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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|4|18}}
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| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
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| citizenship = {{hlist|[[Canadian]] (1963–present)|American (1999–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=How Eric McCormack Celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving - CONAN on TBS |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNi_fHib8MY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/ZNi_fHib8MY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|via=[[YouTube]] |publisher=Team Coco |access-date=March 26, 2021 |date=November 30, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|[[film producer|producer]]|writer}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|[[film producer|producer]]|writer}}
| years_active = 1986–present
| years_active = 1986–present
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'''Eric James McCormack''' (born April 18, 1963<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xArCI97kHaY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/xArCI97kHaY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Eric McCormack's Super-Sexy 50th Birthday Bash |publisher=[[Team Coco]] |via=[[YouTube]] |date=30 July 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>) is a [[Canadian Americans|Canadian-American]] actor known for his roles as [[Will Truman]] in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Will & Grace]]'', Grant MacLaren in Netflix's ''[[Travelers (TV series)|Travelers]]'', and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] crime drama ''[[Perception (TV series)|Perception]]''. Born in [[Toronto]], McCormack started acting by performing in high school plays. He left [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]] in 1985 to accept a position with the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]], where he spent five years performing in many stage productions.
'''Eric James McCormack''' (born April 18, 1963<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xArCI97kHaY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/xArCI97kHaY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Eric McCormack's Super-Sexy 50th Birthday Bash |publisher=[[Team Coco]] |via=[[YouTube]] |date=30 July 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>) is a Canadian and American actor known for his roles as [[Will Truman]] in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Will & Grace]]'', Grant MacLaren in Netflix's ''[[Travelers (TV series)|Travelers]]'', and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] crime drama ''[[Perception (TV series)|Perception]]''. Born in [[Toronto]], McCormack started acting by performing in high school plays. He left [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]] in 1985 to accept a position with the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]], where he spent five years performing in many stage productions.


During the late 1990s he lived in [[Los Angeles]] and had minor roles. He made his feature film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film ''[[The Lost World (1992 film)|The Lost World]]''. McCormack appeared in several television series including ''[[Top Cops]]'', ''[[Street Justice]]'', ''[[Lonesome Dove: The Series]]'', ''[[Townies]]'', and ''[[Ally McBeal]]''. He later gained worldwide recognition for playing [[Will Truman]] in ''[[Will & Grace]]'', which premiered in September 1998. His performance has earned him six [[Golden Globe]] nominations and four [[Emmy]] nominations, winning the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] in 2001.
During the late 1990s he lived in [[Los Angeles]] and had minor roles. He made his feature film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film ''[[The Lost World (1992 film)|The Lost World]]''. McCormack appeared in several television series including ''[[Top Cops]]'', ''[[Street Justice]]'', ''[[Lonesome Dove: The Series]]'', ''[[Townies]]'', and ''[[Ally McBeal]]''. He later gained worldwide recognition for playing [[Will Truman]] in ''[[Will & Grace]]'', which premiered in September 1998. His performance has earned him six [[Golden Globe]] nominations and four [[Emmy]] nominations, winning the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] in 2001.


Aside from appearing in television, he made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in the 2001 production of ''[[The Music Man]]'' and starred in the 2005 film ''[[The Sisters (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 miniseries ''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' (2008) and returned to television in 2009 in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] drama ''[[Trust Me (U.S. TV series)|Trust Me]]'', which was cancelled after one season. Also in 2009, McCormack was cast in the science-fiction movie ''[[Alien Trespass]]''. In addition, he starred as Dr. Daniel Pierce for three seasons of the TNT crime drama ''[[Perception (U.S. TV series)|Perception]]'', and provided the voice of "Lucky" on [[Hub Network|The Hub]]'s ''[[Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)|Pound Puppies]]''. From 2009 to 2010 he starred as Dr. Max Kershaw, the psychiatrist turned boyfriend of [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]' title character in ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]''. In 2023, he performed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''.<ref>[https://www.fox5ny.com/news/the-cottage-jason-alexander-broadway ''Fox5NY The Cottage''] accessed 07/24/2023</ref> In 2021, McCormack joined the cast of ''[[Departure (TV series)|Departure]]''.<ref name="deadline">{{cite news |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Eric McCormack Joins 'Departure' as Canadian Series Starts Production on Season 3 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/eric-mccormack-departure-season-3-1234837981/ |access-date=30 October 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
Aside from appearing in television, he made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in the 2001 production of ''[[The Music Man]]'' and starred in the 2005 film ''[[The Sisters (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 miniseries ''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' (2008) and returned to television in 2009 in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] drama ''[[Trust Me (U.S. TV series)|Trust Me]]'', which was cancelled after one season.
Also in 2009, McCormack was cast in the science-fiction movie ''[[Alien Trespass]]''. In addition, he starred as Dr. Daniel Pierce for three seasons of the TNT crime drama ''[[Perception (U.S. TV series)|Perception]]'', and provided the voice of "Lucky" on [[Hub Network|The Hub]]'s ''[[Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)|Pound Puppies]]''. From 2009 to 2010 he starred as Dr. Max Kershaw, the psychiatrist turned boyfriend of [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]' title character in ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]''. In 2021, McCormack joined the cast of ''[[Departure (TV series)|Departure]]''.<ref name="deadline">{{cite news |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Eric McCormack Joins 'Departure' as Canadian Series Starts Production on Season 3 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/eric-mccormack-departure-season-3-1234837981/ |access-date=30 October 2021 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=16 October 2021}}</ref> In 2023, he performed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''.<ref>[https://www.fox5ny.com/news/the-cottage-jason-alexander-broadway "Fox5NY The Cottage"]. Accessed 07/24/2023.</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
McCormack was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Doris (1932–2006), a homemaker, and James "Keith" McCormack, an [[Petroleum industry|oil company]] financial analyst<ref name="solidified" /> who died from cancer in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=james-mccormack-keith&pid=117518163|title=James "Keith" McCormack Obituary|website=Toronto Star|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-date=October 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031055556/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=james-mccormack-keith&pid=117518163|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the oldest of three siblings.<ref name="people"/> Eric McCormack has [[Scottish people|Scottish]] ancestry.<ref name="Hendry2006">{{cite journal|first=Steve|last=Hendry|title=Will & trace; Exclusive Comedy Star Eric Hunts For His Scottish Family |date=August 27, 2006|journal=[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricMcCormack|author=Eric McCormack|number=438919435949051904|date=February 27, 2014|title="@BDAnthony92: @EricMcCormack is it true that ur ancestry is Cherokee and Scottish?" No, the Cherokee stuff is made-up internet crap.}}</ref> While he was growing up, he was shy and did not play sports but was involved in theatre from an early age: "I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through."<ref name="night out">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/style/a-night-out-with-eric-mccormack-diva-for-a-day.html |title=A Night out with: Eric McCormack; Diva for a Day |last=Lee |first=Denny |date=June 25, 2000 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 30, 2009 |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113050452/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/style/a-night-out-with-eric-mccormack-diva-for-a-day.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hoggard">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/15/familyandrelationships |title=What I know about women ... |last=Hoggard |first=Liz |date=April 15, 2007 |work=[[The Observer]] |access-date=July 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004033250/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/15/familyandrelationships |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He later attended [[Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute]] in [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], Ontario,<ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricMcCormack|author=Eric McCormack|number=931219659768053760|date=November 16, 2017|title=Never went to Leacock, went to Sir John A MacDonald. Wikipedia's has it wrong for years, I'm afraid. But thanks for...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2015/06/26/pride-grand-marshal-david-furnish-reflects-on-growing-up-gay-in-a-very-different-toronto.html|title = Pride grand marshal David Furnish reflects on growing up gay in a very different Toronto|website = [[Toronto Star]]|date = June 26, 2015|access-date = November 17, 2017|archive-date = November 17, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171117065303/https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2015/06/26/pride-grand-marshal-david-furnish-reflects-on-growing-up-gay-in-a-very-different-toronto.html|url-status = live}}</ref> where he was a classmate of [[David Furnish]].<ref name="mclean" /> He enrolled in theatre classes there and performed in high school productions of ''[[Godspell]]'' and ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]''.<ref name="tcm">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=521395&apid=0|title=Eric McCormack|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005021615/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=521395&apid=0|url-status=live}}</ref> McCormack recalls that after performing in ''Godspell'', his feelings toward becoming an actor solidified and he decided to pursue a career in acting. "I remember after the first performance of that... I knew where to fit in. That was the beginning of my life as an actor. It changed me in that the concept of any other options disappeared. From that moment there was no question. I knew exactly what I was going to do. I'm lucky that way."<ref name="solidified">{{cite journal|first=Luaine|last=Lee|title='Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack returns in new TNT series 'Trust Me' |date=January 26, 2009|journal=[[The Oakland Tribune]]}}</ref>
McCormack was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Doris (1932–2006), a homemaker, and James "Keith" McCormack, an [[Petroleum industry|oil company]] financial analyst<ref name="solidified" /> who died from cancer in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=james-mccormack-keith&pid=117518163|title=James "Keith" McCormack Obituary|website=Toronto Star|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-date=October 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031055556/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=james-mccormack-keith&pid=117518163|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the oldest of three siblings.<ref name="people"/> McCormack has [[Scottish people|Scottish]] ancestry.<ref name="Hendry2006">{{cite journal|first=Steve|last=Hendry|title=Will & trace; Exclusive Comedy Star Eric Hunts For His Scottish Family |date=August 27, 2006|journal=[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricMcCormack|author=Eric McCormack|number=438919435949051904|date=February 27, 2014|title="@BDAnthony92: @EricMcCormack is it true that ur ancestry is Cherokee and Scottish?" No, the Cherokee stuff is made-up internet crap.}}</ref> While he was growing up, he was shy and did not play sports but was involved in theatre from an early age: "I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through."<ref name="night out">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/style/a-night-out-with-eric-mccormack-diva-for-a-day.html |title=A Night out with: Eric McCormack; Diva for a Day |last=Lee |first=Denny |date=June 25, 2000 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 30, 2009 |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113050452/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/style/a-night-out-with-eric-mccormack-diva-for-a-day.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hoggard">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/15/familyandrelationships |title=What I know about women ... |last=Hoggard |first=Liz |date=April 15, 2007 |work=[[The Observer]] |access-date=July 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004033250/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/15/familyandrelationships |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He later attended [[Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute]] in [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], Ontario,<ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricMcCormack|author=Eric McCormack|number=931219659768053760|date=November 16, 2017|title=Never went to Leacock, went to Sir John A MacDonald. Wikipedia's has it wrong for years, I'm afraid. But thanks for...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2015/06/26/pride-grand-marshal-david-furnish-reflects-on-growing-up-gay-in-a-very-different-toronto.html|title = Pride grand marshal David Furnish reflects on growing up gay in a very different Toronto|website = [[Toronto Star]]|date = June 26, 2015|access-date = November 17, 2017|archive-date = November 17, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171117065303/https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2015/06/26/pride-grand-marshal-david-furnish-reflects-on-growing-up-gay-in-a-very-different-toronto.html|url-status = live}}</ref> where he was a classmate of [[David Furnish]].<ref name="mclean" /> He enrolled in theatre classes there and performed in high school productions of ''[[Godspell]]'' and ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]''.<ref name="tcm">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=521395&apid=0|title=Eric McCormack|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005021615/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=521395&apid=0|url-status=live}}</ref> McCormack recalls that after performing in ''Godspell'', his feelings toward becoming an actor solidified and he decided to pursue a career in acting. "I remember after the first performance of that... I knew where to fit in. That was the beginning of my life as an actor. It changed me in that the concept of any other options disappeared. From that moment there was no question. I knew exactly what I was going to do. I'm lucky that way."<ref name="solidified">{{cite journal|first=Luaine|last=Lee|title='Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack returns in new TNT series 'Trust Me' |date=January 26, 2009|journal=[[The Oakland Tribune]]}}</ref>


