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.
Series | Best Thing Ever | Dean | 2025 |
Movie | Guiding Emily | Garth | 2023-09-08 |
Movie | Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble | Self | 2020-04-26 |
Series | The Immigrants | 2019 | |
Series | Departure | Cole Banks | 2019-07-10 |
Series | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Himself | 2018-02-18 |
Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self (voice) | 2017-03-11 |
Movie | Considering Love and Other Magic | Uncle Jasper | 2017-11-17 |
Series | Will & Grace | Will Truman | 2017-09-28 |
Movie | Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
Series | Slasher | Basil Garvey | 2016-03-04 |
Movie | A Heavenly Christmas | Max | 2016-11-26 |
Movie | The Architect | Colin | 2016-05-20 |
Series | Travelers | Grant MacLaren | 2016-10-17 |
Movie | Knife Fight | Larry Becker | 2013-01-25 |
Movie | Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story | Detective Sullivan | 2013-03-23 |
Series | Full Circle | Ken Waltham | 2013-10-09 |
Series | Perception | Dr. Daniel Pierce | 2012-07-09 |
Movie | Barricade | Terrance Shade | 2012-09-25 |
Movie | Textuality | Clive | 2011-04-22 |
Series | Pound Puppies | Lucky (voice) | 2010-10-10 |
Movie | Who Is Clark Rockefeller? | Clark Rockefeller | 2010-12-01 |
Series | Trust Me | Mason McGuire | 2009-01-26 |
Movie | Annul Victory | Self | 2009-05-02 |
Movie | Alien Trespass | Ted Lewis / Urp | 2009-04-03 |
Movie | My One and Only | Charlie | 2009-08-21 |
Series | The Andromeda Strain | Jack Nash | 2008-05-26 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Series | Lovespring International | Unknown | 2006-06-05 |
Series | The Charlotte Church Show | Unknown | 2006-09-01 |
Series | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Unknown | 2006-03-13 |
Movie | Break a Leg | Tad | 2005-04-21 |
Series | Robson Arms | Unknown | 2005-06-17 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | The Sisters | Gary Sokol | 2005-04-23 |
Series | Dead Like Me | Ray Summers | 2003-06-27 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Series | Monk | James Novak | 2002-07-12 |
Movie | Here's to Life! | Owen Rinard | 2000-09-18 |
Movie | The Audrey Hepburn Story | Mel Ferrer | 2000-03-27 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Series | A Will of their Own | Pierce Peterson | 1998-10-18 |
Movie | Free Enterprise | Mark | 1998-06-04 |
Series | Will & Grace | Will Truman | 1998-09-21 |
Movie | Exception to the Rule | Timothy Bayer | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Borrowed Hearts | Sam Field | 1997-11-30 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Night Visitors | Andy Robinson | 1996-10-13 |
Series | Townies | Unknown | 1996-09-18 |
Series | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Col. Francis Clay Mosby | 1995-09-21 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Movie | Island City | Greg 23 | 1994-03-02 |
Series | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Col. Francis Clay Mosby | 1994-09-09 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Jack Sullivan | 1994-04-22 |
Movie | Family of Strangers | Sam | 1993-02-21 |
Movie | Miracle on Interstate 880 | Tony | 1993-02-22 |
Movie | Call Of The Wild | Hal | 1993-04-25 |
Movie | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Don Farmer | 1993-10-30 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | The Lost World | Edward Malone | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Giant Steps | Jack Sims | 1992-09-12 |
Series | The Hat Squad | Unknown | 1992-09-16 |
Movie | Return to the Lost World | Edward Malone | 1992-04-07 |
Series | The Commish | Unknown | 1991-09-28 |
Series | Street Justice | Eric Rothman | 1991-09-29 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |