{"id":78439,"date":"2026-01-08T20:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/eric-mccormacks-son-makes-acting-debut-alongside-dad-in-the-hunting-party-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:06:20","slug":"eric-mccormacks-son-makes-acting-debut-alongside-dad-in-the-hunting-party-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/eric-mccormacks-son-makes-acting-debut-alongside-dad-in-the-hunting-party-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric McCormack’s Son Makes Acting Debut Alongside Dad in ‘The Hunting Party’ (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  • Eric McCormack and son Finnigan McCormack guest star alongside each other in the season 2 premiere of The Hunting Party<\/em><\/li>\n
  • The father-son duo caught up with PEOPLE ahead of the episode to break down their experience acting as younger and older versions of serial killer Ron Simms<\/li>\n
  • “I loved him when he was 4 or 5 and 6, but I’ve always had this sort of hope that one day we could be grownups together,” Eric says of his son<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Eric McCormack<\/a> isn’t just dad to his only son, Finnigan McCormack<\/a>. Now he’s taking on the title of on-set mentor!\n<\/p>\n

    The Will & Grace<\/em> alum guests alongside his 23-year-old son in Finn’s TV debut: The premiere episode of NBC’s The Hunting Party <\/em>season 2, in which the father-son duo play the younger and older versions of fictional serial killer Ron Simms.\n<\/p>\n

    Eric didn’t necessarily foresee himself acting with Finn in this capacity \u2014 “certainly not the serial killer part” \u2014 but he did envision himself growing old with his son. And now they’re doing so on screen, as the same guy.\n<\/p>\n

    “I think parents always, they come at it from two different angles,” Eric, 62, tells PEOPLE ahead of the premiere on Jan. 8. “Some people are like, ‘God, I just wish he was six again.’ I loved him when he was 4 or 5 and 6, but I’ve always had this sort of hope that one day we could be grownups together.”\n<\/p>\n

    He adds, “I foresaw that one day I just wanted to hang with this guy. And I do.”\n<\/p>\n

    Finnigan McCormack and Eric McCormack at opening night of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ on March 31, 2025.<\/span>
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    Eric, who welcomed Finn in 2002 with then-wife Janet Holden, stars in the episode as the grown-up version of Simms: An Austin, Texas-based serial killer known in the Hunting Party<\/em> universe for killing multiple women by breaking into their homes, hiding under their beds and drugging them. Eric handles the role of the older Simms, while Finn plays the character in flashback scenes \u2014 including a jarring opening sequence of him in action.\n<\/p>\n

    “This is an entirely new experience for both of us,” Finn says of the joint role. “I mean, what’s weird is that we didn’t get to necessarily be in the same scene together, but we’re playing the same person, so we had to think about the character the same way and how A is going to land to B. That was really special to be able to bond on crafting the character.”\n<\/p>\n

    Eric adds, “I’ve actually fantasized about playing father and son in something one day, but the idea of playing the same person… we spent a couple of days in my hotel room, Finn’s hotel room, just talking about this guy that we’re sharing. How do we embrace this guy in the same way so that we’re coming at it from a believable perspective?”\n<\/p>\n

    Finnigan and Eric McCormack attend an InStyle party on May 17, 2007.<\/span>
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    Finn’s background in acting includes a few projects he worked on in high school and college, including some plays his dad would attend. Eric would often “help me with all my lines and getting the part down to a science,” Finn shares.\n<\/p>\n

    While the younger McCormack had a few opportunities over the years to see his dad act on set (it gave him “the confidence to try it out for the first time,” he says), things were different on the set of The Hunting Party.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n