McCormack graduated from high school in 1982<ref name="people"/> and enrolled at [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]] School of Theatre in Toronto to further develop as an actor.<ref name="actors">{{cite episode |title=[[Inside the Actors Studio]] |network=[[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]] |airdate=2003-11-16 |series=10 |number=2 |minutes=60; 120}}</ref> He left Ryerson in 1985, several months before graduating, to accept a position with the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] in [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], Ontario where he spent five seasons performing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/8234 |title=Eric McCormack acting credits |website=Stratford Festival Archives |access-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404201334/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/8234 |url-status=live }}</ref> "It was all I wanted, to be a classical actor for the rest of my life, but during the last couple of years I was there, I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my [[Hamlet]] before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact."<ref name="mclean">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jun/09/broadcasting.tvandradio|title=Whatever you Will|last=McLean|first=Gareth|date=June 9, 2003|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227072536/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jun/09/broadcasting.tvandradio|url-status=live}}</ref> He appeared in productions of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'', ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' and ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''. He later performed with the [[Manitoba Theatre Centre]] in a production of ''[[Burn This]]'', as well as with Toronto's [[Royal Alexandra Theatre]] in ''[[Biloxi Blues]]''.<ref name="tcm" />
McCormack graduated from high school in 1982<ref name="people"/> and enrolled at [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]] School of Theatre in Toronto to further develop as an actor.<ref name="actors">{{cite episode |title=[[Inside the Actors Studio]] |network=[[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]] |airdate=2003-11-16 |series=10 |number=2 |minutes=60; 120}}</ref> He left Ryerson in 1985, several months before graduating, to accept a position with the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] in [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], Ontario where he spent five seasons performing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/8234 |title=Eric McCormack acting credits |website=Stratford Festival Archives |access-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404201334/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/8234 |url-status=live }}</ref> "It was all I wanted, to be a classical actor for the rest of my life, but during the last couple of years I was there, I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my [[Hamlet]] before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact."<ref name="mclean">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jun/09/broadcasting.tvandradio|title=Whatever you Will|last=McLean|first=Gareth|date=June 9, 2003|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227072536/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jun/09/broadcasting.tvandradio|url-status=live}}</ref> He appeared in productions of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'', ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' and ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''. He later performed with the [[Manitoba Theatre Centre]] in a production of ''[[Burn This]]'', as well as with Toronto's [[Royal Alexandra Theatre]] in ''[[Biloxi Blues]]''.<ref name="tcm" />
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===''Will & Grace''===
===''Will & Grace''===
McCormack received his breakthrough role in 1998 when he was cast as [[gay]] lawyer [[Will Truman]] on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Will & Grace]]''. McCormack said that when the part came along, he was convinced he was right for the role. "At the end of the audition, [[Max Mutchnick]], co-creator and executive producer of the show said 'That was perfect. Just to let you know, you never have to be more gay than that.'"<ref name="mclean"/> He explained that when he first read the script, "what hit me immediately was that this was me. I mean, [[sexual orientation]] aside, Will was so much like me. He's a great host, he's relatively funny and he has great friends and he's a good friend to them... the gay issue just wasn't really a big thing."<ref name="Thompson1998">{{cite news|title=He's Gay, She's Not|last=Thompson|first=Kevin|date=September 21, 1998 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |page=1D}}</ref> The show debuted on September 21, 1998, and was watched by almost 8.6&nbsp;million American viewers.<ref name="renamed_from_1998_on_20101220232705">{{cite news|title=Prime-Time Ratings|date=September 30, 1998|work=[[The Orange County Register]]|page=F02}}</ref> ''Will & Grace'' quickly developed a loyal audience, with the show and McCormack receiving strong reviews. John Carman of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' commented that McCormack and costar [[Debra Messing]] (who played Will's best friend [[Grace Adler]]) worked "nicely" together.<ref name="Carman1998">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/1998/09/21/DD39699.DTL|title='Will & Grace' Has Right Stuff To Make a Hit|last=Carman|first=John|date=September 21, 1998|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429153926/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/1998/09/21/DD39699.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> Kay McFadden of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' also praised McCormack, Messing, and the supporting cast as "very funny".<ref name="Mcfadden1998">{{cite news|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980920&slug=2773049|title=TV Knows Best -- Seattle TV Critic Kay Mcfadden Tells You What To Waste Your Time On|last=Mcfadden|first=Kay|date=September 20, 1998|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429084433/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980920&slug=2773049|url-status=live}}</ref> For the performance, he earned four [[Emmy Award]] nominations (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005), one of which resulted in a win (2001), for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=eric+mccormack&program=start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |title=Search results |work=Primetime Emmy Award Database |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404094735/http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=eric+mccormack&program=start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, he received five [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28828|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521215434/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28828|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2006|title=HFPA&nbsp;— Awards Search|work=[[Golden Globes]]|access-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref>
McCormack received his breakthrough role in 1998 when he was cast as [[gay]] lawyer [[Will Truman]] on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Will & Grace]]''. McCormack said that when the part came along, he was convinced he was right for the role. "At the end of the audition, [[Max Mutchnick]], co-creator and executive producer of the show said 'That was perfect. Just to let you know, you never have to be more gay than that.'"<ref name="mclean"/> He explained that when he first read the script, "what hit me immediately was that this was me. I mean, [[sexual orientation]] aside, Will was so much like me. He's a great host, he's relatively funny and he has great friends and he's a good friend to them... the gay issue just wasn't really a big thing."<ref name="Thompson1998">{{cite news|title=He's Gay, She's Not|last=Thompson|first=Kevin|date=September 21, 1998 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |page=1D}}</ref> The show debuted on September 21, 1998, and was watched by almost 8.6&nbsp;million American viewers.<ref name="renamed_from_1998_on_20101220232705">{{cite news|title=Prime-Time Ratings|date=September 30, 1998|work=[[The Orange County Register]]|page=F02}}</ref> ''Will & Grace'' quickly developed a loyal audience, with the show and McCormack receiving strong reviews. John Carman of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' commented that McCormack and costar [[Debra Messing]] (who played Will's best friend [[Grace Adler]]) worked "nicely" together.<ref name="Carman1998">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/1998/09/21/DD39699.DTL|title='Will & Grace' Has Right Stuff To Make a Hit|last=Carman|first=John|date=September 21, 1998|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429153926/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/1998/09/21/DD39699.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> Kay McFadden of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' also praised McCormack, Messing, and the supporting cast as "very funny".<ref name="Mcfadden1998">{{cite news|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980920/2773049/tv-knows-best|title=TV Knows Best -- Seattle TV Critic Kay Mcfadden Tells You What To Waste Your Time On|last=Mcfadden|first=Kay|date=September 20, 1998|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429084433/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980920&slug=2773049|url-status=live}}</ref> For the performance, he earned four [[Emmy Award]] nominations (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005), one of which resulted in a win (2001), for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=eric+mccormack&program=start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |title=Search results |work=Primetime Emmy Award Database |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404094735/http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=eric+mccormack&program=start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, he received five [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28828|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521215434/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28828|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2006|title=HFPA&nbsp;— Awards Search|work=[[Golden Globes]]|access-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref>


Also in 1998, McCormack appeared in [[Stephen Herek]]'s comedy film ''[[Holy Man]]''.<ref name="Klady1998">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117913502?refcatid=31|title=Holy Man&nbsp;— Murphy Takes the 'Holy' High Road|last=Klady|first=Leonard|date=October 12, 1998|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 3, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195658/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117913502?refcatid=31|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<ref name="1998a">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/holy-man|title=Holy Man (1998): Reviews|date=October 9, 1998|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=October 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012115526/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/holy-man|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1998b">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holyman.htm|title=Holy Man (1998)|date=October 9, 1998|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=August 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811070116/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holyman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year he starred in the comedy movie ''[[Free Enterprise (film)|Free Enterprise]]'' (1999), a movie about two filmmakers (McCormack and [[Rafer Weigel]]) obsessed with actor [[William Shatner]] and ''[[Star Trek]]''. Film critic Kevin Thomas of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that McCormack and Weigel "both make a strong impression".<ref name="Thomas1999">{{cite news|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-movie990603-1,0,1960616.story|title=Free Enterprise|last=Thomas|first=Kevin|date=June 4, 1999|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=June 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617070510/http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-movie990603-1,0,1960616.story|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, McCormack appeared in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television movie ''[[The Audrey Hepburn Story]]'', portraying actor [[Mel Ferrer]].<ref name="Gallo2000">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778846?refCatId=32|title=The Audrey Hepburn Story|last=Gallo|first=Phil|date=March 27, 2000|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 30, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195754/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778846?refCatId=32|url-status=live}}</ref>
Also in 1998, McCormack appeared in [[Stephen Herek]]'s comedy film ''[[Holy Man]]''.<ref name="Klady1998">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117913502?refcatid=31|title=Holy Man&nbsp;— Murphy Takes the 'Holy' High Road|last=Klady|first=Leonard|date=October 12, 1998|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 3, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195658/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117913502?refcatid=31|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<ref name="1998a">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/holy-man|title=Holy Man (1998): Reviews|date=October 9, 1998|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=October 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012115526/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/holy-man|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1998b">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holyman.htm|title=Holy Man (1998)|date=October 9, 1998|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=August 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811070116/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holyman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year he starred in the comedy movie ''[[Free Enterprise (film)|Free Enterprise]]'' (1999), a movie about two filmmakers (McCormack and [[Rafer Weigel]]) obsessed with actor [[William Shatner]] and ''[[Star Trek]]''. Film critic Kevin Thomas of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that McCormack and Weigel "both make a strong impression".<ref name="Thomas1999">{{cite news|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-movie990603-1,0,1960616.story|title=Free Enterprise|last=Thomas|first=Kevin|date=June 4, 1999|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=June 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617070510/http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-movie990603-1,0,1960616.story|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, McCormack appeared in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television movie ''[[The Audrey Hepburn Story]]'', portraying actor [[Mel Ferrer]].<ref name="Gallo2000">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778846?refCatId=32|title=The Audrey Hepburn Story|last=Gallo|first=Phil|date=March 27, 2000|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 30, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195754/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778846?refCatId=32|url-status=live}}</ref>
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During the 2001 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] season, McCormack briefly portrayed Professor Harold Hill (replacing [[Craig Bierko]]) in the [[Susan Stroman]] revival of ''[[The Music Man]]'' at the [[Neil Simon Theatre]].<ref name="Dominguez2001">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2001/06/11/2001-06-11_b_way_s__man__of_the_hour__w.html|title=B'Way's 'Man' of the hour 'Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack grabs the Baton in 'Music' Revival|last=Dominguez|first=Robert |date=June 11, 2001|work=[[Daily News (New York)]]|access-date=July 27, 2009}} {{dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In August 2002, as part of the [[Hollywood Bowl]]'s summer concert series, he reprised the role of Harold Hill for a one-night only appearance in which he and other actors recreated the songs from the production.<ref name="Mitchell2002">{{cite journal|title=Theater Review; River City Slickers; Eric McCormack, Kristin Chenoweth amp up 'Music Man'|first=Sean|last=Mitchell|date=August 6, 2002|journal=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> McCormack hosted the fourth episode of the 28th season of the sketch comedy show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' <!-- (''SNL'') --> on November 2, 2002.<ref name="a">{{cite episode |title=Eric McCormack/Jay-Z|series=Saturday Night Live|network=[[NBC]] |airdate=2002-11-02 |season=[[Saturday Night Live (season 28)|28]] |number=529 |minutes=90-92}}</ref> In 2004, he had a recurring role as Ray Summers on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s comedy drama ''[[Dead Like Me]]''.<ref name="renamed_from_2004_on_20101220232705">{{cite journal|title=McCormack playing 'Dead' this summer|date=June 2, 2004|journal=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Zap2it]]}}</ref> The following year, McCormack starred in the film ''[[The Sisters (2005 film)|The Sisters]]'', based on [[Anton Chekhov]]'s play ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''.<ref name="Ebert2006">{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/REVIEWS/60509004|title=The Sisters|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=May 19, 2006|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002081117/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/REVIEWS/60509004|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film premiered at the 2005 [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref name="Scheib2005">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927031?refcatid=31|title=The Sisters|last=Scheib|first=Ronnie|date=May 9, 2005|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195822/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927031?refcatid=31|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the 2001 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] season, McCormack briefly portrayed Professor Harold Hill (replacing [[Craig Bierko]]) in the [[Susan Stroman]] revival of ''[[The Music Man]]'' at the [[Neil Simon Theatre]].<ref name="Dominguez2001">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2001/06/11/2001-06-11_b_way_s__man__of_the_hour__w.html|title=B'Way's 'Man' of the hour 'Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack grabs the Baton in 'Music' Revival|last=Dominguez|first=Robert |date=June 11, 2001|work=[[Daily News (New York)]]|access-date=July 27, 2009}} {{dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In August 2002, as part of the [[Hollywood Bowl]]'s summer concert series, he reprised the role of Harold Hill for a one-night only appearance in which he and other actors recreated the songs from the production.<ref name="Mitchell2002">{{cite journal|title=Theater Review; River City Slickers; Eric McCormack, Kristin Chenoweth amp up 'Music Man'|first=Sean|last=Mitchell|date=August 6, 2002|journal=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> McCormack hosted the fourth episode of the 28th season of the sketch comedy show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' <!-- (''SNL'') --> on November 2, 2002.<ref name="a">{{cite episode |title=Eric McCormack/Jay-Z|series=Saturday Night Live|network=[[NBC]] |airdate=2002-11-02 |season=[[Saturday Night Live (season 28)|28]] |number=529 |minutes=90-92}}</ref> In 2004, he had a recurring role as Ray Summers on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s comedy drama ''[[Dead Like Me]]''.<ref name="renamed_from_2004_on_20101220232705">{{cite journal|title=McCormack playing 'Dead' this summer|date=June 2, 2004|journal=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Zap2it]]}}</ref> The following year, McCormack starred in the film ''[[The Sisters (2005 film)|The Sisters]]'', based on [[Anton Chekhov]]'s play ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''.<ref name="Ebert2006">{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/REVIEWS/60509004|title=The Sisters|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=May 19, 2006|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002081117/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/REVIEWS/60509004|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film premiered at the 2005 [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref name="Scheib2005">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927031?refcatid=31|title=The Sisters|last=Scheib|first=Ronnie|date=May 9, 2005|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195822/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927031?refcatid=31|url-status=live}}</ref>


