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