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Eric McCormack

Age: 46
Height: 5' 11"

Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born: Apr. 18th, 1963

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Eric McCormack's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Will & Grace	Will Truman
Trust Me	Mason McGuire
The Andromeda Strain	Jack Nash
The Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009	Himself - Pre&hellip
Lonesome Dove: The Series (CA)	Col. Francis &hellip
Townies	Scott

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Eric was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute (the same school Mike Meyers attended) and Sir John A. Collegiate High school. With the support of his parents (his father was also an aspiring actor), Eric spent three years at the Ryerson Theater School in Toronto and the Banff Center for the Arts, and went on to spend five seasons with Canada's Stratford Festival - he graduated 'lead' status in such stage classics as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Henry V" and "The Three Sisters". Eric then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he also moved into television and movies and gained a devoted following of fans. Eric makes his home in both Vancouver and Los Angeles.

TRIVIA:

Attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute High School in Scarborough, Canada. It is the same high school that 'Mike Myers (I)' (qv) went to.
The producers of the _"Highlander" (1992)_ (qv) television series liked Eric's performance in _"Lonesome Dove: The Series" (1994)_ (qv) so much that they created a character specially for him. In the Highlander episode Manhunt, McCormack played Matthew McCormick, an immortal working as a federal who tracks serial killers. The producers were so happy with this episode they considered giving Eric his own spin-off series.
Has a sister named Ellen.
A graduate for Ryerson University's School of Theatre (Toronto)
He became a US citizen, and now holds dual citizenship with the US and Canada.
Son, Finnigan Holden McCormack, born 1 July 2002 in Los Angeles.
Sang both the American and Canadian national anthems at the 2004 NHL All Stars game in Minnesota.
Named his son Finnigan after the puppet in _"Mr. Dressup" (1967)_ (qv). He refers to his acting repertoire as his "tickle trunk" also from that show.