''Will & Grace''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eighth and (at the time) final season ended with the series finale on May 18, 2006. The finale garnered 18&nbsp;million American viewers,<ref name="renamed_from_2006_on_20101220232705">{{cite news|title='Will & Grace' Helps NBC Stay Tough on Thursday|publisher=Zap2it|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings051806,0,2450059.story|date=May 19, 2006|access-date=March 22, 2008|archive-date=December 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215135252/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings051806,0,2450059.story|url-status=dead}}</ref> making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in six years.<ref name="Kissell2006">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117943818?refCatId=1275|title='Will' has its way in finale|last=Kissell|first=Rick|date=May 21, 2006|work=Variety|access-date=May 3, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195957/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117943818?refCatId=1275|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Will & Grace''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eighth season ended with the series finale on May 18, 2006. The finale garnered 18&nbsp;million American viewers,<ref name="renamed_from_2006_on_20101220232705">{{cite news|title='Will & Grace' Helps NBC Stay Tough on Thursday|publisher=Zap2it|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings051806,0,2450059.story|date=May 19, 2006|access-date=March 22, 2008|archive-date=December 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215135252/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings051806,0,2450059.story|url-status=dead}}</ref> making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in six years.<ref name="Kissell2006">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/will-has-its-way-in-finale-1200335888/|title='Will' has its way in finale|last=Kissell|first=Rick|date=May 21, 2006|work=Variety|access-date=May 3, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195957/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117943818?refCatId=1275|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2017, NBC closed a deal for a new, 10-episode season of [[Will & Grace]] during the 2017–18 season. The new show has been branded as a "reboot", or "revival", taking place 11 years after the original series' finale episode, with McCormack reprising his role of Truman. In August 2017 it was extended again to 16 episodes, and a second 13-episode season was ordered.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|title='Will & Grace' Revival Picked Up For Another Season|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/will-and-grace-season-2-renewed-nbc-1202515243/|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920210657/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/will-and-grace-season-2-renewed-nbc-1202515243/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2018, NBC ordered five more episodes for the revival's second season, bringing the total to 18 episodes, and also renewed the show for an 18-episode third season. Eric McCormack continued his role of Will Truman for all of the announced seasons of the revival.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adreeva|first=Nellie|title='Will & Grace' Revival Renewed For Third Season On NBC|publisher=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/will-grace-revival-renewed-season-3-nbc-season-2-expanded-18-episodes-1202339735/|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318055435/http://deadline.com/2018/03/will-grace-revival-renewed-season-3-nbc-season-2-expanded-18-episodes-1202339735/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2017, NBC closed a deal for a new, 10-episode season of [[Will & Grace]] during the 2017–18 season. The new show has been branded as a "reboot", or "revival", taking place 11 years after the original series' finale episode, and McCormack has reprised his role of the beloved Will Truman. In April 2017, the episode order was increased to 12 episodes.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} In August 2017 it was extended again to 16 episodes, and a second 13-episode season was ordered.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|title='Will & Grace' Revival Picked Up For Another Season|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/will-and-grace-season-2-renewed-nbc-1202515243/|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920210657/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/will-and-grace-season-2-renewed-nbc-1202515243/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2018, NBC ordered five more episodes for the revival's second season, bringing the total to 18 episodes, and also renewed the show for an 18-episode third season. Eric McCormack continued his role of Will Truman for all of the announced seasons of the revival.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adreeva|first=Nellie|title='Will & Grace' Revival Renewed For Third Season On NBC|publisher=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/will-grace-revival-renewed-season-3-nbc-season-2-expanded-18-episodes-1202339735/|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318055435/http://deadline.com/2018/03/will-grace-revival-renewed-season-3-nbc-season-2-expanded-18-episodes-1202339735/|url-status=live}}</ref>


===After ''Will & Grace''===
===After ''Will & Grace''===
[[File:EricMcCormackNov08.jpg|thumb|right|McCormack in November 2008|alt=A caucasian male with dark hair, wearing sunglasses on the top of his head, with a brown suede jacket, smiles]]
[[File:EricMcCormackNov08.jpg|thumb|right|McCormack in November 2008|alt=A caucasian male with dark hair, wearing sunglasses on the top of his head, with a brown suede jacket, smiles]]
After ''Will & Grace'' ended McCormack starred on the New York stage opposite [[Fran Drescher]], [[Judy Reyes]], [[Brooke Smith (actress)|Brooke Smith]], and [[Maura Tierney]] in [[Neil LaBute]]'s [[Off Broadway|off-Broadway]] play ''[[Some Girl(s)]]'' at the [[Lucille Lortel Theatre]].<ref name="ben">{{cite news|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html?fta=y|title=In 'Some Girl(s),' a Pond Scum's Love Song|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=June 9, 2006|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219004540/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html?fta=y|url-status=live}}</ref> He plays a writer who is ready to settle down and marry, but decides to visit four ex-girlfriends first. For his performance, McCormack received critical reviews. ''New York Times'' contributor [[Ben Brantley]], in review of the production, wrote: "Playing a thoughtless, woman-despising heterosexual, Mr. McCormack isn't much different from when he was playing a thoughtful, woman-worshiping homosexual. As in ''Will & Grace'', he italicizes every other line for maximum comic spin and punctuates his dialogue by earnestly furrowing his features".<ref name="ben" /> Brantley went on to say that McCormack's interpretation of the character is "certainly a more slickly sustained performance" than the one delivered by [[David Schwimmer]] in 2005.<ref name="ben" /> Melissa Rose Bernardo of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' commented that McCormack and Tierney "have incredible chemistry".<ref name="Bernardo2006">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/20/some-girls/|title=Some Girl(s) (2006 - 2006)|last=Bernardo|first=Melissa Rose|date=June 19, 2006|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930132809/https://ew.com/article/2006/06/20/some-girls/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
After ''Will & Grace'' ended McCormack starred on the New York stage opposite [[Fran Drescher]], [[Judy Reyes]], [[Brooke Smith (actress)|Brooke Smith]], and [[Maura Tierney]] in [[Neil LaBute]]'s [[Off Broadway|off-Broadway]] play ''[[Some Girl(s)]]'' at the [[Lucille Lortel Theatre]].<ref name="ben">{{cite news|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html?fta=y|title=In 'Some Girl(s),' a Pond Scum's Love Song|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=June 9, 2006|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219004540/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html?fta=y|url-status=live}}</ref> For his performance, McCormack received critical reviews. ''New York Times'' contributor [[Ben Brantley]], in review of the production, wrote: "Playing a thoughtless, woman-despising heterosexual, Mr. McCormack isn't much different from when he was playing a thoughtful, woman-worshiping homosexual. As in ''Will & Grace'', he italicizes every other line for maximum comic spin and punctuates his dialogue by earnestly furrowing his features".<ref name="ben" /> Brantley went on to say that McCormack's interpretation of the character is "certainly a more slickly sustained performance" than the one delivered by [[David Schwimmer]] in 2005.<ref name="ben" /> Melissa Rose Bernardo of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' commented that McCormack and Tierney "have incredible chemistry".<ref name="Bernardo2006">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/20/some-girls/|title=Some Girl(s) (2006 - 2006)|last=Bernardo|first=Melissa Rose|date=June 19, 2006|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930132809/https://ew.com/article/2006/06/20/some-girls/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In the same year, McCormack produced the [[Lifetime Television|Lifetime]] comedy ''[[Lovespring International]]'', a show that revolves around six employees at Lovespring International, a dating agency located in California as an "elite Beverly Hills" company.<ref name="Wheat2006">{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2006/06/09/lovespring-international/|title=Lovespring International |last=Wheat|first=Alynda|date=June 9, 2006|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref> The series debuted to ambivalent reviews,<ref name="2006a">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/lovespring-international/season-1|title=Lovespring International|date=June 5, 2006|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=August 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818224906/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/lovespring-international/season-1|url-status=live}}</ref> with Matthew Gilbert of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' commenting that ''Lovespring International'' is "a lively little cable exercise in over-the-top characters, bad taste, satire, and [[political incorrectness]]."<ref name="Gilbert2006">{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/06/05/lifetimes_lovespring_is_a_fun_match_of_satire_and_bad_taste/|title=Lifetime's 'Lovespring' is a fun match of satire and bad taste|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|date=June 5, 2006|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005041949/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/06/05/lifetimes_lovespring_is_a_fun_match_of_satire_and_bad_taste/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was cancelled that same year.<ref name="Umstead2006">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28819677_ITM |title=Lifetime Scraps Two Series |last=Umstead |first=R. Thomas |date=December 4, 2006 |work=[[Multichannel News]] |access-date=August 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010130227/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28819677_ITM |archive-date=October 10, 2009}}</ref>
In the same year, McCormack produced the [[Lifetime Television|Lifetime]] comedy ''[[Lovespring International]]'', a show that revolves around six employees at Lovespring International, a dating agency located in California as an "elite Beverly Hills" company.<ref name="Wheat2006">{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2006/06/09/lovespring-international/|title=Lovespring International |last=Wheat|first=Alynda|date=June 9, 2006|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref> The series debuted to ambivalent reviews,<ref name="2006a">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/lovespring-international/season-1|title=Lovespring International|date=June 5, 2006|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=August 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818224906/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/lovespring-international/season-1|url-status=live}}</ref> with Matthew Gilbert of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' commenting that ''Lovespring International'' is "a lively little cable exercise in over-the-top characters, bad taste, satire, and [[political incorrectness]]."<ref name="Gilbert2006">{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/06/05/lifetimes_lovespring_is_a_fun_match_of_satire_and_bad_taste/|title=Lifetime's 'Lovespring' is a fun match of satire and bad taste|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|date=June 5, 2006|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005041949/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/06/05/lifetimes_lovespring_is_a_fun_match_of_satire_and_bad_taste/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was cancelled that same year.<ref name="Umstead2006">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28819677_ITM |title=Lifetime Scraps Two Series |last=Umstead |first=R. Thomas |date=December 4, 2006 |work=[[Multichannel News]] |access-date=August 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010130227/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28819677_ITM |archive-date=October 10, 2009}}</ref>


