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 | The Immigrants | 2025 | |
Series | Best Thing Ever | Dean | 2025 |
Movie | Mr. Dress-Up: The Magic of Make Believe | Self | 2023-09-08 |
Series | The Other Black Girl | Richard Wagner | 2023-09-13 |
Movie | The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks | Self | 2022-03-15 |
Movie | Drinkwater | Hank Drinkwater | 2022-10-14 |
Movie | Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble | Self | 2020-04-26 |
Series | Departure | Cole Banks | 2019-07-10 |
Movie | Considering Love and Other Magic | Uncle Jasper | 2017-11-17 |
Series | Will & Grace | Will Truman | 2017-09-28 |
Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self (voice) | 2017-03-11 |
Movie | Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
Movie | A Heavenly Christmas | Max | 2016-11-26 |
Series | Slasher | Basil Garvey | 2016-03-04 |
Series | Travelers | Grant MacLaren | 2016-10-17 |
Movie | The Architect | Colin | 2016-05-20 |
Movie | Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story | Detective Sullivan | 2013-03-23 |
Series | Full Circle | Ken Waltham | 2013-10-09 |
Movie | Knife Fight | Larry Becker | 2013-01-25 |
Series | Perception | Dr. Daniel Pierce | 2012-07-09 |
Movie | Barricade | Terrance Shade | 2012-09-25 |
Movie | Textuality | Clive | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | Who Is Clark Rockefeller? | Clark Rockefeller | 2010-12-01 |
Series | Pound Puppies | Lucky (voice) | 2010-10-10 |
Series | Trust Me | Mason McGuire | 2009-01-26 |
Movie | Alien Trespass | Ted Lewis / Urp | 2009-04-03 |
Movie | My One and Only | Charlie | 2009-08-21 |
Movie | Annul Victory | Self | 2009-05-02 |
Series | The Andromeda Strain | Jack Nash | 2008-05-26 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Series | The Charlotte Church Show | Unknown | 2006-09-01 |
Series | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Unknown | 2006-03-13 |
Series | Lovespring International | Unknown | 2006-06-05 |
Movie | Break a Leg | Tad | 2005-04-21 |
Movie | The Sisters | Gary Sokol | 2005-04-23 |
Series | Robson Arms | Unknown | 2005-06-17 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Series | Dead Like Me | Ray Summers | 2003-06-27 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Monk | James Novak | 2002-07-12 |
Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Movie | The Audrey Hepburn Story | Mel Ferrer | 2000-03-27 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
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 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
Movie | Borrowed Hearts | Sam Field | 1997-11-30 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Night Visitors | Andy Robinson | 1996-10-13 |
Series | Townies | Unknown | 1996-09-18 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Series | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Col. Francis Clay Mosby | 1995-09-21 |
Movie | Island City | Greg 23 | 1994-03-02 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Series | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Col. Francis Clay Mosby | 1994-09-09 |
Movie | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Jack Sullivan | 1994-04-22 |
Movie | Mood Indigo | Stu Feltzer | 1993-01-11 |
Movie | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Don Farmer | 1993-10-30 |
Movie | Family of Strangers | Sam | 1993-02-21 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Call Of The Wild | Hal | 1993-04-25 |
Movie | Miracle on Interstate 880 | Tony | 1993-02-22 |
Movie | The Lost World | Edward Malone | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Giant Steps | Jack Sims | 1992-09-12 |
Movie | Return to the Lost World | Edward Malone | 1992-04-07 |
Series | The Hat Squad | Unknown | 1992-09-16 |
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 |