Eric McCormack

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 rol…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Vance Shepard
2. American Dad! (2005) — Swinger (voice)
3. Monk (2002) — James Novak
4. Atypical (2017) — Professor Shinerock
5. Travelers (2016) — Grant MacLaren
6. Will & Grace (1998) — Will Truman
7. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
8. Dead Like Me (2003) — Ray Summers
9. Holy Man (1998) — Scott Hawkes
10. Highlander: The Series (1992) — Matthew McCormick
11. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
12. Ally McBeal (1997) — Kevin Kepler
13. Slasher (2016) — Basil Garvey
14. Hell's Kitchen (2005) — Self - Restaurant Patron
15. The Colbert Report (2005) — Self
16. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
17. Perception (2012) — Dr. Daniel Pierce
18. The Andromeda Strain (2008) — Jack Nash
19. The Outer Limits (1995) — John Virgil
20. American Idol (2002) — Self
21. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
22. My One and Only (2009) — Charlie
23. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
24. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
25. Elsbeth (2024) — Tom Murphy
26. Diagnosis: Murder (1993) — Boyd Merrick
27. Departure (2019) — Cole Banks
28. Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993) — Don Farmer
29. The Mysteries of Laura (2014) — Dr. Andrew Devlin
30. The View (1997) — Self
31. The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006) — Dr. Max Kershaw
32. The Hunting Party (2025) — Ron Simms
33. Alien Trespass (2009) — Ted Lewis / Urp
34. Will & Grace (2017) — Will Truman
35. Barricade (2012) — Terrance Shade
36. Borrowed Hearts (1997) — Sam Field
37. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
38. A Heavenly Christmas (2016) — Max
39. Inside the Actors Studio (1994) — Self
40. LEGO Masters (2020) — Self

Directed

1. Travelers (2016) — Director
2. Perception (2012) — Director