Eric McCormack was an actor from Canada, best known for The Paradise Motel.
Quick Facts About Eric McCormack
Born
April 18, 1963
Died
May 9, 2023
Nationality
Canada
Profession
Actor
Notable works
The Paradise Motel
About Eric McCormack
He was born in Toronto and began acting in high‑school plays. He left Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1985 to join the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he performed for five years in many stage productions.
![“I had run into Kari Lizer at an airport, I think, and she said, "Would you come on the show [ The New Adventures Of Old Christine]?" And I said, "God. Absolutely."” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6ef/eric-mccormack-2915_absolutely_i-had-run-into-kari-lizer-at-an-airport_663763.jpg)
![“In the '97 pilot season [of Will & Grace ], I got the male lead on The Jenny McCarthy Show.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/db8/eric-mccormack-2915_grace_in-the-97-pilot-season-of-will-grace-i-g_2715917.jpg)
![“[Jack Nash] was very different than anything I'd played. In fact, there's a scene I have in a tent with Louis Ferreira, who just did an episode of Travelers. He was in the fourth episode of Travelers playing another team leader, and we really have it out, not unlike the way we did in the tent in…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/067/eric-mccormack-2915_andromeda_jack-nash-was-very-different-than-anythi_2798654.jpg)
![“I really liked it [The Andromeda Strain], and I don't know that it ever had the effect they were hoping for. I don't know if they got the audience we were hoping for. But I thought it was very fun, and I loved the character [Jack Nash] I was playing.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/891/eric-mccormack-2915_andromeda_i-really-liked-it-the-andromeda-strain-a_2998199.jpg)
![“I was playing this sort of asshole actor [in The Jenny McCarthy Show]. And we shot the pilot, and it was a guaranteed go. It was going to be 24 [episodes] on the air. No questions from NBC. And we shot the pilot, and I was in Toronto doing a movie, and I got a call saying they cut the character…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f4d/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_i-was-playing-this-sort-of-asshole-actor_1568863.jpg)
![“As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/19e/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_as-much-as-i-loved-al-pacino-and-robert_1752222.jpg)
![“I was going to be the hero of the movie [The Lost World]. I had to speak up and be like, "Shouldn't I be the one doing that?” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/72d/eric-mccormack-2915_hero_i-was-going-to-be-the-hero-of-the-movie_980445.jpg)
![“Whenever I see Tom [ Cavanagh] - we're good friends - we just mourn that we didn't get a longer shot.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9bf/eric-mccormack-2915_friendship_whenever-i-see-tom-cavanagh-we-re-good-f_1910423.jpg)
![“The things had been made a half a dozen times from silent pictures through the '30s and '40s. In fact, I think there's a version in the '50s. And then, of course, Spielberg eventually did a version of The Lost World, but this [filming] was '91, I think. And we shot it in Zimbabwe.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0a5/eric-mccormack-2915_courses_the-things-had-been-made-a-half-a-dozen_2992620.jpg)
![“The three main leads [in Townies] were Lauren [ Graham] and Jenna [Elfman] and Molly [Ringwald], and then Ron Livingston was on it as well. There was a lot of people to write funny stuff for.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/77e/eric-mccormack-2915_funny-stuff_the-three-main-leads-in-townies-were-lau_1706615.jpg)
