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Eric McCormack

Birthdate:   18-April-1963
Category: TV

Eric McCormack was born on April 18, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, and is an Emmy Award-winning part-Cherokee actor.

Educated and trained at Ryerson University , McCormack has been appearing in television productions since his debut in 1986.

His role as the somewhat homomasculine gay llawyer in the NBC comedy series Will & Grace has brought him his most widespread success to date. Nominated on three occasions for this role, he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy in 2001.

During the 1999-2000 Broadway season, McCormack briefly portrayed Prof. Harold Hill  in the revival of The Music Man while on hiatus from Will & Grace.

McCormack has been married to Janet Holden since 1997, and they have a son, Finnigan Holden McCormack.

He 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 a soundtrack to Will & Grace which had Barry Manilow playing the piano on the track.






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Filmography according to imdb:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005202/

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Posted by: Bonkers      Last updated: 10-07-2006      Hits: 10925