Eric McCormack

Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian-American actor known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Netflix's Travelers and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the American crime drama Perception.
Born in Toronto, McCormack 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.
For much of 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. McCormack 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, ultimately 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 2009-2010 he starred as Dr. Max Kershaw, the psychiatrist turned boyfriend of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' title character in The New Adventures of Old Christine. He is currently starring as Will Truman in the revival of Will & Grace and Grant MacLaren in the science fiction television series Travelers.
== Early life ==
McCormack was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Doris (1932–2006), a homemaker, and James "Keith" McCormack, an oil company financial analyst[1]who died from cancer in 2008.[2] He is the eldest of three siblings.[3] McCormack has Scottish ancestry.[4][5] 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."[6][7] McCormack later attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario,[8][9] where he was a classmate of David Furnish.[10] There, he enrolled in theatre classes and performed in high school productions of Godspell and Pippin.[11] 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."[1]
McCormack graduated from high school in 1982[3] and then enrolled at Ryerson University School of Theatre in Toronto to further improve his acting.[12] 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. "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."[10] McCormack appeared in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry V, Murder in the Cathedral and Three Sisters. McCormack 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.[11]
== Career ==
=== Early work ===
McCormack made his Canadian television debut in the 1986 movie ''The Boys from Syracuse".[11] McCormack moved to Los Angeles, California, and made his US television debut in a 1991 episode of the CBS crime series Top Cops.[11] He appeared in the 1992 theatrical film The Lost World, based on Conan Doyle's novel of the same name and starred in The Lost World sequel, Return to the Lost World, also released in 1992.[11] By 1993, he landed a recurring role as a detective in the crime drama Street Justice.[3] Also in 1993, McCormack appeared in the television movie Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, playing Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's father.[13]
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).[3][12] McCormack commented that it was a "fantastic role".[10] In an interview with The Guardian in 2003, McCormack admitted to auditioning "two or three times" for the part of Ross Geller, which ultimately went to David Schwimmer, for the situation comedy Friends.[10] In 1995, he appeared in the television film The Man Who Wouldn't Die.[14] 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.[10]
Also in 1997, he had minor roles in the comedy shows Townies, Veronica's Closet, and Ally McBeal.[11] 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.[15]
=== 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.'"[10] 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."[16] The show debuted on September 21, 1998, and was watched by almost 8.6 million American viewers.[17] 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.[18] Kay McFadden of The Seattle Times also praised McCormack, Messing, and the supporting cast as "very funny".[19] For this 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.[20] In addition, he received five Golden Globe Award nominations.[21]
Also in 1998, McCormack appeared in Stephen Herek's comedy film Holy Man.[22] The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.[23][24] The following 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".[25] In 2000, McCormack appeared in the ABC television movie The Audrey Hepburn Story, portraying actor Mel Ferrer.[26]
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.[27] 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.[28] McCormack hosted the fourth episode of the 28th season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on November 2, 2002.[29] In 2004, he had a recurring role as Ray Summers on Showtime's comedy drama Dead Like Me.[30] The following year, McCormack starred in the film The Sisters, based on Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters.[31] The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.[32]
Will & Grace's eighth and (at the time) final season ended with the series finale on May 18, 2006. The finale garnered 18 million American viewers,[33] making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in six years.[34]
In January 2017, NBC closed a deal for a new, 10-episode season of Will & Grace, which is currently airing, 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, and McCormack has reprised his role of the beloved Will Truman. In April 2017, the episode order was increased to 12 episodes.[35] In August 2017, it was extended again, to 16 episodes, and a second 13-episode season was ordered.[36] 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 will be continuing his role of Will Truman for all of the announced seasons of the revival.[37]
=== After Will & Grace ===
Following the end of Will & Grace, 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.[38] He plays a writer who is ready to settle down and marry, but decides to visit four ex-girlfriends first. 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".[38] 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.[38] Melissa Rose Bernardo of Entertainment Weekly commented that McCormack and Maura Tierney "have incredible chemistry".[39]
