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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Filmography
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TV Shows 52
Movies 43
self 23
Producer 1
Voice 1
The Other Black Girl (2023)
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe (2023)
Guiding Emily (2023)
Remembering Gene Wilder (2023)
Drinkwater (2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022)
History of the Sitcom (2021)
The Baltimore Waltz (2021)
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble (2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Departure (2019)
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (2018)
Considering Love and Other Magic (2017)
Will & Grace (2017)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
A Heavenly Christmas (2016)
Travelers (2016)
The Architect (2016)
Slasher (2016)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Full Circle (2013)
Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story (2013)
Knife Fight (2013)
Barricade (2012)
Perception (2012)
Textuality (2011)
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
Pound Puppies (2010)
Survival Of The Hitman (2010)
My One and Only (2009)
Annul Victory (2009)
Alien Trespass (2009)
Trust Me (2009)
Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain (2008)
The Andromeda Strain (2008)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Charlotte Church Show (2006)
Lovespring International (2006)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
Robson Arms (2005)
Hell's Kitchen (2005)
The Sisters (2005)
Break a Leg (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Dead Like Me (2003)
Monk (2002)
American Idol (2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
Queen of the Whole Wide World (2001)
Here's to Life! (2000)
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999)
A Will of their Own (1998)
Will & Grace (1998)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Borrowed Hearts (1997)
Jenny (1997)
Ally McBeal (1997)
The View (1997)
Exception to the Rule (1997)
Night Visitors (1996)
Townies (1996)
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994)
Island City (1994)
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Call Of The Wild (1993)
Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993)
Family of Strangers (1993)
Mood Indigo (1993)
Highlander: The Series (1992)
The Hat Squad (1992)
Giant Steps (1992)
Return to the Lost World (1992)
The Lost World (1992)
Street Justice (1991)
The Commish (1991)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue
Island City
The Immigrants
Best Thing Ever
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1963-04-18 (61 years old)
Birth NameEric James McCormack
Birth PlaceToronto, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada, United States of America
ResidencesVancouver, Canada
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Canada's Walk of Fame, Emmy Award
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