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Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template: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, 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.<ref name="deadline">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023, he performed on Broadway in The Cottage.<ref>"Fox5NY The Cottage". Accessed 07/24/2023.</ref>
Early lifeEdit
McCormack was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Doris (1932–2006), a homemaker, and James "Keith" McCormack, an oil company financial analyst<ref name="solidified" /> who died from cancer in 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is the eldest of three siblings.<ref name="people"/> McCormack has Scottish ancestry.<ref name="Hendry2006">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</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">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hoggard">Template:Cite news</ref> He later attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario,<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> where he was a classmate of both Mike Myers<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> and David Furnish.<ref name="mclean" /> He enrolled in theatre classes there and performed in high school productions of Godspell and Pippin.<ref name="tcm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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">Template:Cite journal</ref>
McCormack graduated from high school in 1982<ref name="people"/> and enrolled at Ryerson University School of Theatre in Toronto to further develop as an actor.<ref name="actors">Template:Cite episode</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="tcm" />
CareerEdit
Early workEdit
McCormack made his Canadian television debut in the 1986 movie The Boys from Syracuse.<ref name="tcm" /> McCormack moved to Los Angeles and made his US television debut in a 1991 episode of the CBS crime series Top Cops.<ref name="tcm"/> 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.<ref name="tcm"/> By 1993, he landed a recurring role as a detective in the crime drama Street Justice.<ref name="people">Template:Cite news</ref> Also in 1993, McCormack appeared in the television movie Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, playing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's father.<ref name="renamed_from_1993_on_20101220232705">Template:Cite journal</ref>
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).<ref name="people" /><ref name="actors" /> McCormack commented that it was a "fantastic role".<ref name="mclean"/> 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.<ref name="mclean"/> In 1995, he appeared in the television film The Man Who Wouldn't Die.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="mclean"/>
Also in 1997, he had minor roles in the comedy shows Townies, Veronica's Closet, and Ally McBeal.<ref name="tcm"/> 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.<ref name="pbs">Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref> 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.<ref name="Porter2009">Template:Cite news</ref>
Will & GraceEdit
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">Template:Cite news</ref> The show debuted on September 21, 1998, and was watched by almost 8.6 million American viewers.<ref name="renamed_from_1998_on_20101220232705">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</ref> Kay McFadden of The Seattle Times also praised McCormack, Messing, and the supporting cast as "very funny".<ref name="Mcfadden1998">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition, he received five Golden Globe Award nominations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Also in 1998, McCormack appeared in Stephen Herek's comedy film Holy Man.<ref name="Klady1998">Template:Cite news</ref> The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<ref name="1998a">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="1998b">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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".<ref name="Thomas1999">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2000, McCormack appeared in the ABC television movie The Audrey Hepburn Story, portraying actor Mel Ferrer.<ref name="Gallo2000">Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref name="Dominguez2001">Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</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">Template:Cite journal</ref> McCormack hosted the fourth episode of the 28th season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on November 2, 2002.<ref name="a">Template:Cite episode</ref> In 2004, he had a recurring role as Ray Summers on Showtime's comedy drama Dead Like Me.<ref name="renamed_from_2004_on_20101220232705">Template:Cite journal</ref> The following year, McCormack starred in the film The Sisters, based on Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters.<ref name="Ebert2006">Template:Cite news</ref> The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.<ref name="Scheib2005">Template:Cite news</ref>
Will & Grace's eighth season ended with the series finale on May 18, 2006. The finale garnered 18 million American viewers,<ref name="renamed_from_2006_on_20101220232705">Template:Cite news</ref> making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in six years.<ref name="Kissell2006">Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref>
After Will & GraceEdit
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.<ref name="ben">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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.<ref name="Wheat2006">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The series debuted to ambivalent reviews,<ref name="2006a">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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">Template:Cite news</ref> The show was cancelled that same year.<ref name="Umstead2006">Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref name="kathy">Template:Cite news</ref> The Andromeda Strain received mixed reviews,<ref name="renamed_from_2008_on_20101220232705">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="McDonough2008">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="2008a">Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref name="Nussbaum2009">Template:Cite news</ref> In an interview with USA Weekend, McCormack revealed he was not afraid of being typecast.<ref name="usa weekend">Template:Cite news</ref> His decision to do the show, he said, was due to "great writing".<ref name="loud">Template:Cite news</ref> The show debuted on January 26, 2009, and was watched by almost 3.4 million viewers.<ref name="Frankel2009">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</ref> The series, however, was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings.<ref name="Goodman2009a">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Bryant2009">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="2009a">Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2009, he portrayed "El Gallo" in Reprise Theatre Company's revival of the 1960s musical The Fantasticks at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.<ref name="Lacher2009">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Verini2009">Template:Cite news</ref> McCormack had a supporting role in Richard Loncraine's comedy My One and Only,<ref name="Anderson2009">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="Gilbert2009">Template:Cite news</ref>
McCormack portrayed con artist Clark Rockefeller in the Lifetime television movie Who Is Clark Rockefeller?, which premiered on March 13, 2010.<ref name="renamed_from_2010_on_20101220232705">Template:Cite news</ref> Preparing for the role he read everything on the case,<ref name="Albiniak2010">Template:Cite news</ref> including coverage of the case and Rockefeller's jailhouse interview.<ref name="Heslam2010">Template:Cite news</ref> 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."<ref name="Lowry2010">Template:Cite news</ref>
