977
      • West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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      • Transgender
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