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My Take
Eric McCormack will always be Will Truman to me, and that's no small thing. Playing the lead in Will & Grace meant carrying a sitcom that genuinely shifted how mainstream American television treated gay characters, and his 2001 Emmy for that role feels earned. What I respect is that he didn't coast on it; Travelers and Perception showed a Toronto-born actor with real range, comfortable in sci-fi and crime drama alike. The GLAAD Vanguard Award and his Walk of Fame stars track a career with cultural weight behind it. He strikes me as a steady, unflashy professional, which I find underrated.
Overview
Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian and American actor and singer. He is 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eric McCormack
- Name (Japanese)
- エリック・マコーマック
- Reading
- えりっく・まこーまっく
- Born
- April 18, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Awards & achievements
- Emmy Award
- 2010 Canada's Walk of Fame
- 2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2003 GLAAD Vanguard Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.