In June 2010, McCormack received the NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction at the Banff TV Festival.<ref name="Volmers2010">Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref> In October 2010, he received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.<ref name="Quill2010">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2018, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Exton2010">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Perception premiered on July 9, 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> McCormack also serves as producer for the show.<ref name="Baxton2010">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Other projectsEdit
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">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Zeitchik2007">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2003, it was confirmed that he would write, direct, and star in the romantic comedy What You Wish For.<ref name="Brady2006">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="renamed_from_2003_on_20101220232705">Template:Cite news</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 – Songs from the Stars.<ref name="Charkalis2006">Template:Cite journal</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">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
In August 1997, McCormack married Janet Leigh Holden, whom he met on the set of Lonesome Dove.<ref name="mclean"/> On November 26, 2023, the couple filed for divorce.<ref name="pop">Template:Cite news</ref> As of April 2024, the couple were in the process of beginning their divorce settlement negotiations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
They have a son named Finnigan (born 2002), 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">Template:Cite journal</ref> McCormack maintains residences in Los Angeles and Vancouver.<ref name="Brownlee2010">Template:Cite news</ref> He became an American citizen in 1999 and holds dual Canadian and American citizenship.<ref name="Stafford1999">Template:Cite journal</ref>
McCormack is involved in many Los Angeles and Canadian-based charitable organizations including Project Angel Food.<ref name="2008b">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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">Template:Cite news</ref> Doris McCormack was honored at the Lifetime's Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004.<ref name="Hibberd2004">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="2004a">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</ref>
McCormack sang both the American and Canadian national anthems at the 2004 NHL All-Star game in St Paul, Minnesota.<ref name="St. Petersburg Times">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="fresno">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Garofoli2009">Template:Cite news</ref> McCormack is a Democrat.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
| 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 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2021 | Drinkwater | Hank |
TelevisionEdit
| 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 | |
| 2025 | Elsbeth | Tom Murphy | Episode: "Unalive and Well" |
| Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue | Kevin Anderson | Main role |
StageEdit
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Company/Venue(s) | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Murder in the Cathedral | performer | Stratford Festival | <ref name="perikleous"></ref> | |||
| Twelfth Night | understudy | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||||
| 1986 | Pericles | 3rd Knight, 2nd Gentleman | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Cymbeline | 1st Lord to Cloten, 2nd Jailer | citation | CitationClass=web
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| The Boys from Syracuse | Tailor's Apprentice | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1987 | Troilus and Cressida | Helenus | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Much Ado About Nothing | Balthasar | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 1988 | Richard III | Messenger | citation | CitationClass=web
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| All's Well That Ends Well | Dumain (Younger) | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Measure for Measure | performer | <ref name="perikleous">Template:Cite news</ref> | |||||
| 1989 | Henry V | Orleans | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Three Sisters | Tuzenbach | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2001 | The Music Man | Harold Hill (replacement) | Neil Simon Theatre | Broadway debut | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2006 | Some Girl(s) | Guy | Lucille Lortel Theatre | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||
| 2009 | The Fantasticks | El Gallo | Reprise Theatre Company | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||
| 2012 | The Best Man | Sen. Joseph Cantwell | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||
| 2023 | The Cottage | Beau | Helen Hayes Theatre | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |||
| 2024 | Wild About You | Michael | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | citation | CitationClass=web
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Awards and nominationsEdit
| Year | Award | Category | Series | Result | Template:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Viewers For Quality Television Awards | Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Template:Nom | |
| OFTA Awards | Best Actor in a New Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| OFTA Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Won | |||
| 2000 | Leo Awards | Leo Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Here's to Life! | Template:Nom | |
| Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Template:Nom | ||
| Golden Globe Award | Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy | Template:Nom | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy | Template:Nom | |||
| Viewers For Quality Television Awards | Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| OFTA Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| 2001 | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Won | ||
| Golden Globe Award | Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy | Template:Nom | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Template:Won | |||
| Teen Choice Award | Television Choice Actor | Template:Nom | |||
| TV Guide Awards | Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| OFTA Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Won | |||
| 2002 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy | Template:Nom | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Template:Nom | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| OFTA Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| 2003 | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | ||
| Golden Globe Award | Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy | Template:Nom | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Template:Nom | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| OFTA Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| GLAAD Media Awards | Vanguard Award | Template:Won | |||
| 2004 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy | Will & Grace | Template:Nom | |
| Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Template:Nom | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| 2005 | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Template:Nom | |||
| Gold Derby TV Awards | Comedy Lead Actor | Template:Nom | |||
| Dixie Film Festival | Festival Prize | The Sisters | Template:Won | ||
| 2006 | Gold Derby TV Awards | Comedy Lead Actor | Will & Grace | Template:Nom | |
| 2014 | Prism Awards | Performance in a Drama Series Episode | Perception | Template:Nom | |
| Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Children's/Educational | Pound Puppies | Template:Nom | ||
| 2018 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy | Will & Grace | Template:Nom | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 2018 | Gold Derby Awards | Comedy Lead Actor | Template:Nom | ||
| 2024 | Broadway.com Audience Awards | Favorite Lead Actor in a Play | The Cottage | Template:Nom | |
ReferencesEdit
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