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Eric McCormack

{{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

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| 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){{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}}}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|producer|writer}}

| years_active = 1986–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Janet Holden|1997|2023|reason=sep.}}

| children = 1

}}

Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963{{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}}) 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.{{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}} In 2023, he performed on Broadway in The Cottage.[https://www.fox5ny.com/news/the-cottage-jason-alexander-broadway "Fox5NY The Cottage"]. Accessed 07/24/2023.

Early life

McCormack was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Doris (1932–2006), a homemaker, and James "Keith" McCormack, an oil company financial analyst who died from cancer in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=james-mccormack-keith&pid=117518163|title=James "Keith" McCormack Obituary|website=Toronto Star|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-date=October 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031055556/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=james-mccormack-keith&pid=117518163|url-status=live}} He is the eldest of three siblings. McCormack has Scottish ancestry.{{cite journal|first=Steve|last=Hendry|title=Will & trace; Exclusive Comedy Star Eric Hunts For His Scottish Family |date=August 27, 2006|journal=Sunday Mail (Scotland)}}{{cite tweet|user=EricMcCormack|author=Eric McCormack|number=438919435949051904|date=February 27, 2014|title="@BDAnthony92: @EricMcCormack is it true that ur ancestry is Cherokee and Scottish?" No, the Cherokee stuff is made-up internet crap.}} 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."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/style/a-night-out-with-eric-mccormack-diva-for-a-day.html |title=A Night out with: Eric McCormack; Diva for a Day |last=Lee |first=Denny |date=June 25, 2000 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 30, 2009 |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113050452/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/25/style/a-night-out-with-eric-mccormack-diva-for-a-day.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/15/familyandrelationships |title=What I know about women ... |last=Hoggard |first=Liz |date=April 15, 2007 |work=The Observer |access-date=July 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004033250/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/15/familyandrelationships |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}} He later attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario,{{cite tweet|user=EricMcCormack|author=Eric McCormack|number=931219659768053760|date=November 16, 2017|title=Never went to Leacock, went to Sir John A MacDonald. Wikipedia's has it wrong for years, I'm afraid. But thanks for...}}{{cite web|url = https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2015/06/26/pride-grand-marshal-david-furnish-reflects-on-growing-up-gay-in-a-very-different-toronto.html|title = Pride grand marshal David Furnish reflects on growing up gay in a very different Toronto|website = Toronto Star|date = June 26, 2015|access-date = November 17, 2017|archive-date = November 17, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171117065303/https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2015/06/26/pride-grand-marshal-david-furnish-reflects-on-growing-up-gay-in-a-very-different-toronto.html|url-status = live}} where he was a classmate of both Mike Myers{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=32&v=x4zwXTQzRvg&feature=youtu.be |title=Mike Myers Interview on Conan in Toronto (Part 2 of 2) |date=2014-12-03 |last=Homer Thompson |access-date=2025-04-08 |via=YouTube}} and David Furnish. He enrolled in theatre classes there and performed in high school productions of Godspell and Pippin.{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=521395&apid=0|title=Eric McCormack|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005021615/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=521395&apid=0|url-status=dead}} 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."{{cite journal|first=Luaine|last=Lee|title='Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack returns in new TNT series 'Trust Me' |date=January 26, 2009|journal=The Oakland Tribune}}

McCormack graduated from high school in 1982 and enrolled at Ryerson University School of Theatre in Toronto to further develop as an actor.{{cite episode |title=Inside the Actors Studio |network=Bravo |airdate=2003-11-16 |series=10 |number=2 |minutes=60; 120}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/8234 |title=Eric McCormack acting credits |website=Stratford Festival Archives |access-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404201334/https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/8234 |url-status=live }} "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."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jun/09/broadcasting.tvandradio|title=Whatever you Will|last=McLean|first=Gareth|date=June 9, 2003|work=The Guardian|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227072536/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jun/09/broadcasting.tvandradio|url-status=live}} 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.

Career

=Early work=

McCormack made his Canadian television debut in the 1986 movie The Boys from Syracuse. McCormack moved to Los Angeles and made his US television debut in a 1991 episode of the CBS crime series Top Cops. 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. By 1993, he landed a recurring role as a detective in the crime drama Street Justice.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/archive/will-power-vol-50-no-15/|title=Will Power|last=Lipton|first=Michael A.|date=October 26, 1998|work=People|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307082317/http://people.com/archive/will-power-vol-50-no-15/|url-status=live}} Also in 1993, McCormack appeared in the television movie Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, playing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's father.{{cite journal|title=On The Cover The Olsen Twins Star in a Halloween Treat|date=October 24, 1993|journal=Newsday|page=03}}

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). McCormack commented that it was a "fantastic role". 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. In 1995, he appeared in the television film The Man Who Wouldn't Die.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/473989/the-man-who-wouldnt-die|title=The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1995)|access-date=February 11, 2011|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219004554/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/473989/Man-Who-Wouldn-t-Die-The/|url-status=live}} 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.

