Eric McCormack Bio | Wiki
Eric McCormack is a known Canadian-American actor and singer. He is famous for his role as Will Truman in Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Travelers, and Dr. Daniel Pierce in Perception. He made his film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film The Lost World. For his role in Will & Grace, he earned six Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001.
Further, he has appeared in tv series like Top Cops, Street Justice, Lonesome Dove: The Series, Townies, and Ally McBeal. His Broadway debut was in the 2001 production of The Music Man and starred in the 2005 film The Sisters. In addition, he starred as Dr. Max Kershaw, in The New Adventures of Old Christine from 2009 to 2010.
Eric McCormack Age
He was born on April 18, 1963, in Toronto, Canada. McCormack is 60 years old.
Eric McCormack Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at the height of 5 ft 11 in (Approx 1.80 m).
Eric McCormack Family
He was born to his hardworking parents in Toronto, Canada. McCormack’s parents are Doris, who was a homemaker, and James “Keith” McCormack, an oil company financial analyst who died from cancer in 2008. At an early age, he was shy and did not play sports but was involved in theatre. He grew up with Ellen McCormack. His mother was honored at the Lifetime’s Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004. He holds Canadian-American nationality and is of Scottish ancestry.
Eric McCormack Wife
He is happily married to his loving wife Janet Holden in August 1997. Janet and McCormack met on the set of Lonesome Dove. The two are parents of a son Finnigan Holden McCormack. In 1999, he became a US citizen and resides in Los Angeles, United States, and Vancouver. He is involved in many Los Angeles and Canadian-based charitable organizations including Project Angel Food. In addition, he serves as an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and in October 2006, he was given the MMRF Spirit of Hope Award.
Eric McCormack Education
He received his high school diploma in 1982. McCormack later attended Ryerson University School of Theatre in Toronto to further improve his acting. He left the University several months before graduating in 1985, to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford. Further, he attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario, and was a classmate of David Furnish.
Eric McCormack Movies and Tv Shows
McCormack has appeared in numerous movies and tv shows, some of them including:
Movies
- The Lost World as Edward Malone in 1992
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Don Farmer in 1993
- Free Enterprise as Mark in 1999
- Break a Leg as Dark Haired Actor in 2005
- Immigrants as Vlad in 2008
- My One and Only as Charlie in 2009
- Barricade as Terrence Shade in 2012
- Considering Love and Other Magic as Uncle Jasper in 2016
- Drinkwater as Hank in 2021
Tv Shows
- Much Ado About Nothing as Balthasar in 1987
- Street Legal as Barry Taylor in 1991
- Cobra as Blake Devaroe in 1993
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Don Farmer in 1993
- Townies as Scott in 1996
- Ally McBeal as Kevin Kepler in 1998
- Will & Grace as Will Truman from 1998 to 2006 and from 2017 to 2020
- The Andromeda Strain as Jack Nash in 2008
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vance Shepard in 2009
- Perception as Dr. Daniel Pierce in 2012 to 2015
- The Mysteries of Laura as Andrew Devlin, M.D. in 2015
- Travelers Grant MacLaren from 2016 to 2018
- Atypical as Professor Shinerock in 2019
Eric McCormack Will & Grace
He attained his acting breakthrough after landing a role in 1998 when he was cast as gay lawyer Will Truman on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. In the series, he is a lawyer who lives in the Upper West Side of New York City with his best friend, Grace Adler. Also, he portrays his relationship with the two other main characters, Karen Walker and Jack McFarland.
For his role in Will & Grace, he earned six Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001. In addition, the series has 11 seasons with 246 episodes.
Eric McCormack Perception
He had a lead role in the crime drama tv series Perception as Dr. Daniel Pierce. He works as a neuropsychiatrist with schizophrenia who assists the FBI on some of its most complex cases in the series. McCormack appears in all 39 episodes in three seasons from 2012 to 2015. For his role, he was nominated for Prism Awards for Performance in a Drama Series Episode.
Eric McCormack Son
Janet and McCormack are parents of a son Finnigan Holden McCormack. Finnigan is 20 years old born on July 1, 2002. Further, there are no details regarding Finnigan having cancer. However, his father is an advocate for fighting the disease.
Eric McCormack Actor
He made his film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film The Lost World and his US television debut in a 1991 episode of the CBS crime series Top Cops. He landed a recurring role as a detective in the crime drama Street Justice in 1993 and appeared in the television movie Double, Double, Toil, and Trouble. Moreover, he appeared in the television film The Man Who Wouldn’t Die in 1995, Borrowed Hearts in 1997, and Jenny.
His breakthrough came after landing a role in 1998 when he was cast as gay lawyer Will Truman on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. He then produced the Lifetime comedy Lovespring International and later co-starred in the A&E television miniseries The Andromeda Strain in 2008. Further, he had a guest appearance in the seventh season and 100th episode of the television series Monk. He returned to television in the TNT drama Trust Me in January 2009.
Also, he starred in the science-fiction film Alien Trespass and portrayed “El Gallo” in Reprise Theatre Company’s revival of the 1960s musical The Fantasticks in May 2009. McCormack portrayed con artist Clark Rockefeller in the Lifetime television movie Who Is Clark Rockefeller? in 2010. He had a guest-starring role on an episode of NBC’s The Mysteries of Laura in February 2015. In addition, he narrated a portion of the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.
Eric McCormack Net Worth
He has attained decent fortune working as an actor for over two decades. McCormack’s net worth is $20 Million.
Who Is Eric McCormack
McCormack is a known Canadian-American actor and singer. He is famous for his role as Will Truman in Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Travelers, and Dr. Daniel Pierce in Perception. He made his film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film The Lost World. For his role in Will & Grace, he earned six Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001.
How Tall Is Eric McCormack
McCormack is a man of tall stature and is 5 ft 11 in.
Is Eric McCormack Married
e is happily married to his loving wife Janet Holden in August 1997. Janet and McCormack met on the set of Lonesome Dove. The two are parents of a son Finnigan Holden McCormack.
McCormack’s Social Media Account
Twitter – @EricMcCormack
Instagram – eric_mccormack