[[File:Eric McCormack - 2009 Comic Con.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=A caucasian male with dark hair wearing a grey shirt is facing to the right, a microphone is in front of him.|McCormack at [[Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con International]] in 2009]]
[[File:Eric McCormack - 2009 Comic Con.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=A caucasian male with dark hair wearing a grey shirt is facing to the right, a microphone is in front of him.|McCormack at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in 2009]]
In 2008, McCormack co-starred in the [[A&E Network|A&E]] television miniseries ''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]'', a remake of the [[The Andromeda Strain (film)|1971 movie]] [[The Andromeda Strain|based on the novel]] by [[Michael Crichton]].<ref name="kathy">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001336.html|title=A Dilemma of Epidemic Proportions|last=Blumenstock|first=Kathy|date=May 20, 2008|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|page=1|archive-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108144523/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001336.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the miniseries he played Jack Nash, a television reporter who battles an addiction to cocaine. ''The Andromeda Strain'' received mixed reviews,<ref name="renamed_from_2008_on_20101220232705">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-andromeda-strain/season-1|title=The Andromeda Strain|date=May 26, 2008|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903035633/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-andromeda-strain/season-1|url-status=live}}</ref> and McCormack's performance was criticized. Joanna Weiss of the ''Boston Globe'' wrote, "The presence of Eric McCormack, as an intrepid TV reporter, is especially extraneous (no disrespect to intrepid reporters)."<ref name="Weiss2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/05/26/doomsday_plot_of_andromeda_stands_the_test_of_time/|title=Doomsday plot of 'Andromeda' stands the test of time|last=Weiss|first=Joanna|date=May 26, 2008|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005031517/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/05/26/doomsday_plot_of_andromeda_stands_the_test_of_time/|url-status=live}}</ref> Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' commented, "The central cast is completed by... poor Eric McCormack as a crusading, coke-addicted journalist who spends the second half of the movie playing Rambo in the desert. Let's just say McCormack does the best he can with what he's given, and leave it at that."<ref name="Bianco2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-05-22-andromeda_N.htm?csp=34|title='Andromeda' takes a great plot too far|last=Bianco|first=Robert|date=May 22, 2008|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=July 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709161936/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-05-22-andromeda_N.htm?csp=34|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 5, 2008, McCormack made a guest appearance in the seventh season and 100th episode of the television series ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', where he played an unctuous host of a television crime docudrama.<ref name="McDonough2008">{{cite news|url=http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=104694|title=Tune in Tonight: 'Monk' recaps 100 episodes with parody of news show|last=McDonough|first=Kevin|date=September 5, 2008|work=[[Reading Eagle]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807075617/http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=104694|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2008a">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/20/idUS56284+20-Jul-2008+PRN20080720|title=All-Star Guest Cast On-Board When Everyone's Favorite Obsessive-Compulsive Detective...|date=July 20, 2008|publisher=[[Reuters]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726124646/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/20/idUS56284+20-Jul-2008+PRN20080720|archive-date=July 26, 2012}}</ref>
In 2008, McCormack co-starred in the [[A&E Network|A&E]] television miniseries ''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]'', a remake of the [[The Andromeda Strain (film)|1971 movie]] [[The Andromeda Strain|based on the novel]] by [[Michael Crichton]].<ref name="kathy">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001336.html|title=A Dilemma of Epidemic Proportions|last=Blumenstock|first=Kathy|date=May 20, 2008|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|page=1|archive-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108144523/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001336.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Andromeda Strain'' received mixed reviews,<ref name="renamed_from_2008_on_20101220232705">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-andromeda-strain/season-1|title=The Andromeda Strain|date=May 26, 2008|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903035633/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-andromeda-strain/season-1|url-status=live}}</ref> and McCormack's performance was criticized. Joanna Weiss of the ''Boston Globe'' wrote, "The presence of Eric McCormack, as an intrepid TV reporter, is especially extraneous (no disrespect to intrepid reporters)."<ref name="Weiss2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/05/26/doomsday_plot_of_andromeda_stands_the_test_of_time/|title=Doomsday plot of 'Andromeda' stands the test of time|last=Weiss|first=Joanna|date=May 26, 2008|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005031517/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/05/26/doomsday_plot_of_andromeda_stands_the_test_of_time/|url-status=live}}</ref> Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' commented, "The central cast is completed by... poor Eric McCormack as a crusading, coke-addicted journalist who spends the second half of the movie playing Rambo in the desert. Let's just say McCormack does the best he can with what he's given, and leave it at that."<ref name="Bianco2008">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-05-22-andromeda_N.htm?csp=34|title='Andromeda' takes a great plot too far|last=Bianco|first=Robert|date=May 22, 2008|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=July 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709161936/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-05-22-andromeda_N.htm?csp=34|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 5, 2008, McCormack made a guest appearance in the seventh season and 100th episode of the television series ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', where he played an unctuous host of a television crime docudrama.<ref name="McDonough2008">{{cite news|url=http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=104694|title=Tune in Tonight: 'Monk' recaps 100 episodes with parody of news show|last=McDonough|first=Kevin|date=September 5, 2008|work=[[Reading Eagle]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807075617/http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=104694|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2008a">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/20/idUS56284+20-Jul-2008+PRN20080720|title=All-Star Guest Cast On-Board When Everyone's Favorite Obsessive-Compulsive Detective...|date=July 20, 2008|publisher=[[Reuters]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726124646/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/20/idUS56284+20-Jul-2008+PRN20080720|archive-date=July 26, 2012}}</ref>


In January 2009, McCormack returned to television in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] drama ''[[Trust Me (U.S. TV series)|Trust Me]]'', co-starring [[Tom Cavanagh]]. The series, set around a fictional advertising firm, starred McCormack as Mason McGuire who is the firm's newly promoted creative director, and deals with his best friend's (Cavanagh) unpredictable behavior.<ref name="Nussbaum2009">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/arts/tv/reviews/53323/|title=Cornered Office|last=Nussbaum|first=Emily|date=January 11, 2009|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426040618/http://nymag.com/arts/tv/reviews/53323/|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[USA Weekend]]'', McCormack revealed he was not afraid of being [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]].<ref name="usa weekend">{{cite news|url=http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2009/02/eric-mccormack-talks-about-trust-me/|title=Eric McCormack talks about 'Trust Me'|last=Lynch|first=Lorrie|date=February 24, 2009|work=[[USA Weekend]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205090843/http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2009/02/eric-mccormack-talks-about-trust-me/|archive-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> His decision to do the show, he said, was due to "great writing".<ref name="loud">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/arts/television/25shat.html|title=They're Not Mad Men, Just Loud Ones|last=Shattuck|first=Kathryn|date=January 25, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=March 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302095529/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/arts/television/25shat.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The show debuted on January 26, 2009, and was watched by almost 3.4&nbsp;million viewers.<ref name="Frankel2009">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999161?refCatId=14|title=TNT's 'Trust Me' has weak debut|last=Frankel|first=Daniel|date=January 27, 2009|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629200028/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999161?refCatId=14|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Trust Me'' debuted to very positive reviews, with Tim Goodman of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' writing that "the series is surprisingly solid."<ref name="Goodman2009">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/26/DDTF15G58O.DTL|title=Review: 'Trust Me': 2 BFFs and 1 promotion|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=January 26, 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414080937/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/26/DDTF15G58O.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> Mary McNamara of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that McCormack and Cavanagh "manage to keep their characters sharply defined but low-key. They are opposites but not in an ash-smudged, Windex-wielding Felix and Oscar way."<ref name="McNamara2009">{{cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/26/entertainment/et-trust-me26|title=Trust Me|last=McNamara|first=Mary|date=January 26, 2009|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|page=1|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715034722/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/26/entertainment/et-trust-me26|url-status=live}}</ref> The series, however, was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings.<ref name="Goodman2009a">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/20/DDKU174TKF.DTL|title=Networks to burst bubbles after dreadful season|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=April 20, 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425001612/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/20/DDKU174TKF.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bryant2009">{{cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/trust-cancelled-season-1004988.aspx|title=''Trust Me'' Cancelled After One Season|last=Bryant|first=Adam|date=April 11, 2009|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=September 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906055906/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Trust-Cancelled-Season-1004988.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
In January 2009, McCormack returned to television in the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] drama ''[[Trust Me (U.S. TV series)|Trust Me]]'', co-starring [[Tom Cavanagh]]. The series, set around a fictional advertising firm, starred McCormack as Mason McGuire who is the firm's newly promoted creative director, and deals with his best friend's (Cavanagh) unpredictable behavior.<ref name="Nussbaum2009">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/arts/tv/reviews/53323/|title=Cornered Office|last=Nussbaum|first=Emily|date=January 11, 2009|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426040618/http://nymag.com/arts/tv/reviews/53323/|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[USA Weekend]]'', McCormack revealed he was not afraid of being [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]].<ref name="usa weekend">{{cite news|url=http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2009/02/eric-mccormack-talks-about-trust-me/|title=Eric McCormack talks about 'Trust Me'|last=Lynch|first=Lorrie|date=February 24, 2009|work=[[USA Weekend]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205090843/http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2009/02/eric-mccormack-talks-about-trust-me/|archive-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> His decision to do the show, he said, was due to "great writing".<ref name="loud">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/arts/television/25shat.html|title=They're Not Mad Men, Just Loud Ones|last=Shattuck|first=Kathryn|date=January 25, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=March 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302095529/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/arts/television/25shat.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The show debuted on January 26, 2009, and was watched by almost 3.4&nbsp;million viewers.<ref name="Frankel2009">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/tnt-s-trust-me-has-weak-debut-1117999161/|title=TNT's 'Trust Me' has weak debut|last=Frankel|first=Daniel|date=January 27, 2009|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629200028/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999161?refCatId=14|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Trust Me'' debuted to very positive reviews, with Tim Goodman of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' writing that "the series is surprisingly solid."<ref name="Goodman2009">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/26/DDTF15G58O.DTL|title=Review: 'Trust Me': 2 BFFs and 1 promotion|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=January 26, 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414080937/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/26/DDTF15G58O.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> Mary McNamara of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that McCormack and Cavanagh "manage to keep their characters sharply defined but low-key. They are opposites but not in an ash-smudged, Windex-wielding Felix and Oscar way."<ref name="McNamara2009">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-26-et-trust-me26-story.html|title=Trust Me|last=McNamara|first=Mary|date=January 26, 2009|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|page=1|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715034722/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/26/entertainment/et-trust-me26|url-status=live}}</ref> The series, however, was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings.<ref name="Goodman2009a">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/20/DDKU174TKF.DTL|title=Networks to burst bubbles after dreadful season|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=April 20, 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425001612/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/20/DDKU174TKF.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bryant2009">{{cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/trust-cancelled-season-1004988.aspx|title=''Trust Me'' Cancelled After One Season|last=Bryant|first=Adam|date=April 11, 2009|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=September 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906055906/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Trust-Cancelled-Season-1004988.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>