Also in 1997, he had minor roles in the comedy shows Townies, Veronica's Closet, and Ally McBeal. 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/archive/200805/20080523_mccormack.html|title=Eric McCormack|last=Smiley|first=Tavis|date=May 23, 2008|work=The Tavis Smiley Show|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service|access-date=July 27, 2009}} {{dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/07/casting-call-susan-sarandon-john-goodman-eric-mccormack.html|title=Casting call: Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Eric McCormack|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=July 13, 2009|publisher=Zap2it|access-date=August 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717040612/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/07/casting-call-susan-sarandon-john-goodman-eric-mccormack.html|archive-date=July 17, 2009}}

=''Will & Grace''=

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.'" 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."{{cite news|title=He's Gay, She's Not|last=Thompson|first=Kevin|date=September 21, 1998 |work=The Palm Beach Post |page=1D}} The show debuted on September 21, 1998, and was watched by almost 8.6 million American viewers.{{cite news|title=Prime-Time Ratings|date=September 30, 1998|work=The Orange County Register|page=F02}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/1998/09/21/DD39699.DTL|title='Will & Grace' Has Right Stuff To Make a Hit|last=Carman|first=John|date=September 21, 1998|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429153926/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/1998/09/21/DD39699.DTL|url-status=live}} Kay McFadden of The Seattle Times also praised McCormack, Messing, and the supporting cast as "very funny".{{cite news|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980920/2773049/tv-knows-best|title=TV Knows Best -- Seattle TV Critic Kay Mcfadden Tells You What To Waste Your Time On|last=Mcfadden|first=Kay|date=September 20, 1998|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429084433/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980920&slug=2773049|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=eric+mccormack&program=start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |title=Search results |work=Primetime Emmy Award Database |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404094735/http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=eric+mccormack&program=start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |url-status=live }} In addition, he received five Golden Globe Award nominations.{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28828|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521215434/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28828|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2006|title=HFPA — Awards Search|work=Golden Globes|access-date=August 3, 2009}}

Also in 1998, McCormack appeared in Stephen Herek's comedy film Holy Man.{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117913502?refcatid=31|title=Holy Man — Murphy Takes the 'Holy' High Road|last=Klady|first=Leonard|date=October 12, 1998|work=Variety|access-date=August 3, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195658/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117913502?refcatid=31|url-status=live}} The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/holy-man|title=Holy Man (1998): Reviews|date=October 9, 1998|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=October 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012115526/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/holy-man|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holyman.htm|title=Holy Man (1998)|date=October 9, 1998|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=August 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811070116/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holyman.htm|url-status=live}} 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".{{cite news|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-movie990603-1,0,1960616.story|title=Free Enterprise|last=Thomas|first=Kevin|date=June 4, 1999|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=June 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617070510/http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-movie990603-1,0,1960616.story|url-status=live}} In 2000, McCormack appeared in the ABC television movie The Audrey Hepburn Story, portraying actor Mel Ferrer.{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778846?refCatId=32|title=The Audrey Hepburn Story|last=Gallo|first=Phil|date=March 27, 2000|work=Variety|access-date=July 30, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195754/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778846?refCatId=32|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2001/06/11/2001-06-11_b_way_s__man__of_the_hour__w.html|title=B'Way's 'Man' of the hour 'Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack grabs the Baton in 'Music' Revival|last=Dominguez|first=Robert |date=June 11, 2001|work=Daily News (New York)|access-date=July 27, 2009}} {{dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}} 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.{{cite journal|title=Theater Review; River City Slickers; Eric McCormack, Kristin Chenoweth amp up 'Music Man'|first=Sean|last=Mitchell|date=August 6, 2002|journal=Los Angeles Times}} McCormack hosted the fourth episode of the 28th season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on November 2, 2002.{{cite episode |title=Eric McCormack/Jay-Z|series=Saturday Night Live|network=NBC |airdate=2002-11-02 |season=28 |number=529 |minutes=90-92}} In 2004, he had a recurring role as Ray Summers on Showtime's comedy drama Dead Like Me.{{cite journal|title=McCormack playing 'Dead' this summer|date=June 2, 2004|journal=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Zap2it}} The following year, McCormack starred in the film The Sisters, based on Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters.{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/REVIEWS/60509004|title=The Sisters|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=May 19, 2006|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002081117/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/REVIEWS/60509004|url-status=dead}} The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927031?refcatid=31|title=The Sisters|last=Scheib|first=Ronnie|date=May 9, 2005|work=Variety|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195822/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927031?refcatid=31|url-status=live}}

Will & Grace's eighth season ended with the series finale on May 18, 2006. The finale garnered 18 million American viewers,{{cite news|title='Will & Grace' Helps NBC Stay Tough on Thursday|publisher=Zap2it|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings051806,0,2450059.story|date=May 19, 2006|access-date=March 22, 2008|archive-date=December 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215135252/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings051806,0,2450059.story|url-status=dead}} making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in six years.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/will-has-its-way-in-finale-1200335888/|title='Will' has its way in finale|last=Kissell|first=Rick|date=May 21, 2006|work=Variety|access-date=May 3, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195957/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117943818?refCatId=1275|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|title='Will & Grace' Revival Picked Up For Another Season|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/will-and-grace-season-2-renewed-nbc-1202515243/|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920210657/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/will-and-grace-season-2-renewed-nbc-1202515243/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last=Adreeva|first=Nellie|title='Will & Grace' Revival Renewed For Third Season On NBC|publisher=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/will-grace-revival-renewed-season-3-nbc-season-2-expanded-18-episodes-1202339735/|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318055435/http://deadline.com/2018/03/will-grace-revival-renewed-season-3-nbc-season-2-expanded-18-episodes-1202339735/|url-status=live}}

