ACTOR

Eric McCormack

1963 - Today

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Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric McCormack has received more than 6,479,332 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Eric McCormack is the 1,568th most popular actor (up from 1,690th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 139th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eric McCormack ranks 1,568 out of 13,578. Before him are Tod Browning, Paul Lukas, Jim Carter, Stephen Rea, Lew Ayres, and Valeria Golino. After him are Rocío Dúrcal, Drew Barrymore, Ben Cross, J. T. Walsh, Marie-France Pisier, and Andrés García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Eric McCormack ranks 88. Before him are Sergio Goycochea, Beata Szydło, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mikkey Dee, Kim Ung-yong, and Josep Maria Bartomeu. After him are Michel Gondry, David Moyes, Xuxa, Antoni Martí, Sridevi, and Jason Newsted.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Eric McCormack ranks 122 out of 1,622. Before him are Rick Moranis (1953), Linda Evangelista (1965), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), Florence Lawrence (1886), and Loreena McKennitt (1957). After him are Mary Simon (1947), Steven Pinker (1954), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Lorne Greene (1915), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), and William Osler (1849).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Eric McCormack ranks 37. Before him are Deanna Durbin (1921), Walter Huston (1883), Rick Moranis (1953), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), and Florence Lawrence (1886). After him are Lorne Greene (1915), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Eugene Levy (1946), and Tom Cavanagh (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

Travelers
Grant MacLaren
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
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Will & Grace
Will Truman
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.
6.821 / 10
Perception
Dr. Daniel Pierce
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, but his eccentric view of the world and less-than-stellar social skills can often interfere with his work.
7.2 / 10