Paul McCarthy (born 13 January 1967 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian comedy actor.
He has received two Green Room Awards for his contributions to live cabaret and his (co-devised) work Cliff Hanger in Catch A Falling Star was awarded Best Cabaret Show at Melbourne Fringe 2002.
At the Logie Awards of 2007 he performed the opening section as David Koch, a role he frequently portrayed in Comedy Inc.[1] In 2009, he starred in Double Take.
He notably played as Kevin Rudd and David Koch, as well as Bert Newton, Jerry Springer and Rove McManus.
In 2011, he acted in the short-lived live comedy television program Live From Planet Earth, before rebounding with a starring role as former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in the ABC1 narrative comedy series At Home with Julia.