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Sean Hayes (actor)
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| Birth name | Sean Patrick Hayes | |||||||||
| Born | June 26, 1970 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Sean Patrick Hayes (born on June 26, 1970) is an Emmy award-winning American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jack McFarland in the sitcom Will & Grace.
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Hayes was born in Chicago, Illinois to Mary, a director of a non-profit food bank, and Ronald Hayes, a lithographer.[1] He is of Irish descent and was raised Catholic,[2] attending high school in Glen Ellyn, Illinois at Glenbard West High School. Hayes studied piano performance and conducting at Illinois State University but left before graduating. He worked as a classical pianist and served as a music director at the Pheasant Run Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. He also composed original music for a production of Antigone at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He participated in The Second City improvisational comedy troupe.
Hayes moved to Los Angeles in 1995, where he found work as a stand-up comedian, stage actor and as an actor in television commercials, including a 1998 Doritos ad featuring model Ali Landry.
As a teenager, he was an extra in Winona Ryder's first movie, Lucas (1986), which was filmed at his high school, Glenbard West. His professional film debut was in the independent film Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998), which brought him wide attention and caught the attention of executives who cast him in the NBC comedy television series Will & Grace, as frequently unemployed gay aspiring actor Jack McFarland. The show became a hit, and Hayes' performance as Jack McFarland earned him seven consecutive Emmy Award nominations (2000–06) as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He won the Emmy for his first nomination.
His success has led him to film appearances in Cats & Dogs (2001), as Jerry Lewis in Martin and Lewis (2002), Pieces of April (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003) and Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004). He has also guest starred in television programs, including Scrubs and 30 Rock.
In 2005, Hayes was executive producer for Situation: Comedy for Bravo, a reality show like Project Greenlight but for sitcoms. He also executive produced the two winning scripts, chosen by NBC: The Sperm Donor and Stephen's Life. In 2006, he guest-starred in the Adult Swim cameo-filled show Tom Goes to the Mayor.
Sean is currently in production with his own Production Company Hazy Mills with Todd Milliner, his producing partner from college.
Hayes has played both gay and straight characters during his time as an actor but refuses to discuss his own sexual orientation in public.[3]
| “ | When you see me play Jack, I want you to believe that that's a gay character. After Will & Grace is over, when I play a straight character, I want you to believe that, too. | ” |
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—Sean Hayes, Etcetera interview |
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| Preceded by David Hyde Pierce for Frasier |
Emmy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Will & Grace 2000 |
Succeeded by Peter MacNicol for Ally McBeal |
| Preceded by Robert Downey Jr. for Ally McBeal |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Comedy Series for Will & Grace 2002, 2003 |
Succeeded by Tony Shalhoub for Monk |
| Preceded by Tony Shalhoub for Monk |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Comedy Series for Will & Grace 2006 |
Succeeded by Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock |
- Sean Hayes. Biography Resource Center Online. Gale Group. 1999.