McCormack starred in the science-fiction film ''[[Alien Trespass]]'' (2009); he played Doctor Ted Lewis, who gets possessed by an alien marshal, Urp, after he crash-lands on Earth.<ref name="vulture">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/04/alien_trespass_eric_mccormack.html|title=''Alien Trespass's'' Eric McCormack on Playing Possessed|last=Simon|first=Brent|date=April 6, 2009|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411191002/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/04/alien_trespass_eric_mccormack.html|url-status=live}}</ref> When asked about his interpretation on the character, McCormack commented that his first instinct was to make Ted Lewis more alien, sounding like [[Spock]].<ref name="vulture" /> The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<ref name="renamed_from_2009_on_20101220232705">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alien-trespass|title=Alien Trespass (2009): Reviews|date=April 3, 2009|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201061046/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/alien-trespass|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2009a">{{cite news|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alientrespass.htm|title=Alien Trespass (2009)|date=April 3, 2009|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720074051/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alientrespass.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
McCormack starred in the science-fiction film ''[[Alien Trespass]]'' (2009); he played Doctor Ted Lewis, who gets possessed by an alien marshal, Urp, after he crash-lands on Earth.<ref name="vulture">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/04/alien_trespass_eric_mccormack.html|title=''Alien Trespass's'' Eric McCormack on Playing Possessed|last=Simon|first=Brent|date=April 6, 2009|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411191002/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/04/alien_trespass_eric_mccormack.html|url-status=live}}</ref> When asked about his interpretation on the character, McCormack commented that his first instinct was to make Ted Lewis more alien, sounding like [[Spock]].<ref name="vulture" /> The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<ref name="renamed_from_2009_on_20101220232705">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alien-trespass|title=Alien Trespass (2009): Reviews|date=April 3, 2009|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201061046/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/alien-trespass|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2009a">{{cite news|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alientrespass.htm|title=Alien Trespass (2009)|date=April 3, 2009|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720074051/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alientrespass.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Other projects==
==Other projects==
McCormack has set up his own production company called Big Cattle Productions to develop ideas for television.<ref name="pbs"/> The projects produced by the company include ''[[Lovespring International]]'' and ''Imperfect Union''.<ref name="2006b">{{cite news|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tbsgreenlightsimperfectunion,0,2747396.story|title=TBS Forms 'Imperfect Union'|date=November 20, 2006|publisher=[[Zap2it]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918161445/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tbsgreenlightsimperfectunion,0,2747396.story|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Zeitchik2007">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972777?refCatId=14|title=Eric McCormack set for 'Advertising'|last=Zeitchik|first=Steven|author2=Josef Adalian|date=September 26, 2007|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629200416/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972777?refCatId=14|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, it was confirmed that he would write, direct, and star in the romantic comedy ''What You Wish For''.<ref name="Brady2006">{{cite news |url=http://mobile.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_05-14-2006/Brady |title=In Step With...Eric McCormack |last=Brady |first=James |date=May 14, 2006 |work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |access-date=August 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524211726/https://www.webcitation.org/5nUbBm0Tu?url=http://mobile.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_05-14-2006/Brady |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="renamed_from_2003_on_20101220232705">{{cite news|title='Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack to direct feature film|date=May 6, 2003|publisher=[[Zap2it]]}}</ref>
McCormack has set up his own production company called Big Cattle Productions to develop ideas for television.<ref name="pbs"/> The projects produced by the company include ''[[Lovespring International]]'' and ''Imperfect Union''.<ref name="2006b">{{cite news|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tbsgreenlightsimperfectunion,0,2747396.story|title=TBS Forms 'Imperfect Union'|date=November 20, 2006|publisher=[[Zap2it]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918161445/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tbsgreenlightsimperfectunion,0,2747396.story|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Zeitchik2007">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/features/eric-mccormack-set-for-advertising-1117972777/|title=Eric McCormack set for 'Advertising'|last=Zeitchik|first=Steven|author2=Josef Adalian|date=September 26, 2007|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629200416/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972777?refCatId=14|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, it was confirmed that he would write, direct, and star in the romantic comedy ''What You Wish For''.<ref name="Brady2006">{{cite news |url=http://mobile.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_05-14-2006/Brady |title=In Step With...Eric McCormack |last=Brady |first=James |date=May 14, 2006 |work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |access-date=August 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524211726/https://www.webcitation.org/5nUbBm0Tu?url=http://mobile.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_05-14-2006/Brady |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="renamed_from_2003_on_20101220232705">{{cite news|title='Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack to direct feature film|date=May 6, 2003|publisher=[[Zap2it]]}}</ref>


McCormack recorded a song, "[[The Greatest Discovery]]", which was written by [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]] in 1970, for the 2006 album ''[[Unexpected Dreams|Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars]]''.<ref name="Charkalis2006">{{cite journal|first=Diana McKeon|last=Charkalis|title=U Gotta Hear This&nbsp;— Actors Turn Singers For A Good Cause|date=June 1, 2006|journal=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]}}</ref> He also wrote and sang a song called "Living with Grace" for the 2004 soundtrack to ''Will & Grace'' with piano music provided by [[Barry Manilow]].<ref name="Reighley2004">{{cite journal|title=Major label action|last=Reighley|first=Kurt B. |date=September 14, 2004|journal=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]}}</ref>
McCormack recorded a song, "[[The Greatest Discovery]]", which was written by [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]] in 1970, for the 2006 album ''[[Unexpected Dreams|Unexpected Dreams – Songs from the Stars]]''.<ref name="Charkalis2006">{{cite journal|first=Diana McKeon|last=Charkalis|title=U Gotta Hear This&nbsp;— Actors Turn Singers For A Good Cause|date=June 1, 2006|journal=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]}}</ref> He also wrote and sang a song called "Living with Grace" for the 2004 soundtrack to ''Will & Grace'' with piano music provided by [[Barry Manilow]].<ref name="Reighley2004">{{cite journal|title=Major label action|last=Reighley|first=Kurt B. |date=September 14, 2004|journal=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:EricMcCormackMay10.jpg|thumb|upright|McCormack in May 2010]]McCormack was married to Janet Leigh Holden, whom he met on the set of ''[[Lonesome Dove (miniseries)|Lonesome Dove]]'',<ref name="mclean"/> from August 1997 until November 2023.<ref name="pop">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 27, 2023 |title='Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack's wife Janet files for divorce after 26 years of marriage |work=NBC Miami |publisher= |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/will-grace-star-eric-mccormacks-wife-janet-files-for-divorce-after-26-years-of-marriage/3169614/ |access-date= }}</ref> They have a son named Finnigan, a nod to ''[[Mr. Dressup]]'', as Eric states in the documentary, ''Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe'' (2023) airing on Prime Video.<ref name="Hamersly2002">{{cite journal|first=Michael|last=Hamersly|title=People|date=July 17, 2002|journal=The Miami Herald|page=4A|quote=''Will & Grace''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Eric McCormack and his wife, Janet Holden, welcomed their first child&nbsp;... Finnigan Holden McCormack. He was born July 1 in Los Angeles}}</ref> McCormack maintains residences in Los Angeles and [[Vancouver]].<ref name="Brownlee2010">{{cite news|first=Kristy|last=Brownlee|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/01/17/12505051.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121161135/http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/01/17/12505051.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2010|title=Sitcom star heats up ice festival|access-date=January 19, 2010|date=January 17, 2010|work=Edmonton Sun}}</ref> He became a US citizen in 1999 and holds [[dual citizenship|dual]] Canadian and US citizenship.<ref name="Stafford1999">{{cite journal|title=Michael Jackson, Wife Splitting|first=Richard|last=Stafford|date=October 9, 1999|journal=[[Press-Telegram (Long Beach)|Press-Telegram]]|quote=Canadian-born actor Eric McCormack of NBC's ''Will and Grace'' was sworn in Friday as a U.S. citizen}}</ref>
[[File:EricMcCormackMay10.jpg|thumb|upright|McCormack in May 2010]]McCormack was married to Janet Leigh Holden, whom he met on the set of ''[[Lonesome Dove (miniseries)|Lonesome Dove]]'',<ref name="mclean"/> from August 1997 until November 2023.<ref name="pop">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 27, 2023 |title='Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack's wife Janet files for divorce after 26 years of marriage |work=NBC Miami |publisher= |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/will-grace-star-eric-mccormacks-wife-janet-files-for-divorce-after-26-years-of-marriage/3169614/ |access-date= }}</ref> They have a son named Finnigan, a nod to ''[[Mr. Dressup]]'', as Eric states in the documentary, ''Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe'' (2023) airing on Prime Video.<ref name="Hamersly2002">{{cite journal|first=Michael|last=Hamersly|title=People|date=July 17, 2002|journal=The Miami Herald|page=4A|quote=''Will & Grace''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Eric McCormack and his wife, Janet Holden, welcomed their first child&nbsp;... Finnigan Holden McCormack. He was born July 1 in Los Angeles}}</ref> McCormack maintains residences in Los Angeles and [[Vancouver]].<ref name="Brownlee2010">{{cite news|first=Kristy|last=Brownlee|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/01/17/12505051.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121161135/http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/01/17/12505051.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2010|title=Sitcom star heats up ice festival|access-date=January 19, 2010|date=January 17, 2010|work=Edmonton Sun}}</ref> He became a American citizen in 1999 and holds [[dual citizenship|dual]] Canadian and American citizenship.<ref name="Stafford1999">{{cite journal|title=Michael Jackson, Wife Splitting|first=Richard|last=Stafford|date=October 9, 1999|journal=[[Press-Telegram (Long Beach)|Press-Telegram]]|quote=Canadian-born actor Eric McCormack of NBC's ''Will and Grace'' was sworn in Friday as a U.S. citizen}}</ref>


