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.
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Credits
- 2025 · Hell Motel as Hemmingway
- 2025 · Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue as Kevin Anderson
- 2024 · Elsbeth as Tom Murphy
- 2023 · The Other Black Girl as Richard Wagner
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2020 · LEGO Masters 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 · Will & Grace as Will Truman
- 2017 · Atypical as Professor Shinerock
- 2016 · Travelers as Grant MacLaren
- 2016 · Slasher as Basil Garvey
- 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
- 2012 · Perception as Dr. Daniel Pierce
- 2010 · Pound Puppies as Lucky (voice)
- 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 · American Dad! as Swinger (voice)
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Dead Like Me as Ray Summers
- 2002 · Monk as James Novak
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vance Shepard
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Will Truman
- 1997 · Jenny as Jason Slade
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Griffin
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Kevin Kepler
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Townies as
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as John Virgil
- 1994 · Lonesome Dove: The Series as Col. Francis Clay Mosby
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Boyd Merrick
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as Matthew McCormick
- 1992 · The Hat Squad as
- 1991 · Street Justice as Eric Rothman
- 1991 · The Commish as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Best Thing Ever as Dean
- 2024 · Remembering Gene Wilder as Self
- 2023 · Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe as Self
- 2023 · Guiding Emily as Garth
- 2022 · Drinkwater as Hank Drinkwater
- 2022 · The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks as Self
- 2021 · The Baltimore Waltz as Carl
- 2017 · Considering Love and Other Magic as Uncle Jasper
- 2017 · The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- 2016 · A Heavenly Christmas as Max
- 2016 · The Architect as Colin
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2013 · Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story as Detective Sullivan
- 2013 · Knife Fight as Larry Becker
- 2011 · Textuality as Clive
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Future · The Immigrants as
- 2020 · Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- 2012 · Barricade as Terrance Shade
- 2010 · Who Is Clark Rockefeller? as Clark Rockefeller
- 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
- 2005 · The Sisters as Gary Sokol
- 2005 · Break a Leg as Tad
- 2002 · NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2000 · Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special as
- 2000 · Here's to Life! as Owen Rinard
- 2000 · The Audrey Hepburn Story as Mel Ferrer
- 1998 · A Will of their Own as Pierce Peterson
- 1998 · Free Enterprise as Mark
- 1997 · Borrowed Hearts as Sam Field
- 1997 · Exception to the Rule as Timothy Bayer
- 1996 · Night Visitors as Andy Robinson
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Col. Francis Clay Mosby
- 1994 · The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Jack Sullivan
- 1994 · Island City as Greg 23
- 1993 · Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Don Farmer
- 1993 · Call Of The Wild as Hal
- 1993 · Miracle on Interstate 880 as Tony
- 1993 · Family of Strangers as Sam
- 1993 · Mood Indigo as Stu Feltzer
- 1992 · Giant Steps as Jack Sims
- 1992 · Return to the Lost World as Edward Malone
- 1992 · The Lost World as Edward Malone
- 1988 · Much Ado About Nothing as Balthasar