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.

Filmography

• Best Thing Ever — Dean
• 2026Love, Again — Leo
• Hell Motel — Hemmingway
• Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue — Kevin Anderson
• The Hunting Party — Ron Simms
• Elsbeth — Tom Murphy
• 2023Guiding Emily — Garth
• Slasher: Ripper — Basil Garvey
• The Other Black Girl — Richard Wagner
• 2022Drinkwater — Hank Drinkwater
• 2021The Baltimore Waltz — Carl
• Departure — Cole Banks
• Atypical — Professor Shinerock
• 2017Considering Love and Other Magic — Uncle Jasper
• Will & Grace — Will Truman
• 2016A Heavenly Christmas — Max
• Slasher — Basil Garvey
• 2016The Architect — Colin
• Travelers — Grant MacLaren, Producer, Director
• The Mysteries of Laura — Dr. Andrew Devlin
• Full Circle — Ken Waltham
• 2013Knife Fight — Larry Becker
• 2013Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story — Detective Sullivan
• 2012Barricade — Terrance Shade
• Perception — Dr. Daniel Pierce, Producer, Director
• 2011Textuality — Clive
• Pound Puppies — Lucky (voice)
• 2010Who Is Clark Rockefeller? — Clark Rockefeller
• 2009Alien Trespass — Ted Lewis / Urp
• 2009My One and Only — Charlie
• Trust Me — Mason McGuire
• 2008Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain
• The Andromeda Strain — Jack Nash
• Lovespring International — Producer
• The Charlotte Church Show — Hywl
• The New Adventures of Old Christine — Dr. Max Kershaw
• American Dad! — Swinger (voice)
• 2005Break a Leg — Tad
• Robson Arms
• 2005The Sisters — Gary Sokol
• Dead Like Me — Ray Summers
• Monk — James Novak
• 2000Here's to Life! — Owen Rinard
• 2000Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
• 2000The Audrey Hepburn Story — Mel Ferrer
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Vance Shepard
• A Will of their Own — Pierce Peterson
• 1998Free Enterprise — Mark
• 1998Holy Man — Scott Hawkes
• Will & Grace — Will Truman
• Ally McBeal — Kevin Kepler
• 1997Borrowed Hearts — Sam Field
• 1997Exception to the Rule — Timothy Bayer
• Jenny — Jason Slade
• Veronica's Closet — Griffin
• 1996Night Visitors — Andy Robinson
• Townies
• Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years — Col. Francis Clay Mosby
• The Outer Limits — John Virgil
• 1994Island City — Greg 23
• Lonesome Dove: The Series — Col. Francis Clay Mosby
• 1994The Man Who Wouldn't Die — Jack Sullivan
• 1993Call Of The Wild — Hal
• Diagnosis: Murder — Boyd Merrick
• 1993Double, Double, Toil and Trouble — Don Farmer
• 1993Family of Strangers — Sam
• 1993Miracle on Interstate 880 — Tony
• 1993Mood Indigo — Stu Feltzer
• 1992Giant Steps — Jack Sims
• Highlander: The Series — Matthew McCormick
• 1992Return to the Lost World — Edward Malone
• The Hat Squad
• 1992The Lost World — Edward Malone
• Street Justice — Eric Rothman
• The Commish
• 1988Much Ado About Nothing — Balthasar
• The Immigrants
• You're Safe Now

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2024Remembering Gene Wilder — Self
• 2023Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2022The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks — Self
• LEGO Masters — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• 2020Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale — Self - Special Guest
• 2017The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin — Self (voice)
• 2016Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2009Annul Victory — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Hell's Kitchen — Self - Restaurant Patron
• The Colbert Report — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• American Idol — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host