Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian-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,
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