Brooke McCarter was named after his father and his mother's name is Maria. Brooke also has a sister named Melissa and a brother named Robert. He was very athletic, he got into Ohio state university on a racquetball scholarship. Not only did he play sports he was a model as well. When Brooke was 14 he won a model contest called New Faces. He dropped out of college to act, and studied in New York. Brooke was in the new The Twilight Zone, an episode called The Twilight Zone: Joy Ride (1987). His next role was as Tyler in Thrashin' (1986). following that was his role in The Lost Boys(1987).