=After ''Will & Grace''=

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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.{{cite news|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html?fta=y|title=In 'Some Girl(s),' a Pond Scum's Love Song|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=June 9, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219004540/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html?fta=y|url-status=live}} 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". 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. Melissa Rose Bernardo of Entertainment Weekly commented that McCormack and Tierney "have incredible chemistry".{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/20/some-girls/|title=Some Girl(s) (2006 - 2006)|last=Bernardo|first=Melissa Rose|date=June 19, 2006|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930132809/https://ew.com/article/2006/06/20/some-girls/|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2006/06/09/lovespring-international/|title=Lovespring International |last=Wheat|first=Alynda|date=June 9, 2006|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 30, 2019}} The series debuted to ambivalent reviews,{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/lovespring-international/season-1|title=Lovespring International|date=June 5, 2006|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=August 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818224906/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/lovespring-international/season-1|url-status=live}} 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."{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/06/05/lifetimes_lovespring_is_a_fun_match_of_satire_and_bad_taste/|title=Lifetime's 'Lovespring' is a fun match of satire and bad taste|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|date=June 5, 2006|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005041949/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/06/05/lifetimes_lovespring_is_a_fun_match_of_satire_and_bad_taste/|url-status=live}} The show was cancelled that same year.{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28819677_ITM |title=Lifetime Scraps Two Series |last=Umstead |first=R. Thomas |date=December 4, 2006 |work=Multichannel News |access-date=August 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010130227/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28819677_ITM |archive-date=October 10, 2009}}

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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.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001336.html|title=A Dilemma of Epidemic Proportions|last=Blumenstock|first=Kathy|date=May 20, 2008|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 31, 2009|page=1|archive-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108144523/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001336.html|url-status=live}} The Andromeda Strain received mixed reviews,{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-andromeda-strain/season-1|title=The Andromeda Strain|date=May 26, 2008|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903035633/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-andromeda-strain/season-1|url-status=live}} 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)."{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/05/26/doomsday_plot_of_andromeda_stands_the_test_of_time/|title=Doomsday plot of 'Andromeda' stands the test of time|last=Weiss|first=Joanna|date=May 26, 2008|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005031517/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/05/26/doomsday_plot_of_andromeda_stands_the_test_of_time/|url-status=live}} 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."{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-05-22-andromeda_N.htm?csp=34|title='Andromeda' takes a great plot too far|last=Bianco|first=Robert|date=May 22, 2008|work=USA Today|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=July 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709161936/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-05-22-andromeda_N.htm?csp=34|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=104694|title=Tune in Tonight: 'Monk' recaps 100 episodes with parody of news show|last=McDonough|first=Kevin|date=September 5, 2008|work=Reading Eagle|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807075617/http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=104694|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/20/idUS56284+20-Jul-2008+PRN20080720|title=All-Star Guest Cast On-Board When Everyone's Favorite Obsessive-Compulsive Detective...|date=July 20, 2008|publisher=Reuters|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726124646/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/20/idUS56284+20-Jul-2008+PRN20080720|archive-date=July 26, 2012}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/arts/tv/reviews/53323/|title=Cornered Office|last=Nussbaum|first=Emily|date=January 11, 2009|work=New York|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426040618/http://nymag.com/arts/tv/reviews/53323/|url-status=live}} In an interview with USA Weekend, McCormack revealed he was not afraid of being typecast.{{cite news|url=http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2009/02/eric-mccormack-talks-about-trust-me/|title=Eric McCormack talks about 'Trust Me'|last=Lynch|first=Lorrie|date=February 24, 2009|work=USA Weekend|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205090843/http://whosnews.usaweekend.com/2009/02/eric-mccormack-talks-about-trust-me/|archive-date=February 5, 2013}} His decision to do the show, he said, was due to "great writing".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/arts/television/25shat.html|title=They're Not Mad Men, Just Loud Ones|last=Shattuck|first=Kathryn|date=January 25, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=March 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302095529/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/arts/television/25shat.html|url-status=live}} The show debuted on January 26, 2009, and was watched by almost 3.4 million viewers.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/tnt-s-trust-me-has-weak-debut-1117999161/|title=TNT's 'Trust Me' has weak debut|last=Frankel|first=Daniel|date=January 27, 2009|work=Variety|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629200028/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999161?refCatId=14|url-status=live}} Trust Me debuted to very positive reviews, with Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle writing that "the series is surprisingly solid."{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/26/DDTF15G58O.DTL|title=Review: 'Trust Me': 2 BFFs and 1 promotion|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=January 26, 2009|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414080937/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/26/DDTF15G58O.DTL|url-status=live}} 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."{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-26-et-trust-me26-story.html|title=Trust Me|last=McNamara|first=Mary|date=January 26, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 31, 2009|page=1|archive-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715034722/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/26/entertainment/et-trust-me26|url-status=live}} The series, however, was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/20/DDKU174TKF.DTL|title=Networks to burst bubbles after dreadful season|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=April 20, 2009|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425001612/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/20/DDKU174TKF.DTL|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/trust-cancelled-season-1004988.aspx|title=Trust Me Cancelled After One Season|last=Bryant|first=Adam|date=April 11, 2009|work=TV Guide|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=September 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906055906/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Trust-Cancelled-Season-1004988.aspx|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/04/alien_trespass_eric_mccormack.html|title=Alien Trespass's Eric McCormack on Playing Possessed|last=Simon|first=Brent|date=April 6, 2009|work=New York|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=April 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411191002/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/04/alien_trespass_eric_mccormack.html|url-status=live}} When asked about his interpretation on the character, McCormack commented that his first instinct was to make Ted Lewis more alien, sounding like Spock. The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alien-trespass|title=Alien Trespass (2009): Reviews|date=April 3, 2009|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201061046/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/alien-trespass|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alientrespass.htm|title=Alien Trespass (2009)|date=April 3, 2009|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720074051/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alientrespass.htm|url-status=live}}

