Eric McCormack
Acting
Born: Apr 18, 1963
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiding Emily | Garth | 2023 | 8.2 |
| Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe | Self | 2023 | 7.3 |
| Drinkwater | Hank Drinkwater | 2022 | 5.7 |
| The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks | Self | 2022 | 8.0 |
| Knife Fight | Larry Becker | 2013 | 5.0 |
| Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story | Detective Sullivan | 2013 | 5.1 |
| Barricade | Terrance Shade | 2012 | 4.6 |
| Textuality | Clive | 2011 | 4.7 |
| Who Is Clark Rockefeller? | Clark Rockefeller | 2010 | 5.1 |
| My One and Only | Charlie | 2009 | 6.485 |
| Alien Trespass | Ted Lewis / Urp | 2009 | 5.13 |
| Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain | 2008 | 2.5 | |
| The Sisters | Gary Sokol | 2005 | 4.975 |
| Break a Leg | Tad | 2005 | 3.611 |
| NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002 | 10.0 |
| The Audrey Hepburn Story | Mel Ferrer | 2000 | 6.02 |
| Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special | 2000 | 5.5 | |
| Here's to Life! | Owen Rinard | 2000 | 10.0 |
| Free Enterprise | Mark | 1998 | 5.842 |
| Borrowed Hearts | Sam Field | 1997 | 6.479 |
| Exception to the Rule | Timothy Bayer | 1997 | 3.571 |
| Night Visitors | Andy Robinson | 1996 | 6.5 |
| Island City | Greg 23 | 1994 | 3.4 |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Jack Sullivan | 1994 | 6.25 |
| Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Don Farmer | 1993 | 6.378 |
| Call Of The Wild | Hal | 1993 | 7.091 |
| Miracle on Interstate 880 | Tony | 1993 | 5.222 |
| Mood Indigo | Stu Feltzer | 1993 | 9.0 |
| The Lost World | Edward Malone | 1992 | 5.24 |
| Giant Steps | Jack Sims | 1992 | 8.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1963 |
| From | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |