ERIC McCORMACK ON HIS NEW FILM DRINKWATER AND PODCAST WITH PAL SEAN HAYES

Eric McCormack is a one busy guy. Along with an upcoming stint on Broadway, his podcast with Sean Hayes he’s out and about promoting his new movie, Drinkwater entirely shot on location in Canada.

Se in a small-town in British Columbia, Canada, “Drinkwater” features an awkward teen Mike Drinkwater has trouble fitting in. He gets bullied by his wealthy school jock rival, and his offbeat father Hank ( played by Eric McCormack) spends more time trying to not to get caught defrauding the government than paying attention to his son. Things take a turn when a girl named Wallace from the United States moves in next door. Wallace tries to help Mike be a little less awkward at school while pushing him to train for an annual cross-country race, while Mike shows Wallace the ropes of living in small-town British Columbia, Canada.

Eric McCormack is a Canadian-American actor and singer, 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 numerous stage 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.

Sean hayes and eric mccormack on, will and grace

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 to 2010 he starred as Dr. Max Kershaw, the psychiatrist turned boyfriend of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' title character in The New Adventures of Old Christine.

I spoke wit Eric McCormack about working in Canada, playing Hank and his upcoming Will and Grace podcast with pal and former co-star Sean Hayes.