Eric McCormack
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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.
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Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Diagnosis: Murder
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Saturday Night Live
Monk
American Dad!
American Idol
The Graham Norton Show
The Colbert Report
Elsbeth
The Mysteries of Laura
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Ally McBeal
Veronica's Closet
Dead Like Me
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
The Outer Limits
Hell's Kitchen
Jenny
The Hat Squad
Slasher
Departure
A Will of their Own
Atypical
The Other Black Girl
A Heavenly Christmas
Lonesome Dove: The Series
Travelers
Will & Grace
Will & Grace
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