ALBANY, N.Y. -- Malachy McCourt, a writer, actor and brother of the author of "Angela's Ashes," said he plans to run for governor to end nuclear energy programs and revoke the death penalty.

"It is quite clear in the Bible 'Thou Shalt Not Kill,"' McCourt, a raconteur well-known in New York City progressive politics, said in a press release.

McCourt, born in Brooklyn, is scheduled to announce his candidacy for the Green Party nomination Sunday at a Long Island arts center. He was out of the country Tuesday and didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

His book "Bush Lies in State" criticizes Republican President Bush as a "dry drunk" who should be thrown from office.

McCourt has established a Web site ( www.malachyforgovernor.com) and a "listen line" at 646-213-1870.

"Don't waste your vote, give it to me," McCourt says on the listen line. "We will stand on principle while the others have to run, lest they be found out."

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, and films including "The Molly Maguires," "She's the One," "The Devil's Own," and "Green Card" and in the HBO prison series "Oz."

He is the brother of Frank McCourt, author of the best-seller "Angela's Ashes." The McCourts have collaborated on three books.

"If we can gather 15,000 signatures for Malachy McCourt, we earn the right to continue to enroll as Green Party voters in New York state," said McCourt's campaign manager, Maria Kuriloff, a Green activist from Nassau County. "If Malachy McCourt receives 50,000 votes for governor, the Green Party will regain its automatic ballot status. We think Malachy can do it."

In 1998, the Green Party ran Al Lewis, the labor activist and "Grandpa" from the 1960s TV show "The Munsters." He didn't defeat Pataki, but managed to collect more than 52,000 votes. Lewis died in February.

A Green Party spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Candidates seeking the job being vacated by Republican Gov. George Pataki this year are Democrats Eliot Spitzer and Tom Suozzi and Republicans John Faso and Bill Weld.