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In May 2009, he portrayed "El Gallo" in Reprise Theatre Company's revival of the 1960s musical The Fantasticks at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-eric-mccormack4-2009may04,0,3429917.story|title=Eric McCormack gets to exhibit his macho side in 'The Fantasticks.'|last=Lacher|first=Irene|date=May 4, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 13, 2009|archive-date=May 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530093724/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-eric-mccormack4-2009may04,0,3429917.story|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940207?refCatId=33|title=The Fantasticks|last=Verini|first=Bob|date=May 7, 2009|work=Variety|access-date=September 13, 2009|archive-date=March 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319043436/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940207?refCatId=33|url-status=live}} McCormack had a supporting role in Richard Loncraine's comedy My One and Only,{{cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/movies/my-one-and-only-605315/|title=My One and Only|last=Anderson|first=Melissa|date=August 21, 2009|work=LA Weekly|access-date=September 2, 2009|archive-date=October 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027110525/http://www.laweekly.com/movies/my-one-and-only-605315/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/09/30/critics_corner/|title=Critic's corner|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|date=September 30, 2009|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024132637/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/09/30/critics_corner/|url-status=live}}

McCormack portrayed con artist Clark Rockefeller in the Lifetime television movie Who Is Clark Rockefeller?, which premiered on March 13, 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/emmyr-award-winner-eric-mccormack-stars-in-the-highly-anticipated-lifetime-original-movie-who-is-clark-rockefeller-84500097.html|title=Emmy(R) Award-Winner Eric McCormack Stars in the Highly Anticipated Lifetime Original Movie 'Who is Clark Rockefeller?'|access-date=February 17, 2010|date=February 16, 2010|publisher=PR Newswire|archive-date=February 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220160455/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/emmyr-award-winner-eric-mccormack-stars-in-the-highly-anticipated-lifetime-original-movie-who-is-clark-rockefeller-84500097.html|url-status=live}} Preparing for the role he read everything on the case,{{cite news |first=Paige |last=Albiniak |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/phony_rockefeller_UBTH1fJabz6pd5qUcBQrRJ |title=Phony Rockefeller |access-date=March 10, 2010 |date=March 7, 2010 |work=New York Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605172411/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/phony_rockefeller_UBTH1fJabz6pd5qUcBQrRJ |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}} including coverage of the case and Rockefeller's jailhouse interview.{{cite news|first=Jessica|last=Heslam|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100223actor_marvels_at_crockefellers_twists_and_turns/srvc=home&position=4|title=Actor marvels at Crockefeller's 'twists and turns'|access-date=February 23, 2010|date=February 23, 2010|work=Boston Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226105506/http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100223actor_marvels_at_crockefellers_twists_and_turns/srvc=home&position=4|archive-date=February 26, 2010|url-status=dead}} 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."{{cite news|first=Brian|last=Lowry|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942379?refCatId=32|title=Who Is Clark Rockefeller?|access-date=March 16, 2010|date=March 10, 2010|work=Variety|archive-date=December 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203185150/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942379?refcatid=32|url-status=live}}

In June 2010, McCormack received the NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction at the Banff TV Festival.{{cite news|first=Eric|last=Volmers|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Eric+McCormack+honoured+Banff+World+Television+Festival/3161091/story.html|title=Eric McCormack honoured at Banff World Television Festival|access-date=June 25, 2010|date=June 16, 2010|work=The Vancouver Sun}} {{dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}} In October 2010, he received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Quill|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/876603--humility-takes-a-back-seat-on-canada-s-walk-of-fame|title=Humility takes a back seat on Canada's Walk of Fame|access-date=October 17, 2010|date=October 16, 2010|work=Toronto Star|archive-date=October 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018072701/http://www.thestar.com/news/article/876603--humility-takes-a-back-seat-on-canada-s-walk-of-fame|url-status=live}} In 2018, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry.{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/eric-mccormack |title=Eric McCormack |date=September 13, 2018 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030954/http://www.walkoffame.com/eric-mccormack |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite magazine|first=Emily|last=Exton|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/28/eric-mccormack-goes-back-to-tv-in-new-tnt-series-perception/|title=Eric McCormack goes back to TV in new TNT series 'Perception'|access-date=November 5, 2010|date=October 28, 2010|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} Perception premiered on July 9, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/03/15/tnt-announces-premiere-dates-for-the-closer-falling-skies-leverage-rizzoli-isles-franklin-bash-four-brand-new-series/124573/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318003653/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/03/15/tnt-announces-premiere-dates-for-the-closer-falling-skies-leverage-rizzoli-isles-franklin-bash-four-brand-new-series/124573/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 18, 2012 |title=TNT Announces Premiere Dates for 'The Closer', 'Falling Skies', 'Leverage', 'Rizzoli & Isles' 'Franklin & Bash'+ Four Brand New Series |publisher=TV by the Numbers |last=Kondolojy |first=Amanda |date=March 15, 2012 |access-date=March 15, 2012}} McCormack also serves as producer for the show.{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Baxton|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/10/eric-mccormack-to-star-in-new-tnt-series.html|title=Eric McCormack to star in new TNT pilot|access-date=November 5, 2010|date=October 28, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=November 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043520/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/10/eric-mccormack-to-star-in-new-tnt-series.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=30 November 2011 |title=Eric McCormack Joins Starry Company of Broadway's The Best Man |url=https://playbill.com/article/eric-mccormack-joins-starry-company-of-broadways-the-best-man-com-185050 |access-date=11 May 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511133057/https://playbill.com/article/eric-mccormack-joins-starry-company-of-broadways-the-best-man-com-185050 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.academy.ca/virtualpresentations/#:~:text=Narrators%20will%20include%20Eric%20McCormack,%2C%20Twitter%2C%20and%20YouTube%20channels.|title=Virtual Presentations, Hosts|website=academy.ca|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621153143/https://www.academy.ca/virtualpresentations/#:~:text=Narrators%20will%20include%20Eric%20McCormack,%2C%20Twitter%2C%20and%20YouTube%20channels.|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=February 10, 2022|title='Creepshow', 'Kin' & 'Bloodlands' Renewed At AMC Networks As Eric McCormack Leads New Installment Of 'Slasher'|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/creepshow-kin-bloodlands-slasher-renewed-at-amc-networks-eric-mccormack-1234930306/|access-date=August 20, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210232311/https://deadline.com/2022/02/creepshow-kin-bloodlands-slasher-renewed-at-amc-networks-eric-mccormack-1234930306/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Rice|first2=Lynette|date=November 3, 2022|title='The Other Black Girl': Eric McCormack & Bellamy Young Join Hulu Original Series From Onyx|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/the-other-black-girl-bellamy-young-eric-mccormack-hulu-original-series-1235162130/|access-date=August 20, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103174618/https://deadline.com/2022/11/the-other-black-girl-bellamy-young-eric-mccormack-hulu-original-series-1235162130/|url-status=live}}

