Eric McCormack
Eric McCormack
Eric James McCormackis a Canadian-American actor, musician, and writer. Born in Toronto, he began his acting career 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 numerous play productions...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth18 April 1963
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
bang characters four obviously protect stay sure year
The four of us wanted to make sure that the show went out properly, with a bang and not a whimper. If you stay around one year too long, that's obviously what happens. We just wanted to protect these characters and protect the legacy." ()
country eye thinking
I think there's a certain objectivity that comes from being Canadian. You're partly British and partly American; you have a good bird's-eye view of both countries. So much of the comedy that comes out of Canada is impersonation - it's less 'look at me' than it is 'look at me playing other people.
years would-be accomplished
I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35 when I got the show, and had been working professionally for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it.
growing-up dad father
Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, Hey, come see my play, hed say, Sure. Hed see one, Oh, good play - you know, very typical dad reaction.
fun issues important
I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important.
fun regret father
I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older.
growing-up theatre outsiders
I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through.
parent important actors
As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important to me.
character gay tv-shows
I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.
lying coffee home
At home in L.A., Sunday is lazy. It's the wife and me lying in bed with coffee, watching 'The Soup' or something funny on TiVo. The kid will occasionally join us. Eventually, breakfast is at a place down the street called Paty's. And we always have some kind of great dinner - my wife makes a great roast beef.
gay modern-family everyday
Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change.
thinking done realizing
I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done.
cheer smart bigs
I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one.
get-well fall thinking
I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you might have seen me falling out of nightclubs. I think I conducted myself as a much better human being because I was already married when all that came along (I got married five months after I got the role as Will).