Sean Hayes
Sean Hayes
Will & Grace
Sean Hayes has returned to his iconic role as Jack McFarland on NBC's WILL & GRACE. The show was broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006, for a total of eight seasons, and restarted its run on NBC on September 28, 2017.
Hayes was raised in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn, Illinois. A talented musician, he supported himself as a classical pianist and performed in a pop band while attending Illinois State University, where he majored in performance and conducting. After his college experience, Hayes began working in the Chicago stage community, serving as the music director at the Pheasant Run Theater for a few years where he appeared in several of their productions.
After moving to Los Angeles, Hayes had gigs as a stand-up comic, performing at the Comedy Club, and starred in the television movie A&P based on the short story by John Updike. In 1998, Hayes received his big break and landed the role of Jack on WILL & GRACE for which he won an Emmy Award (and was nominated six times), four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two TV Guide Awards, an American Comedy Award and seven Golden Globe nominations.
His other notable television projects include guest roles on SCRUBS and 30 ROCK as well as MARTIN & LEWIS", a television film that earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his role as Jerry Lewis. He appeared on multiple episodes of the NBC sitcom UP ALL NIGHT and also made guest appearances on PARKS AND RECREATION, PORTLANDIA, and HOT IN CLEVELAND. In addition, he had an arc on SMASH as a TV and film star making his Broadway debut.
Last year Hayes had a role in NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE! which was nominated for seven Emmy Awards.
Hayes made his Broadway debut in 2010 in the wildly successful PROMISES, PROMISES alongside Kristin Chenoweth. In 2016, He returned to Broadway in the title role in AN ACT OF GOD for which he received glowing reviews. In addition to receiving a Tony Award nomination for his role in PROMISES, PROMISES, he also hosted the Tony Awards in 2011 to strong reviews.
Sean starred as Larry Fine in the movie THE THREE STOOGES directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly, and is a voice actor in MONSTERS UNIVERSITY. His additional film credits include THE BUCKET LIST, BILLY's HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS, PIECES OF APRIL, the voice of Mr. Fish in THE CAT IN THE HAT, WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON, IGOR, SOUL MEN, and the voice of Mr. Tinkles in the box-office hit CATS AND DOGS.
In 2003, Hayes and producing partner Todd Milliner formed Hazy Mills Productions. Their first project, SITUATION: COMEDY, a documentary television show in search of the next great sitcom, premiered on Bravo in 2005 and garnered wide critical praise. For six seasons, Hazy Mills produced TV Land's hit comedy HOT IN CLEVELAND starring Betty White, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves and Valerie Bertinelli. Hazy Mills produced NBC's long-running drama GRIMM, a dark yet fantastical cop drama that took place in a world where Grimms' Fairy Tales-inspired characters exist, and reality series HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT. Hazy Mills also produced the eight-part docuseries THE HISTORY OF COMEDY which aired on CNN in 2017.
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