Other projects

McCormack has set up his own production company called Big Cattle Productions to develop ideas for television. The projects produced by the company include Lovespring International and Imperfect Union.{{cite news|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tbsgreenlightsimperfectunion,0,2747396.story|title=TBS Forms 'Imperfect Union'|date=November 20, 2006|publisher=Zap2it|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918161445/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tbsgreenlightsimperfectunion,0,2747396.story|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/features/eric-mccormack-set-for-advertising-1117972777/|title=Eric McCormack set for 'Advertising'|last=Zeitchik|first=Steven|author2=Josef Adalian|date=September 26, 2007|work=Variety|access-date=August 2, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629200416/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972777?refCatId=14|url-status=live}} In 2003, it was confirmed that he would write, direct, and star in the romantic comedy What You Wish For.{{cite news |url=http://mobile.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_05-14-2006/Brady |title=In Step With...Eric McCormack |last=Brady |first=James |date=May 14, 2006 |work=Parade |access-date=August 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524211726/https://www.webcitation.org/5nUbBm0Tu?url=http://mobile.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_05-14-2006/Brady |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title='Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack to direct feature film|date=May 6, 2003|publisher=Zap2it}}

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.{{cite journal|first=Diana McKeon|last=Charkalis|title=U Gotta Hear This — Actors Turn Singers For A Good Cause|date=June 1, 2006|journal=Los Angeles Daily News}} 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.{{cite journal|title=Major label action|last=Reighley|first=Kurt B. |date=September 14, 2004|journal=The Advocate}}

Personal life

File:EricMcCormackMay10.jpg

In August 1997, McCormack married Janet Leigh Holden, whom he met on the set of Lonesome Dove. On November 26, 2023, the couple filed for divorce.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 27, 2023 |title='Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack's wife Janet files for divorce after 26 years of marriage |work=NBC Miami |publisher= |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/will-grace-star-eric-mccormacks-wife-janet-files-for-divorce-after-26-years-of-marriage/3169614/ |access-date= }} As of April 2024, the couple were in the process of beginning their divorce settlement negotiations.{{cite web|last=Naumann|first=Ryan|title='Will & Grace' Star Eric McCormack Speeding Up Divorce Only Weeks After Oscars Date With Estranged Wife|url=https://radaronline.com/p/will-and-grace-star-eric-mccmormack-speeding-up-divorce-despite-oscars-date-janet-spousal-support/|date=April 12, 2024|access-date=May 30, 2025|magazine=Radar Online}}

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.{{cite journal|first=Michael|last=Hamersly|title=People|date=July 17, 2002|journal=The Miami Herald|page=4A|quote=Will & Grace's Eric McCormack and his wife, Janet Holden, welcomed their first child ... Finnigan Holden McCormack. He was born July 1 in Los Angeles}} McCormack maintains residences in Los Angeles and Vancouver.{{cite news|first=Kristy|last=Brownlee|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/01/17/12505051.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121161135/http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/01/17/12505051.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2010|title=Sitcom star heats up ice festival|access-date=January 19, 2010|date=January 17, 2010|work=Edmonton Sun}} He became an American citizen in 1999 and holds dual Canadian and American citizenship.{{cite journal|title=Michael Jackson, Wife Splitting|first=Richard|last=Stafford|date=October 9, 1999|journal=Press-Telegram|quote=Canadian-born actor Eric McCormack of NBC's Will and Grace was sworn in Friday as a U.S. citizen}}