McCormack is involved in many Los Angeles and Canadian-based charitable organizations including [[Project Angel Food]].<ref name="2008b">{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.asp?c=etIQK6OYG&b=2607297|title=Client Services|date=April 18, 2008|publisher=Project Angel Food|access-date=August 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921171746/http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.asp?c=etIQK6OYG&b=2607297|archive-date=September 21, 2009}}</ref> The Wellness Community West Los Angeles Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards dinner presented an award to McCormack for his [[breast cancer]] awareness advocacy. He shared with the audience how his comedy helped his mother, Doris McCormack, endure her breast cancer treatments.<ref name="Hartog2005">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/circuit_20050408/|title=Circuit|first=Kelly|last=Hartog|access-date=August 2, 2009|date=April 7, 2005|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|The Jewish Journal]]|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611101710/http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/circuit_20050408/|url-status=live}}</ref> Doris McCormack was honored at the Lifetime's Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004.<ref name="Hibberd2004">{{cite news|first=James|last=Hibberd|title=Honoring cancer survivors|date=October 4, 2004|work=[[TelevisionWeek]]}}</ref><ref name="2004a">{{cite news|title=Lifetime Television Honors Courageous Breast Cancer Survivors and Advocates, Including Moms of Eric Mccormack, Carson Daly and Christina Applegate|date=September 27, 2004|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]}}</ref> He serves as an honorary board member of the [[Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation]] (MMRF) and was given the MMRF Spirit of Hope Award in October 2006.<ref name="2006c">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23073435_ITM|title=Emmy-Award Winning Actor Eric McCormack Presented With MMRF Spirit of Hope Award at the 10th Annual Friends For Life Fall Gala|date=October 30, 2006|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=October 2, 2009|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116074105/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/search/?q=Emmy-Award%20Winning%20Actor%20Eric%20McCormack%20Presented%20With%20MMRF%20Spirit%20of%20Hope%20Award%20at%20the%2010th%20Annual%20Friends%20For%20Life%20Fall%20Gala.|url-status=live}}</ref>
McCormack is involved in many Los Angeles and Canadian-based charitable organizations including [[Project Angel Food]].<ref name="2008b">{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.asp?c=etIQK6OYG&b=2607297|title=Client Services|date=April 18, 2008|publisher=Project Angel Food|access-date=August 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921171746/http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.asp?c=etIQK6OYG&b=2607297|archive-date=September 21, 2009}}</ref> The Wellness Community West Los Angeles Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards dinner presented an award to McCormack for his [[breast cancer]] awareness advocacy. He shared with the audience how his comedy helped his mother, Doris McCormack, endure her breast cancer treatments.<ref name="Hartog2005">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/circuit_20050408/|title=Circuit|first=Kelly|last=Hartog|access-date=August 2, 2009|date=April 7, 2005|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|The Jewish Journal]]|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611101710/http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/circuit_20050408/|url-status=live}}</ref> Doris McCormack was honored at the Lifetime's Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004.<ref name="Hibberd2004">{{cite news|first=James|last=Hibberd|title=Honoring cancer survivors|date=October 4, 2004|work=[[TelevisionWeek]]}}</ref><ref name="2004a">{{cite news|title=Lifetime Television Honors Courageous Breast Cancer Survivors and Advocates, Including Moms of Eric Mccormack, Carson Daly and Christina Applegate|date=September 27, 2004|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]}}</ref> He serves as an honorary board member of the [[Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation]] (MMRF) and was given the MMRF Spirit of Hope Award in October 2006.<ref name="2006c">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23073435_ITM|title=Emmy-Award Winning Actor Eric McCormack Presented With MMRF Spirit of Hope Award at the 10th Annual Friends For Life Fall Gala|date=October 30, 2006|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=October 2, 2009|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116074105/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/search/?q=Emmy-Award%20Winning%20Actor%20Eric%20McCormack%20Presented%20With%20MMRF%20Spirit%20of%20Hope%20Award%20at%20the%2010th%20Annual%20Friends%20For%20Life%20Fall%20Gala.|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Boys from Syracuse, The" | ''The Boys from Syracuse''
| data-sort-value="Boys from Syracuse, The" | ''The Boys from Syracuse''
| Tailor's Apprentice
| Tailor's Apprentice
| Television film
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1987
| rowspan="2"|1987
| ''Much Ado About Nothing''
| ''Much Ado About Nothing''
| Balthasar
| Balthasar
| Television film
|-
|-
| ''[[Hangin' In]]''
| ''[[Hangin' In]]''
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| Episode: "Li'l Devil"
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|-
| rowspan=2|1991
| rowspan="2"|1991
| ''[[E.N.G.]]''
| ''[[E.N.G.]]''
| Unknown
| Unknown
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| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1992
| rowspan="2"|1992
| ''[[Neon Rider]]''
| ''[[Neon Rider]]''
| Derek
| Derek
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| Recurring role
|-
|-
| rowspan=8|1993
| rowspan="8"|1993
| ''[[Cobra (American TV series)|Cobra]]''
| ''[[Cobra (American TV series)|Cobra]]''
| Blake Devaroe
| Blake Devaroe
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| ''Relentless: Mind of a Killer''
| ''Relentless: Mind of a Killer''
| Stu Feltzer
| Stu Feltzer
| Television film
| rowspan="7" | Television film
|-
|-
| ''[[Family of Strangers]]''
| ''[[Family of Strangers]]''
| Sam
| Sam
| Television film
|-
|-
| ''Miracle on Interstate 880''
| ''Miracle on Interstate 880''
| Tony
| Tony
| Television film
|-
|-
| ''Call of the Wild''
| ''Call of the Wild''
| Hal
| Hal
| Television film
|-
|-
| ''[[Double, Double, Toil and Trouble]]''
| ''[[Double, Double, Toil and Trouble]]''
| Don Farmer
| Don Farmer
| Television film
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1994
| rowspan="2"|1994
| data-sort-value="Man Who Wouldn't Die, The" | ''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1995 film)|The Man Who Wouldn't Die]]''
| data-sort-value="Man Who Wouldn't Die, The" | ''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1995 film)|The Man Who Wouldn't Die]]''
| Jack Sullivan
| Jack Sullivan
| Television film
|-
|-
| ''[[Island City (1994 film)|Island City]]''
| ''[[Island City (1994 film)|Island City]]''
| Greg 23
| Greg 23
| Television film
|-
|-
| 1994–1996
| 1994–1996
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| Main role
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|1996
| rowspan="3"|1996
| ''[[Highlander: The Series]]''
| ''[[Highlander: The Series]]''
| Matthew McCormick
| Matthew McCormick
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| Recurring role
| Recurring role
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|1997
| rowspan="4"|1997
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| John Virgil
| John Virgil
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| Television film
| Television film
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|1998
| rowspan="2"|1998
| ''[[Ally McBeal]]''
| ''[[Ally McBeal]]''
| Kevin Kepler
| Kevin Kepler
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| Television film
|-
|-
| 1998–2006<br />2017–2020
| 1998–2006,<br />2017–2020
| ''[[Will & Grace]]''
| ''[[Will & Grace]]''
| [[Will Truman]]
| [[Will Truman]]
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| Episode: "Lydia's Perfect Man"
| Episode: "Lydia's Perfect Man"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2008
| rowspan="2"|2008
| data-sort-value="Andromeda Strain, The" | ''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]''
| data-sort-value="Andromeda Strain, The" | ''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]''
| Jack Nash
| Jack Nash
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| Episode: "[[Mr. Monk's 100th Case]]"
| Episode: "[[Mr. Monk's 100th Case]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| rowspan="2"|2009
| ''[[Trust Me (American TV series)|Trust Me]]''
| ''[[Trust Me (American TV series)|Trust Me]]''
| Mason McGuire
| Mason McGuire
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| Vance Shepard
| Episode: "Sugar"
| Episode: "Sugar"
|-
| 2009 & 2022
|''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]''
| Himself – Guest diner
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 2009–2010
| 2009–2010
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| Max Kershaw
| Recurring role
| Recurring role
|-
| 2009, 2022
|''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]''
| Himself – Guest diner
| 2 episodes
|-
|-
| 2010
| 2010
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| Lucky (voice)
| Lucky (voice)
| Main role
| Main role
|-
| 2012–2015
| ''[[Perception (U.S. TV series)|Perception]]''
| Dr. Daniel Pierce
| Lead role
|-
|-
| 2012
| 2012
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| Episode: "Killer Vacation"
|-
|-
| 2012–2015
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[Perception (U.S. TV series)|Perception]]''
| Dr. Daniel Pierce
| Lead role
|-
| rowspan="2"|2013
| ''[[Robot Chicken]]''
| ''[[Robot Chicken]]''
| Various
| Various
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| ''[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]'' television film
| ''[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]'' television film
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2015
| rowspan="2"|2015
| data-sort-value="Mysteries of Laura, The" | ''[[The Mysteries of Laura]]''
| data-sort-value="Mysteries of Laura, The" | ''[[The Mysteries of Laura]]''
| Andrew Devlin, M.D.
| Andrew Devlin, M.D.
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| Recurring role (season 3)
| Recurring role (season 3)
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2023
| rowspan="3"|2023
| ''[[Slasher (TV series)|Slasher]]''
| ''[[Slasher (TV series)|Slasher]]''
| Basil Garvey
| Basil Garvey
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| Garth (voice)
| Television film
| Television film
|-
| {{TableTBA}}
| ''[[Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue]]''
| Kevin
| Post-production
|}

==Stage==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role(s)
! Company/Venue(s)
! class=unsortable | Notes
! Ref.
|-
|rowspan=2| 1985
| data-sort-value="Murder in the Cathedral" | ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]''
| performer
|rowspan=13| [[Stratford Festival]]
|
| <ref name="perikleous"></ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="Twelfth Night" | ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| understudy
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=DeMara |first1=Bruce |title='Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack performing in satire about Shakespeare to raise funds to support actors in need |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/will-grace-star-eric-mccormack-performing-in-satire-about-shakespeare-to-raise-funds-to-support/article_5d87a649-08fd-59b6-ae47-14bcbe8984be.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Toronto Star |date=13 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3| 1986
| data-sort-value="Pericles" | ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre|Pericles]]''
| 3rd Knight, 2nd Gentleman
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Pericles (1986, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3370/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="Cymbeline" | ''[[Cymbeline]]''
| 1st Lord to Cloten, 2nd Jailer
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Cymbeline (1986, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3140/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="Boys from Syracuse, The" | ''[[The Boys from Syracuse]]''
| Tailor's Apprentice
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Boys from Syracuse (1986) - "Cast" credits |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0185948/fullcredits/cast/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |website=Internet Movie Database |publisher=IMDB.com, Inc. |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Past Productions |url=https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/PastProductions |website=Stratford Festival |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1987
| data-sort-value="Troilus and Cressida" | ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]''
| Helenus
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Troilus and Cressida (1987, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3361/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Much Ado About Nothing" | ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
| Balthasar
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| <ref>{{cite web |title=Much Ado About Nothing (1987, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3218/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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|rowspan=3| 1988
| data-sort-value="Richard III" | ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''
| Messenger
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| <ref>{{cite web |title=Richard III (1988, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3219/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="All's Well That Ends Well" | ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''
| Dumain (Younger)
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| <ref>{{cite web |title=All's Well That Ends Well (1988, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3362/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Measure for Measure" | ''[[Measure for Measure]]''
| performer
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| <ref name="perikleous">{{cite news |last1=Perikleous |first1=Alexis |title=35 years later, Eric McCormack returns to his stage roots (via Zoom) for a good cause |url=https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/35-years-later-eric-mccormack-returns-to-his-stage-roots-via-zoom-for-a-good-cause-1.5954002 |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=CBC Comedy |publisher=CBC}}</ref>