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.[40] The series debuted to ambivalent reviews,[41] 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."[42] The show was cancelled that same year.[43]
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.[44] In the miniseries, he played Jack Nash, a television reporter who battles an addiction to cocaine. The Andromeda Strain received mixed reviews,[45] 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)."[46] 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."[47] 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.[48][49]
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, the firm's newly promoted creative director, and deals with his best friend's (Cavanagh) unpredictable behavior.[50] In an interview with USA Weekend, McCormack revealed he was not afraid of being typecast.[51] McCormack's decision to do the show was due to "great writing".[52] The show debuted on January 26, 2009, and was watched by almost 3.4 million viewers.[53] Trust Me debuted to very positive reviews, with Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chroniclewriting, "...the series is surprisingly solid."[54] 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."[55] The series, however, was cancelled after one season, due to poor ratings.[56][57]
McCormack starred in the science-fiction film Alien Trespass (2009), in which he played Doctor Ted Lewis, who gets possessed by an alien marshal, Urp, after he crash-lands on Earth.[58] When asked about his interpretation on the character, McCormack commented that his first instinct was to make Ted Lewis more alien, sounding like Spock.[58] The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.[59][60]
In May 2009, he portrayed "El Gallo" in Reprise Theatre Company's revival of the 1960s musical The Fantasticks at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.[61][62] McCormack had a supporting role in Richard Loncraine's comedy My One and Only,[63] 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.[64] 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.[65]
McCormack portrayed con artist Clark Rockefeller in the Lifetime television movie Who Is Clark Rockefeller?, which premiered on March 13, 2010.[66] To prepare for the role, he read everything on the case,[67] including coverage of the case and Rockefeller's jailhouse interview.[68] Who Is Clark Rockefeller? received mixed reaction, but McCormack's performance was favored by critics, with Variety's Brian Lowry concluding, "...the real kitsch factor resides in Eric McCormack's performance as the suave charmer, which adds an element of high camp to the proceedings."[69]
In June 2010, McCormack received the NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction at the Banff TV Festival.[70] In October 2010, McCormack received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.[71] On June 22, 2017, it was announced that McCormack will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry.[72][73]
In October 2010, it was reported that McCormack 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.[74] Perception premiered on July 9, 2012.[75]McCormack also serves as producer for the show.[76] He also provides the voice of "Lucky" on The Hub's Pound Puppies series, which premiered October 10, 2010.
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.
McCormack stars in Travelers, which first aired in October 2016.
== Other projects ==
McCormack has set up his own production company called Big Cattle Productions to develop ideas for television.[15] The projects produced by the company include Lovespring International and Imperfect Union.[77][78] In 2003, it was confirmed that he would write, direct, and star in the romantic comedy What You Wish For.[79][80]
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.[81] 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.[82]
== Personal life ==
McCormack has been married to Janet Leigh Holden, whom he met on the set of Lonesome Dove,[10] since August 1997.[83] They have a son, Finnigan Holden McCormack, born on July 1, 2002, in Los Angeles.[84] McCormack maintains residences in Los Angeles and Vancouver.[85] He became a US citizen in 1999 and holds dual Canadian and US citizenship.[86]
McCormack is involved in many Los Angeles and Canadian-based charitable organizations including Project Angel Food.[87] 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.[88] Doris was honored at the Lifetime's Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004.[89][90] 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.[91]
McCormack sang both the American and Canadian national anthems at the 2004 NHL All-Star game in Minnesota.[92] McCormack is a supporter of same-sex marriage and attended a march in Fresno, California, on May 30, 2009, after the Supreme Court of Californiaupheld a ban on same-sex marriage approved by voters in November by ballot Proposition 8.[93][94]
McCormack is a Democrat.[95]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Film 	Role 	Notes
1992	The Lost World 	Edward Malone 	
1992	Return to the Lost World 	Edward Malone 	
1992	Giant Steps 	Jack Sims 	
1997	Exception to the Rule 	Timothy Bayer 	
1998	Holy Man 	Scott Hawkes 	
1999	Free Enterprise 	Mark 	
2000	Here's to Life! 	Owen Rinard 	Nominated—Leo Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
2005	Break a Leg 	Dark Haired Actor 	
2005	The Sisters 	Gary Sokol 	
2008	Immigrants 	Vlad 	
2009	Best Thing Ever 	Dean 	
2009	Alien Trespass 	Ted Lewis/Urp 	
2009	My One and Only 	Charlie 	
2011	Textuality 	Clive 	
2012	Barricade 	Terrence Shade 	
2012	Knife Fight 	Larry Becker 	
2013	Romali Series 	Rufus, Erskine I and the Principal	
2016	Considering Love and Other Magic	Uncle Jasper 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1986 	The Boys from Syracuse 	Tailor's Apprentice 	Television movie
1987 	Much Ado About Nothing 	Balthasar 	Television movie