McCormack is involved in many Los Angeles and Canadian-based charitable organizations including Project Angel Food.{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.asp?c=etIQK6OYG&b=2607297|title=Client Services|date=April 18, 2008|publisher=Project Angel Food|access-date=August 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921171746/http://www.angelfood.org/site/pp.asp?c=etIQK6OYG&b=2607297|archive-date=September 21, 2009}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/circuit_20050408/|title=Circuit|first=Kelly|last=Hartog|access-date=August 2, 2009|date=April 7, 2005|work=The Jewish Journal|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611101710/http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/circuit_20050408/|url-status=live}} Doris McCormack was honored at the Lifetime's Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004.{{cite news|first=James|last=Hibberd|title=Honoring cancer survivors|date=October 4, 2004|work=TelevisionWeek}}{{cite news|title=Lifetime Television Honors Courageous Breast Cancer Survivors and Advocates, Including Moms of Eric Mccormack, Carson Daly and Christina Applegate|date=September 27, 2004|publisher=PR Newswire}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23073435_ITM|title=Emmy-Award Winning Actor Eric McCormack Presented With MMRF Spirit of Hope Award at the 10th Annual Friends For Life Fall Gala|date=October 30, 2006|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=October 2, 2009|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116074105/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/search/?q=Emmy-Award%20Winning%20Actor%20Eric%20McCormack%20Presented%20With%20MMRF%20Spirit%20of%20Hope%20Award%20at%20the%2010th%20Annual%20Friends%20For%20Life%20Fall%20Gala.|url-status=live}}

McCormack sang both the American and Canadian national anthems at the 2004 NHL All-Star game in St Paul, Minnesota.{{cite news |url=http://sptimes.com/2004/02/16/Xpress/Icy_days_in_a_hockey_.shtml |url-status=dead |last=Stephanie |first=Gurtman |title=Icy Days in a Hockey Hotbed |publisher=St. Petersburg Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204837/http://sptimes.com/2004/02/16/Xpress/Icy_days_in_a_hockey_.shtml |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=April 8, 2023}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/thousand-attend-fresno-rally-supporting-of-gay-marriage.html|title=Thousands attend Fresno rally supporting gay marriage|last=Garrison|first=Jessica|date=May 30, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=August 3, 2009|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019212447/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/thousand-attend-fresno-rally-supporting-of-gay-marriage.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=40904 |title=Why should Fresno care about what 'Will and Grace' star Eric McCormack thinks about same sex marriage? |last=Garofoli |first=Joe |date=May 31, 2009 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=August 3, 2009 |archive-date=February 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204092759/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=40904 |url-status=dead}} McCormack is a Democrat.{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765563091/Eric-McCormack-taps-into-his-evil-side-on-Broadway.html?pg=all&nm=1|title=Eric McCormack taps into his evil side on Broadway|last=Kennedy|first=Mark|date=March 26, 2012|work=Deseret News|access-date=March 21, 2017|language=en|archive-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322202716/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765563091/Eric-McCormack-taps-into-his-evil-side-on-Broadway.html?pg=all&nm=1|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class=unsortable | Notes

rowspan=3|1992

| data-sort-value="Lost World, The" | The Lost World

| Edward Malone

|

Return to the Lost World

| Edward Malone

|

Giant Steps

| Jack Sims

|

rowspan=4|1993

|Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

|Don Farmer

|

Call of the Wild

|Hal

|

Family of Strangers

|Sam

|

Miracle on I-880

|Tony

rowspan=2|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

|

rowspan=2|2005

| Break a Leg

| Dark Haired Actor

|

data-sort-value="Sisters, The" | The Sisters

| Gary Sokol

|

2008

| Immigrants

| Vlad

|

rowspan=3|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

|

rowspan=2|2012

| Barricade

| Terrence Shade

|

Knife Fight

| Larry Becker

|

2013

| Romali Series

| Rufus, Erskine I and the Principal

|

rowspan=3|2016

| Considering Love and Other Magic

| Uncle Jasper

|

data-sort-value="Architect, The" | The Architect

| Colin

data-sort-value="Heavenly Christmas, A" | A Heavenly Christmas

| Max Wingford

| {{cite web|last=DeFore|first=John|title='The Architect': SIFF Review|date=June 9, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/architect-siff-review-901348|accessdate=November 15, 2019|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904110907/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/architect-siff-review-901348|url-status=live}}

2021

| Drinkwater

| Hank

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class=unsortable | Notes

1986

| data-sort-value="Boys from Syracuse, The" | The Boys from Syracuse

| Tailor's Apprentice

| rowspan="2" | Television film

rowspan="2"|1987

| Much Ado About Nothing

| Balthasar

Hangin' In

| Jody

| Episode: "Li'l Devil"

rowspan="2"|1991

| E.N.G.

| Unknown

| 2 episodes

Street Legal

| Barry Taylor

| 2 episodes

rowspan="2"|1992

| Neon Rider

| Derek

| Episode: "A Perfect 10"

Street Justice

| Det. Eric Rothman

| Recurring role

rowspan="8"|1993

| Cobra

| Blake Devaroe

| Episode: "I'd Die for You"

data-sort-value="Commish, The" | The Commish

| Officer Danny Nolan

| 2 episodes

Silk Stalkings

| Michael O'Hara

| Episode: "Ladies Night Out"

Relentless: Mind of a Killer

| Stu Feltzer

| rowspan="7" | Television film

Family of Strangers

| Sam

Miracle on Interstate 880

| Tony

Call of the Wild

| Hal

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

| Don Farmer

rowspan="2"|1994

| data-sort-value="Man Who Wouldn't Die, The" | The Man Who Wouldn't Die

| Jack Sullivan

Island City

| Greg 23

1994–1996

| Lonesome Dove: The Series

| Col. Francis Clay Mosby

| Main role

rowspan="3"|1996

| Highlander: The Series

| Matthew McCormick

| Episode: "Manhunt"

Diagnosis: Murder

| Boyd Merrick

| Episode: "An Explosive Murder"

