Eric McCormack
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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
My One and Only (2009)
as Charlie
Love, Again (2026)
as Leo
Holy Man (1998)
as Scott Hawkes
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
as Self
Borrowed Hearts (1997)
as Sam Field
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
as Mel Ferrer
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)
as Self (voice)
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self
The Sisters (2005)
as Gary Sokol
Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain (2008)
Actor
Break a Leg (2005)
as Tad
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special (2000)
Actor
The Lost World (1992)
as Edward Malone
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
as Don Farmer
Alien Trespass (2009)
as Ted Lewis / Urp
Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993)
as Tony
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994)
as Jack Sullivan
The Architect (2016)
as Colin
Call Of The Wild (1993)
as Hal
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022)
as Self
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe (2023)
as Self
A Heavenly Christmas (2016)
as Max
Guiding Emily (2023)
as Garth
Return to the Lost World (1992)
as Edward Malone
Mood Indigo (1993)
as Stu Feltzer
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble (2020)
as Self
Much Ado About Nothing (1988)
as Balthasar
Annul Victory (2009)
as Self
Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story (2013)
as Detective Sullivan
Free Enterprise (1998)
as Mark
Exception to the Rule (1997)
as Timothy Bayer
Family of Strangers (1993)
as Sam
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
as Clark Rockefeller
Here's to Life! (2000)
as Owen Rinard
Barricade (2012)
as Terrance Shade
You're Safe Now (—)
Actor
Island City (1994)
as Greg 23
Textuality (2011)
as Clive
Giant Steps (1992)
as Jack Sims
Night Visitors (1996)
as Andy Robinson
The Baltimore Waltz (2021)
as Carl
Drinkwater (2022)
as Hank Drinkwater
Considering Love and Other Magic (2017)
as Uncle Jasper
Knife Fight (2013)
as Larry Becker