Eric McCormack
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric McCormack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Remembering Gene Wilder as Self
- 2024 · Elsbeth as Tom Murphy
- 2023 · The Other Black Girl as Richard Wagner
- 2023 · Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe as Self
- 2023 · Guiding Emily as Garth
- 2022 · Drinkwater as Hank Drinkwater
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks as Self
- 2021 · The Baltimore Waltz as Carl
- 2020 · Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Departure as Cole Banks
- 2018 · The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
- 2017 · Considering Love and Other Magic as Uncle Jasper
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Will Truman
- 2017 · Atypical as Professor Shinerock
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- 2016 · A Heavenly Christmas as Max
- 2016 · Travelers as Grant MacLaren
- 2016 · The Architect as Colin
- 2016 · Slasher as Basil Garvey
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2014 · The Mysteries of Laura as Dr. Andrew Devlin
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Full Circle as Ken Waltham
- 2013 · Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story as Detective Sullivan
- 2013 · Knife Fight as Larry Becker
- 2012 · Barricade as Terrance Shade
- 2012 · Perception as Dr. Daniel Pierce
- 2011 · Textuality as Clive
- 2010 · Who Is Clark Rockefeller? as Clark Rockefeller
- 2010 · Pound Puppies as Lucky (voice)
- 2009 · My One and Only as Charlie
- 2009 · Annul Victory as Self
- 2009 · Alien Trespass as Ted Lewis / Urp
- 2009 · Trust Me as Mason McGuire
- 2008 · Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain as
- 2008 · The Andromeda Strain as Jack Nash
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The Charlotte Church Show as Hywl
- 2006 · Lovespring International as
- 2006 · The New Adventures of Old Christine as Dr. Max Kershaw
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2005 · Robson Arms as
- 2005 · Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
- 2005 · The Sisters as Gary Sokol
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2000 · The Audrey Hepburn Story as Mel Ferrer
- 1998 · Free Enterprise as Mark
- 1997 · Borrowed Hearts as Sam Field
- 1997 · Exception to the Rule as Timothy Bayer
- 1996 · Townies as
- 1994 · The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Jack Sullivan
- 1993 · Call Of The Wild as Hal
- 1992 · The Hat Squad as
- Future · Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue as Kevin
- 2005 · Break a Leg as Tad
- 2005 · American Dad! as Swinger (voice)
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as
- 2003 · Dead Like Me as Ray Summers
- 2002 · Monk as James Novak
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2000 · Here's to Life! as Owen Rinard
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vance Shepard
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- 1998 · A Will of their Own as Pierce Peterson
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Will Truman
- 1997 · Jenny as Jason Slade
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Griffin
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Night Visitors as Andy Robinson
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Col. Francis Clay Mosby
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as John Virgil
- 1994 · Lonesome Dove: The Series as Col. Francis Clay Mosby
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Island City as Greg 23
- 1993 · Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Don Farmer
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Boyd Merrick
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Miracle on Interstate 880 as Tony
- 1993 · Family of Strangers as Sam
- 1993 · Mood Indigo as Stu Feltzer
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Matthew McCormick
- 1992 · Giant Steps as Jack Sims
- 1992 · Return to the Lost World as Edward Malone
- 1992 · The Lost World as Edward Malone
- 1991 · Street Justice as Eric Rothman
- 1991 · The Commish as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special as
- Future · The Immigrants as
- Future · Best Thing Ever as Dean