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Eric McCormack

Eric McCormack

Acting1963Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963, height 5' 11" (1,80 m)) is a Canadian American actor, musician, writer and producer. Born in Toronto, he began his acting career performing in school plays at Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute High School. He left Ryerson University in 1985, in order to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he spent five years performing in numerous play productions.

For much of the late 1990s, he lived in Los Angeles and had minor roles. He made his feature film debut in the 1992 science fiction The Lost World. McCormack appeared in multiple television series roles, including Top Cops, Street Justice, Lovesome Dove: The Series, Townies, and Ally McBeal. McCormack later gained worldwide recognition for playing Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, which premiered in September 1998. His performance earned him an Emmy Award in the category for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001.

Aside from appearing in television, he made his Broadway debut in the 2001 production of The Music Man and starred in the 2005 film The Sisters. Following the series conclusion of Will & Grace in 2006, McCormack starred as the leading role in the New York production of Some Girl(s). He starred in the television mini-series The Andromeda Strain (2008) and returned to television in 2009 in the TNT drama Trust Me, which was cancelled after one season. Also in 2009, McCormack was cast in the science fiction movie Alien Trespass.

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Acting History

2026
The Hunting Party
TVas Ron Simms1 eps
2025
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TVas Self1 eps
Hell Motel
TVas Hemmingway
2024
LEGO Masters
TVas Self4 eps
Elsbeth
TVas Tom Murphy2 eps
2023
Slasher: Ripper
TVas Basil Garvey
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self2 eps
2022
Drinkwater
as Hank Drinkwater
Departure
TVas Cole Banks6 eps
2019
Atypical
TVas Professor Shinerock3 eps
2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
TVas Self - Special Guest1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
2017
Will & Grace
TVas Will Truman52 eps
2016
2015
The Mysteries of Laura
TVas Dr. Andrew Devlin1 eps
2013
Knife Fight
as Larry Becker
2012
Barricade
as Terrance Shade
Perception
TVas Dr. Daniel Pierce39 eps
American Dad!
TVas Swinger (voice)1 eps
Perception
TVProducer24 eps
2011
Textuality
as Clive
2010
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
as Clark Rockefeller
Pound Puppies
TVas Lucky (voice)65 eps
2009
Alien Trespass
as Ted Lewis / Urp
My One and Only
as Charlie
Hell's Kitchen
TVas Self - Restaurant Patron2 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Vance Shepard1 eps
The New Adventures of Old Christine
TVas Dr. Max Kershaw6 eps
2008
The Andromeda Strain
TVas Jack Nash2 eps
Monk
TVas James Novak1 eps
2007
American Idol
TVas Self1 eps
2004
Dead Like Me
TVas Ray Summers3 eps
1998
Holy Man
as Scott Hawkes
Ally McBeal
TVas Kevin Kepler1 eps
Will & Grace
TVas Will Truman194 eps
1997
Borrowed Hearts
as Sam Field
Exception to the Rule
as Timothy Bayer
Veronica's Closet
TVas Griffin1 eps
The Outer Limits
TVas John Virgil1 eps
Jenny
TVas Jason Slade
The View
TVas Self
1996
Night Visitors
as Andy Robinson
Diagnosis: Murder
TVas Boyd Merrick1 eps
Highlander: The Series
TVas Matthew McCormick1 eps
1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
TVas Col. Francis Clay Mosby
1992
Return to the Lost World
as Edward Malone
The Lost World
as Edward Malone
Giant Steps
as Jack Sims
1991
Street Justice
TVas Eric Rothman
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/18/1963(62 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada