Eric McCormack

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Eric McCormack (born on April 18, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Emmy Award-winning part-Cherokee Canadian actor.

Educated and trained as an actor in Canada at Ryerson University, McCormack has been appearing in television productions since his debut in 1986.

His role as the somewhat homomasculine gay lawyer in the NBC comedy series Will & Grace has brought him his most widespread success to date. Nominated for Emmy Awards on three occasions for this role, he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy in 2001.

During the 1999-2000 Broadway season, McCormack briefly portrayed Prof. Harold Hill (replacing Craig Bierko) in the Susan Stroman revival of The Music Man while on hiatus from Will & Grace.

McCormack has been married to Janet Holden since 1997, and they have a son, Finnigan Holden McCormack.

He has also recorded a song, "The Greatest Discovery", which was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin for the album, Unexpected Dreams: Songs from the Stars. He also wrote and sang a song called "Living With Grace" for a soundtrack to Will & Grace which had Barry Manilow playing the piano on the track.

Trivia

• He became a US citizen, and now holds his dual citizenship with the US and Canada.
• He is a graduate of Ryerson University's School of Theatre (Toronto).
• His son was born on 1st July 2002 at 14:54 EST in Los Angeles.
• He sang both the American and Canadian National Anthems at the 2004 NHL All Stars game in Minnesota.
• He was born on the same day as Conan O'Brien.
• He attended John A. McDonald High School in Scarborough, Canada.
• He currently lives in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and New York.

External links

• Listing at Internet Movie Database
• Listing at TV Tome
• Eric McCormack - UK Fansite

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