Brooke McCarter was born on April 22, 1963. He 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" (1985), an episode called "The Twilight Zone: Joy Ride (#2.15)" (1987). His next role was as Tyler in Thrashin' (1986). Then in 1986, he starred in the cult classic film The Lost Boys (1987) where he played Paul. While filming The Lost Boys the cast and crew got along well. Brooke met Corey Haim , and became his manager through the 90s. He was in a film with Corey called Double Switch (1987) (TV), and was credited as a song and song performer in his movie Fast Getaway (1991) (V).

Grew up in Philadelphia, USAUsed to live with and manage fellow The Lost Boys (1987) co-star Corey Haim .