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|rowspan=3| 1989
| data-sort-value="Henry V" | ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''
| Orleans
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| <ref>{{cite web |title=Henry V (1989, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3134/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Three Sisters" | ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''
| Tuzenbach
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| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Deziel |first1=Shanda |title=Eric McCormack |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eric-mccormack-macleans |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=Maclean's |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=17 March 2003}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Midsummer Night's Dream, A" | ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| Demetrius
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| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeo |first1=Debra |title=Eric McCormack tends to his theatre roots with The Fantasticks |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/eric-mccormack-tends-to-his-theatre-roots-with-the-fantasticks/article_5c640611-f06d-5402-ae79-32b4391f65db.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Toronto Star |date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Midsummer Night's Dream (1989, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3257/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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| 2001
| data-sort-value="Music Man" | ''[[The Music Man]]''
| Harold Hill (replacement)
| [[Neil Simon Theatre]]
|Broadway debut
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Mark |title=McCormack takes over in 'Music Man' |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/2001/06/24/mccormack-takes-over-in-music/50426242007/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=South Coast Today |agency=The Associated Press |date=24 June 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Music Man – Broadway Musical – 2000 Revival |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-music-man-12495#Replacements |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League LLC |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eric McCormack – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/eric-mccormack-82071 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League LLC |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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| 2006
| data-sort-value="Some Girls" | ''[[Some Girl(s)]]''
| Guy
| [[Lucille Lortel Theatre]]
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=In 'Some Girl(s),' a Pond Scum's Love Song |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 June 2006}}</ref>
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| 2009
| data-sort-value="Fantasticks, The" | ''[[The Fantasticks]]''
| El Gallo
| [[Reprise Theatre Company]]
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lacher |first1=Irene |title=Eric McCormack gets to exhibit his macho side in 'The Fantasticks.' - Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-eric-mccormack4-2009may04-story.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=4 May 2009}}</ref>
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| 2012
| data-sort-value="Best Man" | ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]''
| Sen. Joseph Cantwell
| [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre]]
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title=Gore Vidal's The Best Man: Theater Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/gore-vidals-best-man-theater-306672/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1 April 2012}}</ref>
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| 2023
| data-sort-value="Cottage, The" | ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''
| Beau
| [[Helen Hayes Theatre]]
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Naveen |title='The Cottage' Review: Sex Farce Directed by Jason Alexander Delivers Limp, Familiar Comedy |url=https://variety.com/2023/legit/reviews/the-cottage-review-broadway-1235678930/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=Variety |date=24 July 2023}}</ref>
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| 2024
| data-sort-value="Wild About You" | ''Wild About You''
| Michael
| [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]]
|
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lamb |first1=Lisamarie |title=Review: WILD ABOUT YOU, Theatre Royal Drury Lane |url=https://www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-wild-about-you-theatre-royal-drury-lane |website=West End Best Friend |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
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Eric McCormack
McCormack at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Knife Fight
Born
Eric James McCormack

(1963-04-18) April 18, 1963 (age 61)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship
Occupations
Years active1986–present
Spouse
Janet Holden
(m. 1997; sep. 2023)
Children1

Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963[2]) is a Canadian and American actor known for his roles as Will Truman in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Netflix's Travelers, and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the TNT crime drama Perception. Born in Toronto, McCormack started acting by performing in high school plays. He left Ryerson University in 1985 to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he spent five years performing in many stage productions.

During the late 1990s he lived in Los Angeles and had minor roles. He made his feature film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film The Lost World. McCormack appeared in several television series including Top Cops, Street Justice, Lonesome Dove: The Series, Townies, and Ally McBeal. He later gained worldwide recognition for playing Will Truman in Will & Grace, which premiered in September 1998. His performance has earned him six Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead 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 miniseries 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. In addition, he starred as Dr. Daniel Pierce for three seasons of the TNT crime drama Perception, and provided the voice of "Lucky" on The Hub's Pound Puppies. From 2009 to 2010 he starred as Dr. Max Kershaw, the psychiatrist turned boyfriend of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' title character in The New Adventures of Old Christine. In 2021, McCormack joined the cast of Departure.[3] In 2023, he performed on Broadway in The Cottage.[4]

Early life

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McCormack was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Doris (1932–2006), a homemaker, and James "Keith" McCormack, an oil company financial analyst[5] who died from cancer in 2008.[6] He is the oldest of three siblings.[7] McCormack has Scottish ancestry.[8][9] While he was growing up, he was shy and did not play sports but was involved in theatre from an early age: "I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through."[10][11] He later attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario,[12][13] where he was a classmate of David Furnish.[14] He enrolled in theatre classes there and performed in high school productions of Godspell and Pippin.[15] McCormack recalls that after performing in Godspell, his feelings toward becoming an actor solidified and he decided to pursue a career in acting. "I remember after the first performance of that... I knew where to fit in. That was the beginning of my life as an actor. It changed me in that the concept of any other options disappeared. From that moment there was no question. I knew exactly what I was going to do. I'm lucky that way."[5]

McCormack graduated from high school in 1982[7] and enrolled at Ryerson University School of Theatre in Toronto to further develop as an actor.[16] He left Ryerson in 1985, several months before graduating, to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario where he spent five seasons performing.[17] "It was all I wanted, to be a classical actor for the rest of my life, but during the last couple of years I was there, I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact."[14] He appeared in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry V, Murder in the Cathedral and Three Sisters. He later performed with the Manitoba Theatre Centre in a production of Burn This, as well as with Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre in Biloxi Blues.[15]

Career

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Early work

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McCormack made his Canadian television debut in the 1986 movie The Boys from Syracuse.[15] McCormack moved to Los Angeles and made his US television debut in a 1991 episode of the CBS crime series Top Cops.[15] He appeared in the 1992 theatrical films The Lost World, based on Conan Doyle's novel of the same name and in its sequel, Return to the Lost World, also released in 1992.[15] By 1993, he landed a recurring role as a detective in the crime drama Street Justice.[7] Also in 1993, McCormack appeared in the television movie Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, playing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's father.[18]

He played the role of Colonel Francis Clay Mosby in 42 episodes of the Western television series Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994), which was later renamed Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995).[7][16] McCormack commented that it was a "fantastic role".[14] In an interview with The Guardian in 2003, he admitted to auditioning "two or three times" for the part of Ross Geller for the situation comedy Friends, which ultimately went to David Schwimmer.[14] In 1995, he appeared in the television film The Man Who Wouldn't Die.[19] He was cast in the 1997 made-for-television movie Borrowed Hearts, where he portrayed a selfish businessman who learns to love, and in the HBO film Exception to the Rule, in which he played a cheating husband.[14]

Also in 1997, he had minor roles in the comedy shows Townies, Veronica's Closet, and Ally McBeal.[15] Originally, McCormack was scheduled to appear as a series regular in the NBC sitcom Jenny, but was fired after the pilot due to the network cutting his character.[20] In addition McCormack had a recurring role in season five of the comedy series The New Adventures of Old Christine, in which he played a therapist and love interest for Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character, Christine.[21]

Will & Grace

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McCormack received his breakthrough role in 1998 when he was cast as gay lawyer Will Truman on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. McCormack said that when the part came along, he was convinced he was right for the role. "At the end of the audition, Max Mutchnick, co-creator and executive producer of the show said 'That was perfect. Just to let you know, you never have to be more gay than that.'"[14] He explained that when he first read the script, "what hit me immediately was that this was me. I mean, sexual orientation aside, Will was so much like me. He's a great host, he's relatively funny and he has great friends and he's a good friend to them... the gay issue just wasn't really a big thing."[22] The show debuted on September 21, 1998, and was watched by almost 8.6 million American viewers.[23] Will & Grace quickly developed a loyal audience, with the show and McCormack receiving strong reviews. John Carman of the San Francisco Chronicle commented that McCormack and costar Debra Messing (who played Will's best friend Grace Adler) worked "nicely" together.[24] Kay McFadden of The Seattle Times also praised McCormack, Messing, and the supporting cast as "very funny".[25] For the performance, he earned four Emmy Award nominations (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005), one of which resulted in a win (2001), for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.[26] In addition, he received five Golden Globe Award nominations.[27]

Also in 1998, McCormack appeared in Stephen Herek's comedy film Holy Man.[28] The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.[29][30] The next year he starred in the comedy movie Free Enterprise (1999), a movie about two filmmakers (McCormack and Rafer Weigel) obsessed with actor William Shatner and Star Trek. Film critic Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that McCormack and Weigel "both make a strong impression".[31] In 2000, McCormack appeared in the ABC television movie The Audrey Hepburn Story, portraying actor Mel Ferrer.[32]

During the 2001 Broadway season, McCormack briefly portrayed Professor Harold Hill (replacing Craig Bierko) in the Susan Stroman revival of The Music Man at the Neil Simon Theatre.[33] In August 2002, as part of the Hollywood Bowl's summer concert series, he reprised the role of Harold Hill for a one-night only appearance in which he and other actors recreated the songs from the production.[34] McCormack hosted the fourth episode of the 28th season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on November 2, 2002.[35] In 2004, he had a recurring role as Ray Summers on Showtime's comedy drama Dead Like Me.[36] The following year, McCormack starred in the film The Sisters, based on Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters.[37] The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.[38]

Will & Grace's eighth season ended with the series finale on May 18, 2006. The finale garnered 18 million American viewers,[39] making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in six years.[40] In January 2017, NBC closed a deal for a new, 10-episode season of Will & Grace during the 2017–18 season. The new show has been branded as a "reboot", or "revival", taking place 11 years after the original series' finale episode, with McCormack reprising his role of Truman. In August 2017 it was extended again to 16 episodes, and a second 13-episode season was ordered.[41] In March 2018, NBC ordered five more episodes for the revival's second season, bringing the total to 18 episodes, and also renewed the show for an 18-episode third season. Eric McCormack continued his role of Will Truman for all of the announced seasons of the revival.[42]

After Will & Grace

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A caucasian male with dark hair, wearing sunglasses on the top of his head, with a brown suede jacket, smiles
McCormack in November 2008

After Will & Grace ended McCormack starred on the New York stage opposite Fran Drescher, Judy Reyes, Brooke Smith, and Maura Tierney in Neil LaBute's off-Broadway play Some Girl(s) at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.[43] For his performance, McCormack received critical reviews. New York Times contributor Ben Brantley, in review of the production, wrote: "Playing a thoughtless, woman-despising heterosexual, Mr. McCormack isn't much different from when he was playing a thoughtful, woman-worshiping homosexual. As in Will & Grace, he italicizes every other line for maximum comic spin and punctuates his dialogue by earnestly furrowing his features".[43] Brantley went on to say that McCormack's interpretation of the character is "certainly a more slickly sustained performance" than the one delivered by David Schwimmer in 2005.[43] Melissa Rose Bernardo of Entertainment Weekly commented that McCormack and Tierney "have incredible chemistry".[44]

In the same year, McCormack produced the Lifetime comedy Lovespring International, a show that revolves around six employees at Lovespring International, a dating agency located in California as an "elite Beverly Hills" company.[45] The series debuted to ambivalent reviews,[46] with Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe commenting that Lovespring International is "a lively little cable exercise in over-the-top characters, bad taste, satire, and political incorrectness."[47] The show was cancelled that same year.[48]

A caucasian male with dark hair wearing a grey shirt is facing to the right, a microphone is in front of him.
McCormack at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009

In 2008, McCormack co-starred in the A&E television miniseries The Andromeda Strain, a remake of the 1971 movie based on the novel by Michael Crichton.[49] The Andromeda Strain received mixed reviews,[50] and McCormack's performance was criticized. Joanna Weiss of the Boston Globe wrote, "The presence of Eric McCormack, as an intrepid TV reporter, is especially extraneous (no disrespect to intrepid reporters)."[51] Robert Bianco of USA Today commented, "The central cast is completed by... poor Eric McCormack as a crusading, coke-addicted journalist who spends the second half of the movie playing Rambo in the desert. Let's just say McCormack does the best he can with what he's given, and leave it at that."[52] On September 5, 2008, McCormack made a guest appearance in the seventh season and 100th episode of the television series Monk, where he played an unctuous host of a television crime docudrama.[53][54]