Townies

| Scott

| Recurring role

rowspan="4"|1997

| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | 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

rowspan="2"|1998

| Ally McBeal

| Kevin Kepler

| Episode: "Being There"

data-sort-value="Will of their Own, A" | A Will of their Own

| Pierce Peterson

| Television film

1998–2006,
2017–2020

| Will & Grace

| Will Truman

| Main role

2000

| data-sort-value="Audrey Hepburn Story, The" | 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"

rowspan="2"|2008

| data-sort-value="Andromeda Strain, The" | The Andromeda Strain

| Jack Nash

| 4 episodes

Monk

| James Novak

| Episode: "Mr. Monk's 100th Case"

rowspan="2"|2009

| Trust Me

| Mason McGuire

| Main role

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

| Vance Shepard

| Episode: "Sugar"

2009–2010

| data-sort-value="New Adventures of Old Christine, The" | 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

rowspan="2"|2013

| Robot Chicken

| Various

| Episode: "Robot Fight Accident"

Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story

| Detective Joe Sullivan

| Lifetime television film

rowspan="2"|2015

| data-sort-value="Mysteries of Laura, The" | The Mysteries of Laura

| Andrew Devlin, M.D.

| Episode: "The Mystery of the Exsanguinated Ex"

Full Circle

| Ken Waltham

| 7 episodes

2016

| data-sort-value="Heavenly Christmas, A" | A Heavenly Christmas

| Max

| Television film

2016–2018

| Travelers

| Grant MacLaren

| Main role

2018

| data-sort-value="Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale, The" | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

| Himself

| Episode: "Roller Coaster?"

2019

| Atypical

| Professor Shinerock

| Recurring role (season 3)

rowspan="3"|2023

| Slasher

| Basil Garvey

| Main role (season 5)

data-sort-value="Other Black Girl, The" | The Other Black Girl

| Richard Wagner

| Main role

Guiding Emily

| Garth (voice)

| Television film

rowspan="2"|2025

| Elsbeth

| Tom Murphy

| Episode: "Unalive and Well"

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

| Kevin Anderson

| Main role

Stage

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role(s)

! Company/Venue(s)

! class=unsortable | Notes

! Ref.

rowspan=2| 1985

| data-sort-value="Murder in the Cathedral" | Murder in the Cathedral

| performer

|rowspan=13| Stratford Festival

|

|

data-sort-value="Twelfth Night" | Twelfth Night

| understudy

|

| {{cite news |last1=DeMara |first1=Bruce |title='Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack performing in satire about Shakespeare to raise funds to support actors in need |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/will-grace-star-eric-mccormack-performing-in-satire-about-shakespeare-to-raise-funds-to-support/article_5d87a649-08fd-59b6-ae47-14bcbe8984be.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Toronto Star |date=13 March 2021}}

rowspan=3| 1986

| data-sort-value="Pericles" | Pericles

| 3rd Knight, 2nd Gentleman

|

| {{cite web |title=Pericles (1986, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3370/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

data-sort-value="Cymbeline" | Cymbeline

| 1st Lord to Cloten, 2nd Jailer

|

| {{cite web |title=Cymbeline (1986, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3140/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

data-sort-value="Boys from Syracuse, The" | The Boys from Syracuse

| Tailor's Apprentice

|

| {{cite web |title=The Boys from Syracuse (1986) - "Cast" credits |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0185948/fullcredits/cast/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |website=Internet Movie Database |publisher=IMDB.com, Inc. |access-date=13 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Past Productions |url=https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/PastProductions |website=Stratford Festival |access-date=13 June 2024}}

rowspan=2| 1987

| data-sort-value="Troilus and Cressida" | Troilus and Cressida

| Helenus

|

| {{cite web |title=Troilus and Cressida (1987, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3361/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

data-sort-value="Much Ado About Nothing" | Much Ado About Nothing

| Balthasar

|

| {{cite web |title=Much Ado About Nothing (1987, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3218/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

rowspan=3| 1988

| data-sort-value="Richard III" | Richard III

| Messenger

|

| {{cite web |title=Richard III (1988, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3219/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

data-sort-value="All's Well That Ends Well" | All's Well That Ends Well

| Dumain (Younger)

|

| {{cite web |title=All's Well That Ends Well (1988, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3362/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

data-sort-value="Measure for Measure" | Measure for Measure

| performer

|

| {{cite news |last1=Perikleous |first1=Alexis |title=35 years later, Eric McCormack returns to his stage roots (via Zoom) for a good cause |url=https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/35-years-later-eric-mccormack-returns-to-his-stage-roots-via-zoom-for-a-good-cause-1.5954002 |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=CBC Comedy |publisher=CBC}}

rowspan=3| 1989

| data-sort-value="Henry V" | Henry V

| Orleans

|

| {{cite web |title=Henry V (1989, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3134/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

data-sort-value="Three Sisters" | Three Sisters

| Tuzenbach

|

| {{cite news |last1=Deziel |first1=Shanda |title=Eric McCormack |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eric-mccormack-macleans |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=Maclean's |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=17 March 2003}}

data-sort-value="Midsummer Night's Dream, A" | A Midsummer Night's Dream

| Demetrius

|

| {{cite news |last1=Yeo |first1=Debra |title=Eric McCormack tends to his theatre roots with The Fantasticks |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/eric-mccormack-tends-to-his-theatre-roots-with-the-fantasticks/article_5c640611-f06d-5402-ae79-32b4391f65db.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Toronto Star |date=19 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=A Midsummer Night's Dream (1989, Stratford Festival of Canada) |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/stage/3257/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |publisher=University of Victoria |access-date=13 June 2024}}

