Eric McCormack
Born: 1963-04-18 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Hunting Party as Ron Simms
- Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue as Kevin Anderson
- Hell Motel as Hemmingway
2024
- Elsbeth as Tom Murphy
- Remembering Gene Wilder as Self
2023
- Guiding Emily as Garth
- Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe as Self
- The Other Black Girl as Richard Wagner
- Slasher: Ripper as Basil Garvey
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks as Self
- Drinkwater as Hank Drinkwater
2021
- The Baltimore Waltz as Carl
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
- LEGO Masters as Self
- Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards as Self - Nominee & Presenter
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Departure as Cole Banks
2018
- The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
2017
- Atypical as Professor Shinerock
- Will & Grace as Will Truman
- The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self (voice)
- Considering Love and Other Magic as Uncle Jasper
2016
- Travelers as Grant MacLaren
- Slasher as Basil Garvey
- The Architect as Colin
- Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- A Heavenly Christmas as Max
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Mysteries of Laura as Dr. Andrew Devlin
2013
- Full Circle as Ken Waltham
- Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story as Detective Sullivan
- Knife Fight as Larry Becker
2012
- Perception as Dr. Daniel Pierce
- Barricade as Terrance Shade
2011
- Textuality as Clive
2010
- Pound Puppies as Lucky (voice)
- Who Is Clark Rockefeller? as Clark Rockefeller
2009
- Annul Victory as Self
- Alien Trespass as Ted Lewis / Urp
- My One and Only as Charlie
- Trust Me as Mason McGuire
2008
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
- The New Adventures of Old Christine as Dr. Max Kershaw
- The Charlotte Church Show as Hywl
- Lovespring International
2005
- American Dad! as Swinger (voice)
- The Colbert Report as Self
- Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
- Robson Arms
- Break a Leg as Tad
- The Sisters as Gary Sokol
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Dead Like Me as Ray Summers
2002
- Monk as James Novak
- American Idol as Self
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2000
- The Audrey Hepburn Story as Mel Ferrer
- Here's to Life! as Owen Rinard
- Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vance Shepard
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1998
- Will & Grace as Will Truman
- Free Enterprise as Mark
- A Will of their Own as Pierce Peterson
1997
- The View as Self
- Ally McBeal as Kevin Kepler
- Borrowed Hearts as Sam Field
- Veronica's Closet as Griffin
- Jenny as Jason Slade
- Exception to the Rule as Timothy Bayer
1996
- Night Visitors as Andy Robinson
- Townies
1995
- The Outer Limits as John Virgil
- Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Col. Francis Clay Mosby
1994
- The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Jack Sullivan
- Island City as Greg 23
- Lonesome Dove: The Series as Col. Francis Clay Mosby
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Boyd Merrick
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Don Farmer
- Mood Indigo as Stu Feltzer
- Call Of The Wild as Hal
- Miracle on Interstate 880 as Tony
- Family of Strangers as Sam
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Matthew McCormick
- Giant Steps as Jack Sims
- Return to the Lost World as Edward Malone
- The Lost World as Edward Malone
- The Hat Squad
1991
- The Commish
- Street Justice as Eric Rothman
1988
- Much Ado About Nothing as Balthasar
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host