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Biography

Regarding the colorful character he portrays on "Will & Grace," Emmy Award-winning actor Sean Hayes explains, "Jack is highly neurotic, extremely outspoken, a little…more

Born

6/26/1970, Glen Ellyn, Ill.

Birth Name

Sean Patrick Hayes

Gender

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Star (3)

Role
- Jeopardy!
  Clue Giver
  - S 43: Ep 129 Season 2007-08: Episode 129
    3/6/08
- Will & Grace
  Jack McFarland
  - S 8: Ep 23 The Finale
    5/18/06
  - S 8: Ep 22 Whatever Happened to Baby Gin?
    5/11/06
  - S 8: Ep 21 Partners 'n' Crime
    5/4/06
  - S 8: Ep 20 The Mourning Son
    4/27/06
  - S 8: Ep 19 Blanket Apology
    4/6/06
  - + 180 More Credits
- Situation: Comedy
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    9/2/05
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    8/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    8/19/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    8/12/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    8/2/05
  - + 2 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 19: Ep 20120428 Late Show With David Letterman 04/10/2012
    4/10/12
  - S 12: Ep 184 Show #2403
    7/29/05
  - S 11: Ep 160 Show #2191
    6/21/04
  - S 10: Ep 135 Show #1984
    5/14/03
  - S 10: Ep 35 Show #1898
    11/4/02
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 98 Jason Mraz/Sean Hayes
    2/1/06
  - S 2: Ep 114 Bob Newhart/Sean Hayes
    2/24/05
  - S 2: Ep 44 Will & Grace Cast
    11/4/04
  - S 1: Ep 162 Sean Hayes/Jake Gyllenhaal
    5/24/04
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sean Hayes/Nikki Reed
    9/15/03
Guest Star (25)

Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 145 Sean Hayes/Lena Dunham
    4/13/12
  - S 8: Ep 78 Sean Hayes/John Hodgman
    12/15/11
- Campus Ladies
  Marshall
  - S 2: Ep 10 Foreign Exchange
    2/6/07
  - S 2: Ep 2 A Very Special Episode
    12/5/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
  - S 57: Ep 1 The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/18/05
- Lovespring International
  Victor
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Rear Window
    6/19/06
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 122 Vince Vaughn on The Break Up!
    5/10/06
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Self
  - S 13: Ep 116 Sean Hayes, Cheap Trick
    5/9/06
- Weekends at the D.L.
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sean Hayes / Rachael Leigh Cook / Will Arnett
    7/31/05
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 1 The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/9/05
  - S 26: Ep 1 The 26th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/9/00
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 53: Ep 186 September 16, 2004
    9/16/04
- The View
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 13 Messing/Mullally
    9/15/04
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 55 Show #2776
    9/13/04
  - S 11: Ep 103 Show #2377
    11/21/02
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 173 June 25, 2004
    6/25/04
  - S 11: Ep 150 April 21, 1999
    4/21/99
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 2 The Cast of Will & Grace
    11/16/03
- Dinner For Five
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 11 Sean Hayes, Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
    10/13/03
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
- Saturday Night Live
  Clerk
  - — The Best of Will Ferrell
    9/28/02
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 33 Show #1035
    11/1/01
  - S 4: Ep 164 Show #788
    5/18/00
  - S 3: Ep 146 Show #577
    4/21/99
- Scrubs
  Nick Murdoch
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 1 Sean Hayes
    7/9/01
- HBO First Look
  Host
  - S 8: Ep 8 The Making of 'Cats & Dogs'
    6/1/01
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 26: Ep 14 Sean Hayes/Shaggy
    2/17/01
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 52: Ep 1 The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/10/00
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Brain Pod #13
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Adventure Begins
    8/8/00
- Silk Stalkings
  Roger
  - S 6: Ep 8 Services Rendered
    11/17/96
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- 30 Rock
  Jesse Parcell
  - S 1: Ep 21 Hiatus
    4/26/07
- Scrubs
  Nick Murdoch
  - S 1: Ep 7 My Super Ego
    11/6/01
Executive Producer (2)

Role
- Grimm
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 21 Big Feet
    5/11/12
  - S 1: Ep 20 Happily Ever Aftermath
    5/4/12
  - S 1: Ep 19 Leave It to Beavers
    4/27/12
  - S 1: Ep 18 Cat and Mouse
    4/20/12
  - S 1: Ep 17 Love Sick
    4/13/12
  - + 16 More Credits
- Hot in Cleveland
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 10 Tornado
    8/18/10
  - S 1: Ep 9 Good Luck Faking the Goiter
    8/11/10
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Play's the Thing
    8/4/10
  - S 1: Ep 7 It's Not That Complicated
    7/28/10
  - S 1: Ep 6 Meet the Parents
    7/21/10
  - + 2 More Credits

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- Will and Grace has afforded Sean the luxury of being able to pick and choose the roles he now plays, as he is already financially secure. He feels he now can work because he loves it, not because he needs the money, which is important to him.
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- At the end of the first season of Will and Grace, NBC bought the cast a Porsche each ... Sean sold his for $70,000 and banked the money as he has a fear of losing all his money.
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- Sean's father, Ronald, was a lithographer, and his mother, Mary, was a director of a non-profit food bank.
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- (on the production of a show called "Cornerstone", on competing churches being put together by his company, Hazy Mills Productions) Sean: I'm fascinated with religious extremism of any kind, the righteousness of it, and with different interpretations of seemingly the same idea.
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- Sean: (asked to reveal his favourite "Will And Grace" episode) A Chorus Line. Matt Damon pretends to be gay so he can join the gay men's chorus.
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- Sean: Slowly, people are seeing outside the box and realizing that I became an actor to play other roles, not just one role for the rest of my life.
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