1987 	Hangin' In 	Jody 	Episode: "Li'l Devil"
1991 	E.N.G. 	Unknown 	2 episodes
1991 	Street Legal 	Barry Taylor 	2 episodes
1992 	Neon Rider 	Derek 	Episode: "A Perfect 10"
1992 	Street Justice 	Det. Eric Rothman 	Episode: "Each One, Teach One"
1993 	Cobra 	Blake Devaroe 	Episode: "I'd Die for You"
1993 	The Commish 	Officer Danny Nolan 	2 episodes
1993 	Silk Stalkings 	Michael O'Hara 	Episode: "Ladies Night Out"
1993 	Relentless: Mind of a Killer 	Stu Feltzer 	Television movie
1993 	Family of Strangers 	Sam 	Television movie
1993 	Miracle on Interstate 880 	Tony 	Television movie
1993 	Call of the Wild 	Hal 	Television movie
1993 	Double, Double, Toil and Trouble 	Don Farmer 	Television movie
1994 	The Man Who Wouldn't Die 	Jack Sullivan 	Television movie
1994 	Island City 	Greg 23 	Television movie
1994–1996 	Lonesome Dove: The Series 	Col. Francis Clay Mosby	Main role, 43 episodes
1996 	Highlander: The Series 	Matthew McCormick 	Episode: "Manhunt"
1996 	Diagnosis: Murder 	Boyd Merrick 	Episode: "An Explosive Murder"
1996 	Townies 	Scott 	Recurring role, 5 episodes
1997 	The Outer Limits 	John Virgil 	Episode: "Tempests"
1997 	Jenny 	Jason Slade 	Episode: Pilot
1997 	Veronica's Closet 	Griffin 	Episode: "Veronica's Brotherly Love"
1997 	Borrowed Hearts 	Sam Field 	Television movie
1998 	Ally McBeal 	Kevin Kepler 	Episode: "Being There"
1998 	A Will of their Own 	Pierce Peterson 	Television movie
1998–2006,
2017–present	Will & Grace 	Will Truman 	Main role, 200 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2000–04, 2018)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2000, 2003, 2005)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2000, 2002–04)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2002–05)
Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series
2000 	The Audrey Hepburn Story 	Mel Ferrer 	Television movie
2004 	Dead Like Me 	Ray Summers 	3 episodes
2006 	Lovespring International 	Roman 	Episode: "Lydia's Perfect Man"
2008 	The Andromeda Strain 	Jack Nash 	4 episodes
2008 	Monk 	James Novak 	Episode: "Mr. Monk's 100th Case"
2009 	Trust Me 	Mason McGuire 	Main role, 13 episodes
2009 	Hell's Kitchen 	Himself 	Episode: "9 Chefs Compete"
2009 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Vance Shepard 	Episode: "Sugar"
2009–2010 	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Max Kershaw 	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2010 	Who Is Clark Rockefeller? 	Clark Rockefeller 	Television movie
2010–2013 	Pound Puppies 	Lucky 	Voice role, 65 episodes
2012–2015 	Perception 	Dr. Daniel Pierce 	Lead role, 34 episodes
2012 	American Dad! 	Swinger 	Episode: "Killer Vacation"
2013 	Robot Chicken 	Various 	Episode: "Robot Fight Accident"
2015 	The Mysteries of Laura 	Andrew Devlin, M.D. 	Episode: "The Mystery of the Exsanguinated Ex"
2015 	Full Circle 	Ken Waltham 	7 episodes
2016 	A Heavenly Christmas 	Max 	Television movie
2016–present	Travelers 	Grant MacLaren 	Main role
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Award 	Category 	Series 	Result 	Ref.
1999	Viewers For Quality Television Awards	Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
1999	OFTA Awards 	Best Actor in a New Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
1999	OFTA Awards 	Best Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Won 	
2000	Leo Awards 	Leo Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 	Here's to Life!	Nominated	
2000	Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2000	Golden Globe Award 	Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2000	Satellite Awards 	Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2000	Viewers For Quality Television Awards	Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2000	OFTA Awards 	Best Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2001	Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Won 	
2001	Golden Globe Award 	Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2001	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Will & Grace 	Won 	
2001	Teen Choice Award 	Television Choice Actor 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2001	TV Guide Awards 	Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2001	OFTA Awards 	Best Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Won 	
2002	Golden Globe Award 	Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2002	Satellite Awards 	Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2002	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2002	OFTA Awards 	Best Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2003	Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2003	Golden Globe Award 	Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2003	Satellite Awards 	Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2003	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2003	OFTA Awards 	Best Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2003	GLAAD Media Awards 	Vanguard Award 	Vanguard Award 	Won 	
2004	Golden Globe Award 	Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2004	Satellite Awards 	Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2004	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2005	Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2005	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2005	Gold Derby TV Awards 	Comedy Lead Actor 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2005	Dixie Film Festival 	Festival Prize 	The Sisters 	Won 	
2006	Gold Derby TV Awards 	Comedy Lead Actor 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	
2014	Prism Awards 	Performance in a Drama Series Episode 	Perception 	Nominated	
2014	Behind the Voice Actors Awards 	Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Children's/Educational 	Pound Puppies 	Nominated	
2018	Golden Globe Award 	Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy 	Will & Grace 	Nominated	[96][97][98][99]
2018	Gold Derby Awards 	Comedy Lead Actor 	Will & Grace 	Pending