Eric McCormack

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Eric McCormack
Image:Willtruman.jpg Eric McCormack in a publicity still for Will & Grace
Born	April 18, 1963 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 2001 Will & Grace
Spouse(s)	Janet Holden (1997 - present)

Eric McCormack (born on April 18, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian actor of Scottish and Cherokee descent. He maintains residences in Los Angeles and Vancouver.

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

He played Col. Francis Clay Mosby in the 1-hour Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994), and Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995). In the show, which ran for two seasons, McCormack puts on a convincing Southern accent. The show was filmed at the CL Western Town Studio in Alberta.

His role as gay lawyer Will Truman in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace from 1998 until 2006 has brought him widespread recognition. Nominated for Emmy Awards on three occasions for this role, he won the 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. In August 2002, as part of the Hollywood Bowl's Summer Concert Series, he reprised the role for a one-night only appearance in which he and other artists re-created the songs from the show.

As of June 2006, McCormack is starring in the off-Broadway play Some Girls with Fran Drescher and is also executive producer of the new Lifetime comedy entitled Lovespring International

McCormack 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 the 2004 soundtrack to Will & Grace with piano music provided by Barry Manilow.

[edit] Personal life

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Attended Sir John A. Macdonald High School in Scarborough, Canada.
Attended the same high school as Mike Myers and David Furnish.
McCormack has been married to Janet Leigh Holden since 1997; they have a son, Finnigan Holden McCormack, born on July 1, 2002 in Los Angeles.
He became a US citizen in 1999 and now holds dual US and Canadian citizenship.
Is involved in many Los Angeles- and Canadian-based charitable organizations including Project Angel Food and others.
The Wellness Community West Los Angeles Tribute to the Human Spirit Awards dinner presented an award to McCormack for his breast cancer awareness advocacy. McCormack shared with the audience how his comedy helped his mother, Doris McCormack, age 73 as of 2006, endure her breast cancer treatments.[1]. Doris was honored at the Lifetime’s Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004.[2], [3]

[edit] Trivia

He sang both the American and Canadian National Anthems at the 2004 NHL All Star game in Minnesota.
Set up his own production company called "Big Cattle Productions" to develop ideas for TV. The naming of the company came out of wordplay as by shortening the word "production", you get "Big Cattle Prod".
Appeared in a training video for Air Canada.
Appeared very happy in the Barenaked Ladies music video "Pinch Me."