In January 2009, McCormack returned to television in the TNT drama Trust Me, co-starring Tom Cavanagh. The series, set around a fictional advertising firm, starred McCormack as Mason McGuire who is the firm's newly promoted creative director, and deals with his best friend's (Cavanagh) unpredictable behavior.[55] In an interview with USA Weekend, McCormack revealed he was not afraid of being typecast.[56] His decision to do the show, he said, was due to "great writing".[57] The show debuted on January 26, 2009, and was watched by almost 3.4 million viewers.[58] Trust Me debuted to very positive reviews, with Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle writing that "the series is surprisingly solid."[59] Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times wrote that McCormack and Cavanagh "manage to keep their characters sharply defined but low-key. They are opposites but not in an ash-smudged, Windex-wielding Felix and Oscar way."[60] The series, however, was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings.[61][62]

McCormack starred in the science-fiction film Alien Trespass (2009); he played Doctor Ted Lewis, who gets possessed by an alien marshal, Urp, after he crash-lands on Earth.[63] When asked about his interpretation on the character, McCormack commented that his first instinct was to make Ted Lewis more alien, sounding like Spock.[63] The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.[64][65]

McCormack's star on Canada's Walk of Fame

In May 2009, he portrayed "El Gallo" in Reprise Theatre Company's revival of the 1960s musical The Fantasticks at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.[66][67] McCormack had a supporting role in Richard Loncraine's comedy My One and Only,[68] which was released in August 2009. On September 30, 2009, he guest-starred on the police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the second episode of its 11th season playing an owner of a dating website.[69]

McCormack portrayed con artist Clark Rockefeller in the Lifetime television movie Who Is Clark Rockefeller?, which premiered on March 13, 2010.[70] Preparing for the role he read everything on the case,[71] including coverage of the case and Rockefeller's jailhouse interview.[72] Who Is Clark Rockefeller? received mixed reaction, but McCormack's performance was favored by critics, with Variety's Brian Lowry concluding that "the real kitsch factor resides in Eric McCormack's performance as the suave charmer, which adds an element of high camp to the proceedings."[73]

In June 2010, McCormack received the NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction at the Banff TV Festival.[74] In October 2010, he received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.[75] In 2018, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry.[76] In October 2010, it was reported that he would star in a new TNT television drama, Perception, playing a crime-solving neuroscientist named Dr. Daniel Pierce, who works with the federal government to solve cases using his knowledge and imaginative view of the world.[77] Perception premiered on July 9, 2012.[78] McCormack also serves as producer for the show.[79] He also provides the voice of "Lucky" on The Hub's Pound Puppies series, which premiered October 10, 2010.

From March 6 through July 8, 2012, he played the role of Senator Joseph Cantwell in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man.[80] In February 2015, he guest-starred on an episode of NBC's The Mysteries of Laura which stars Debra Messing, his former co-star on Will & Grace. He starred in Travelers, a science fiction drama which first aired in October 2016 and ran for three seasons.

In 2020, he narrated a portion of the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[81] In 2022, McCormack was cast in the fifth season of the Shudder horror series Slasher and the first season of the Hulu mystery thriller series The Other Black Girl, which both premiered the following year.[82][83]

Other projects

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McCormack has set up his own production company called Big Cattle Productions to develop ideas for television.[20] The projects produced by the company include Lovespring International and Imperfect Union.[84][85] In 2003, it was confirmed that he would write, direct, and star in the romantic comedy What You Wish For.[86][87]

McCormack recorded a song, "The Greatest Discovery", which was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin in 1970, for the 2006 album Unexpected Dreams – Songs from the Stars.[88] He also wrote and sang a song called "Living with Grace" for the 2004 soundtrack to Will & Grace with piano music provided by Barry Manilow.[89]

Personal life

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McCormack in May 2010

McCormack was married to Janet Leigh Holden, whom he met on the set of Lonesome Dove,[14] from August 1997 until November 2023.[90] They have a son named Finnigan, a nod to Mr. Dressup, as Eric states in the documentary, Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe (2023) airing on Prime Video.[91] McCormack maintains residences in Los Angeles and Vancouver.[92] He became a American citizen in 1999 and holds dual Canadian and American citizenship.[93]

McCormack is involved in many Los Angeles and Canadian-based charitable organizations including Project Angel Food.[94] The Wellness Community West Los Angeles Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards dinner presented an award to McCormack for his breast cancer awareness advocacy. He shared with the audience how his comedy helped his mother, Doris McCormack, endure her breast cancer treatments.[95] Doris McCormack was honored at the Lifetime's Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004.[96][97] He serves as an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and was given the MMRF Spirit of Hope Award in October 2006.[98]

McCormack sang both the American and Canadian national anthems at the 2004 NHL All-Star game in St Paul, Minnesota.[99] He is a supporter of same-sex marriage and attended a march in Fresno, California on May 30, 2009, after the Supreme Court of California upheld a ban on same-sex marriage approved by voters in November by ballot Proposition 8.[100][101] McCormack is a Democrat.[102]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 The Lost World Edward Malone
Return to the Lost World Edward Malone
Giant Steps Jack Sims
1993 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Don Farmer
Call of the Wild Hal
Family of Strangers Sam
Miracle on I-880 Tony
1997 Exception to the Rule Timothy Bayer
Borrowed Hearts Sam Field
1998 Holy Man Scott Hawkes
1999 Free Enterprise Mark
2000 Here's to Life! Owen Rinard
2005 Break a Leg Dark Haired Actor
The Sisters Gary Sokol
2008 Immigrants Vlad
2009 Best Thing Ever Dean
Alien Trespass Ted Lewis/Urp
My One and Only Charlie
2010 Who Is Clark Rockefeller? Clark Rockefeller
2011 Textuality Clive
2012 Barricade Terrence Shade
Knife Fight Larry Becker
2013 Romali Series Rufus, Erskine I and the Principal
2016 Considering Love and Other Magic Uncle Jasper
The Architect Colin
A Heavenly Christmas Max Wingford [103]
2021 Drinkwater Hank

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 The Boys from Syracuse Tailor's Apprentice Television film
1987 Much Ado About Nothing Balthasar
Hangin' In Jody Episode: "Li'l Devil"
1991 E.N.G. Unknown 2 episodes
Street Legal Barry Taylor 2 episodes
1992 Neon Rider Derek Episode: "A Perfect 10"
Street Justice Det. Eric Rothman Recurring role
1993 Cobra Blake Devaroe Episode: "I'd Die for You"
The Commish Officer Danny Nolan 2 episodes
Silk Stalkings Michael O'Hara Episode: "Ladies Night Out"
Relentless: Mind of a Killer Stu Feltzer Television film
Family of Strangers Sam
Miracle on Interstate 880 Tony
Call of the Wild Hal
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Don Farmer
1994 The Man Who Wouldn't Die Jack Sullivan
Island City Greg 23
1994–1996 Lonesome Dove: The Series Col. Francis Clay Mosby Main role
1996 Highlander: The Series Matthew McCormick Episode: "Manhunt"
Diagnosis: Murder Boyd Merrick Episode: "An Explosive Murder"
Townies Scott Recurring role
1997 The Outer Limits John Virgil Episode: "Tempests"
Jenny Jason Slade Episode: Pilot
Veronica's Closet Griffin Episode: "Veronica's Brotherly Love"
Borrowed Hearts Sam Field Television film
1998 Ally McBeal Kevin Kepler Episode: "Being There"
A Will of their Own Pierce Peterson Television film
1998–2006,
2017–2020
Will & Grace Will Truman Main role
2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story Mel Ferrer Television film
2004 Dead Like Me Ray Summers 3 episodes
2006 Lovespring International Roman Episode: "Lydia's Perfect Man"
2008 The Andromeda Strain Jack Nash 4 episodes
Monk James Novak Episode: "Mr. Monk's 100th Case"
2009 Trust Me Mason McGuire Main role
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Vance Shepard Episode: "Sugar"
2009–2010 The New Adventures of Old Christine Max Kershaw Recurring role
2009, 2022 Hell's Kitchen Himself – Guest diner 2 episodes
2010 Who Is Clark Rockefeller? Clark Rockefeller Television film
2010–2013 Pound Puppies Lucky (voice) Main role
2012 American Dad! Swinger Episode: "Killer Vacation"
2012–2015 Perception Dr. Daniel Pierce Lead role
2013 Robot Chicken Various Episode: "Robot Fight Accident"
Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story Detective Joe Sullivan Lifetime television film
2015 The Mysteries of Laura Andrew Devlin, M.D. Episode: "The Mystery of the Exsanguinated Ex"
Full Circle Ken Waltham 7 episodes
2016 A Heavenly Christmas Max Television film
2016–2018 Travelers Grant MacLaren Main role
2018 The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale Himself Episode: "Roller Coaster?"
2019 Atypical Professor Shinerock Recurring role (season 3)
2023 Slasher Basil Garvey Main role (season 5)
The Other Black Girl Richard Wagner Main role
Guiding Emily Garth (voice) Television film
TBA Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Kevin Post-production

Stage

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Year Title Role(s) Company/Venue(s) Notes Ref.
1985 Murder in the Cathedral performer Stratford Festival [104]
Twelfth Night understudy [105]
1986 Pericles 3rd Knight, 2nd Gentleman [106]
Cymbeline 1st Lord to Cloten, 2nd Jailer [107]
The Boys from Syracuse Tailor's Apprentice [108][109]
1987 Troilus and Cressida Helenus [110]
Much Ado About Nothing Balthasar [111]
1988 Richard III Messenger [112]
All's Well That Ends Well Dumain (Younger) [113]
Measure for Measure performer [104]
1989 Henry V Orleans [114]
Three Sisters Tuzenbach [115]
A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius [116][117]
2001 The Music Man Harold Hill (replacement) Neil Simon Theatre Broadway debut [118][119][120]
2006 Some Girl(s) Guy Lucille Lortel Theatre [121]
2009 The Fantasticks El Gallo Reprise Theatre Company [122]
2012 The Best Man Sen. Joseph Cantwell Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre [123]
2023 The Cottage Beau Helen Hayes Theatre [124]
2024 Wild About You Michael Theatre Royal, Drury Lane [125]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Series Result Ref.
1999 Viewers For Quality Television Awards Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series Will & Grace Nominated
OFTA Awards Best Actor in a New Comedy Series Nominated
OFTA Awards Best Actor in a Comedy Series Won
2000 Leo Awards Leo Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Here's to Life! Nominated
Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Will & Grace Nominated
Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Viewers For Quality Television Awards Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series Nominated
OFTA Awards Best Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2001 Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Won
Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
Teen Choice Award Television Choice Actor Nominated
TV Guide Awards Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series Nominated
OFTA Awards Best Actor in a Comedy Series Won
2002 Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
OFTA Awards Best Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2003 Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
OFTA Awards Best Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
GLAAD Media Awards Vanguard Award Won
2004 Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Will & Grace Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2005 Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
Gold Derby TV Awards Comedy Lead Actor Nominated
Dixie Film Festival Festival Prize The Sisters Won
2006 Gold Derby TV Awards Comedy Lead Actor Will & Grace Nominated
2014 Prism Awards Performance in a Drama Series Episode Perception Nominated
Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Children's/Educational Pound Puppies Nominated
2018 Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Will & Grace Nominated [126][127][128][129]
2018 Gold Derby Awards Comedy Lead Actor Nominated
2024 Broadway.com Audience Awards Favorite Lead Actor in a Play The Cottage Nominated

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