2001

| data-sort-value="Music Man" | The Music Man

| Harold Hill (replacement)

| Neil Simon Theatre

|Broadway debut

|{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Mark |title=McCormack takes over in 'Music Man' |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/2001/06/24/mccormack-takes-over-in-music/50426242007/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=South Coast Today |agency=The Associated Press |date=24 June 2001}}{{cite web |title=The Music Man – Broadway Musical – 2000 Revival |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-music-man-12495#Replacements |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League LLC |access-date=13 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Eric McCormack – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/eric-mccormack-82071 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League LLC |access-date=13 June 2024}}

2006

| data-sort-value="Some Girls" | Some Girl(s)

| Guy

| Lucille Lortel Theatre

|

|{{cite news |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=In 'Some Girl(s),' a Pond Scum's Love Song |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/theater/reviews/09girl.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 June 2006}}

2009

| data-sort-value="Fantasticks, The" | The Fantasticks

| El Gallo

| Reprise Theatre Company

|

|{{cite news |last1=Lacher |first1=Irene |title=Eric McCormack gets to exhibit his macho side in 'The Fantasticks.' - Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-eric-mccormack4-2009may04-story.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=4 May 2009}}

2012

| data-sort-value="Best Man" | The Best Man

| Sen. Joseph Cantwell

| Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

|

|{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title=Gore Vidal's The Best Man: Theater Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/gore-vidals-best-man-theater-306672/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1 April 2012}}

2023

| data-sort-value="Cottage, The" | The Cottage

| Beau

| Helen Hayes Theatre

|

|{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Naveen |title='The Cottage' Review: Sex Farce Directed by Jason Alexander Delivers Limp, Familiar Comedy |url=https://variety.com/2023/legit/reviews/the-cottage-review-broadway-1235678930/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=Variety |date=24 July 2023}}

2024

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Awards and nominations

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rowspan="3"| 1999

| Viewers For Quality Television Awards

| Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series

| rowspan="3" | Will & Grace

| {{nom}}

OFTA Awards

| Best Actor in a New Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

OFTA Awards

| Best Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{won}}

rowspan="6"| 2000

| Leo Awards

| Leo Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

| Here's to Life!

| {{nom}}

Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

| rowspan="20" | Will & Grace

| {{nom}}

Golden Globe Award

| Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy

| {{nom}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy

| {{nom}}

Viewers For Quality Television Awards

| Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

OFTA Awards

| Best Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

rowspan="6"| 2001

| Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{Won}}

Golden Globe Award

| Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy

| {{nom}}

Screen Actors Guild Award

| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

| {{Won}}

Teen Choice Award

| Television Choice Actor

| {{nom}}

TV Guide Awards

| Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

OFTA Awards

| Best Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{won}}

rowspan="4"| 2002

| Golden Globe Award

| Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy

| {{nom}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical

| {{nom}}

Screen Actors Guild Award

| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

OFTA Awards

| Best Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

rowspan="6"| 2003

| Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

Golden Globe Award

| Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy

| {{nom}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical

| {{nom}}

Screen Actors Guild Award

| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

OFTA Awards

| Best Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

GLAAD Media Awards

| colspan="2"|Vanguard Award

| {{won}}

rowspan="3"| 2004

| Golden Globe Award

| Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy

| rowspan="6" | Will & Grace

| {{nom}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical

| {{nom}}

Screen Actors Guild Award

| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

rowspan="4"| 2005

| Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

Screen Actors Guild Award

| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

| {{nom}}

Gold Derby TV Awards

| Comedy Lead Actor

| {{nom}}

Dixie Film Festival

| Festival Prize

| The Sisters

| {{won}}

2006

| Gold Derby TV Awards

| Comedy Lead Actor

| Will & Grace

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|2014

| Prism Awards

| Performance in a Drama Series Episode

| Perception

| {{nom}}

Behind the Voice Actors Awards

| Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Children's/Educational

| Pound Puppies

| {{nom}}

2018

| Golden Globe Award

| Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy

| rowspan="2" | Will & Grace

| {{nom}}

| {{cite news |agency=Reuters |title=Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/golden-globes-2018-highlights/50/ |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |newspaper=CBS News |archive-date=January 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109000334/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/golden-globes-2018-highlights/50/ |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last=Liao |first=Shannon |title=Netflix's Master of None wins Aziz Ansari the 2018 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Comedy |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/7/16861812/golden-globes-2018-aziz-ansari-master-of-none-best-actor-tv |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |journal=The Verge |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517102903/https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/7/16861812/golden-globes-2018-aziz-ansari-master-of-none-best-actor-tv |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last=Huff |first=Lauren |title=Golden Globes: Aziz Ansari Wins Best Actor in a TV Comedy for 'Master of None' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aziz-ansari-wins-best-performance-by-an-actor-a-tv-series-comedy-musical-golden-globes-2018-1072154 |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108060216/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aziz-ansari-wins-best-performance-by-an-actor-a-tv-series-comedy-musical-golden-globes-2018-1072154 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Sharf |first=Zack |title=Aziz Ansari Wins Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/aziz-ansari-wins-golden-globe-best-actor-tv-comedy-1201914235/ |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |newspaper=Indie Wire |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175516/http://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/aziz-ansari-wins-golden-globe-best-actor-tv-comedy-1201914235/ |url-status=live }}

2018

| Gold Derby Awards

| Comedy Lead Actor

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2024

| Broadway.com Audience Awards

| Favorite Lead Actor in a Play

| The Cottage

| {{nom}}

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