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{{Short description|Canadian actor (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Eric McCormack
| image              = Eric McCormack 2012 Shankbone 3.JPG
| caption            = McCormack at the 2012 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] premiere of ''[[Knife Fight (film)|Knife Fight]]''
| alt                = 
| birth_name         = Eric James McCormack
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1963|4|18}}
| birth_place        = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| 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|producer|writer}}
| years_active       = 1986–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Janet Holden|1997|2023|<!--Filed for divorce in November 2023. Still in the process of divorcing as of April 2024-->reason=sep.}}
| children           = 1
}}

'''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.

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>