Eric McCormack
Acting
- Born:
- 1963-04-18
- Place of birth:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric McCormack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Best Thing Ever
Love, Again
This Above All: The Theatrical Life of Antoni Cimolino
Hell Motel
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue
The Hunting Party
Remembering Gene Wilder
Elsbeth
The Other Black Girl
Guiding Emily
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
Slasher: Ripper
Drinkwater
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
The Baltimore Waltz
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
Stars in the House
LEGO Masters
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Departure
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Considering Love and Other Magic
Will & Grace
Atypical
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
A Heavenly Christmas
Travelers
The Architect
Slasher
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
The Mysteries of Laura
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Full Circle
Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story
Knife Fight
Barricade
Perception
Textuality
Pound Puppies
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
My One and Only
Annul Victory
Alien Trespass
Trust Me
Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain
The Graham Norton Show
The Charlotte Church Show
Lovespring International
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Colbert Report
Robson Arms
Hell's Kitchen
The Sisters
Break a Leg
American Dad!
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Dead Like Me
Monk
American Idol
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
Here's to Life!
The Audrey Hepburn Story
The Audrey Hepburn Story
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
A Will of their Own
Holy Man
Will & Grace
Free Enterprise
Borrowed Hearts
Jenny
Veronica's Closet
Ally McBeal
The View
Exception to the Rule
Night Visitors
Townies
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
The Outer Limits
Lonesome Dove: The Series
Inside the Actors Studio
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Island City
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Diagnosis: Murder
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Call Of The Wild
Miracle on Interstate 880
Family of Strangers
Mood Indigo
Highlander: The Series
The Hat Squad
Giant Steps
Return to the Lost World
The Lost World
Street Justice
The Commish
Much Ado About Nothing
Saturday Night Live
You're Safe Now
The Immigrants