Will & Grace

Cast and crew

Regular characters

• Will Truman, played by Eric McCormack
• Grace Adler, played by Debra Messing
• Jack McFarland, played by Sean Hayes
• Karen Walker, played by Megan Mullally
• Rosario Salazar - Karen's maid, played by Shelley Morrison
• Harlin Polk - a client of Will's, played by Gary Grubbs. Although initially a main cast member, Grubbs appeared in only half the episodes of season one, and then returned in one episode in season two.
• Elliot - Jack's son, played by Michael Angarano (season four, guest star in seasons three, five, and six)

In the opening credits, McCormack and Messing are billed together, with the name that goes on top alternating between episodes.

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Recurring characters

For a more extensive list, see the article on Supporting characters on Will & Grace.

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• Stan Walker (unseen character) - Karen's obese husband
• Olivia Walker (Hallee Hirsh) - Karen's stepdaughter
• Mason Walker (unseen character) - Karen's stepson, whom she calls "the fat one"
• Lois Whitley (Suzanne Pleshette) - Karen's mother
• Bobbi Adler (Debbie Reynolds)- Grace's entertainer mother
• George Truman (Sydney Pollack) - Will's father
• Marilyn Truman (Blythe Danner) - Will's mother
• Tina (Lesley Ann Warren) - Will's father's mistress
• Rob (Tom Gallop) and Ellen (Leigh-Allyn Baker) - two of Grace and Will's closest friends and regular charades buddies, a married couple with three children
• Val Bassett (Molly Shannon) - a slightly crazy, alcoholic, divorced woman who lives in Will and Grace's building who tends to get into fights with Grace
• Joe (Jerry Levine) and Larry (Tim Bagley) - two of Will and Grace's close friends, a gay couple with an adopted daughter
• Beverley Leslie (Leslie Jordan) - a possibly closeted, staunchly Republican, very short socialite whose relationsip with Karen changes rapidly from friend to enemy
• Nathan (Woody Harrelson) - Grace's neighbor and boyfriend (seasons three and four)
• Barry (Dan Futterman) - Karen's cousin, who Jack and Will help transform from a slobbish closeted straight man into a gay man, and then both fall for him
• Lyle Finster (John Cleese) - the father of Stan's mistress (Lorraine), briefly engaged and married to Karen (season six)
• Dr. Marvin "Leo" Markus (Harry Connick Jr.) - Grace's boyfriend and eventual husband; their marriage ended after he cheated on her (seasons five through seven)
• Vince D'Angelo (Bobby Cannavale) - Will's first long-term boyfriend in the show's run (seasons six and seven)
• Stuart Lamarck (Dave Foley) - a client of Will's and boyfriend of Jack's (season six)
• Ben Doucette (Gregory Hines) - Will's boss at Doucette & Stein and occasional love interest of Grace (seasons two to three)
• Zandra (Eileen Brennan) - Jack's acting coach, who later kicked him out of the class and eventually was retired to an Actor's Nursing Home
• Lorraine Finster (Minnie Driver) - Stan's mistress (and therefore one of Karen's many rivals), a cafeteria worker at the prison, and Lyle's daughter

Guest stars

Will & Grace often has high-profile guest stars appearing on the show. This list is by no means complete. Guest stars in character roles:

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• Alec Baldwin (a man hired by Stan to return Will to the legal profession)
• Jack Black (a doctor who examines Karen)
• Beau Bridges (Jack's stepfather)
• Edward Burns (a love interest of Grace's)
• Veronica Cartwright (Jack's mother)
• Glenn Close (a noted photographer who takes Will and Grace's picture)
• Joan Collins (a designer with whom Grace competes for a job)
• Matt Damon (Jack's heterosexual rival for a spot in the Gay Men's Chorus)
• Geena Davis (Janet Adler, Grace's screw-up sister)
• Ellen Degeneres (a nun to whom Will sells Grace's old car)
• Michael Douglas (a somewhat closeted gay cop who is attracted to Will and who has issues about men with food stuck in their teeth)
• Minnie Driver (Lorraine Finster)
• Edie Falco (a lesbian real-estate "flipper")
• Miguel Ferrer (a publicist who hired Grace to design his apartment)
• Victor Garber (a former actor now working as a doorman)
• Andy Garcia (a restauranteur and love interest of Karen's)
• Sara Gilbert (like Will, a Barry Manilow fanatic)
• Seth Green (a gay former child star)
• Neil Patrick Harris (the leader of a group of former homosexuals)
• Hal Linden (an elderly gay man who becomes Will's "sugar daddy")
• Madonna (Karen's roommate for a brief period of time)
• Dylan McDermott (a love interest of Will's who is very closely attached to his elderly mother)
• Demi Moore (Jack's former babysitter)
• Rosie O'Donnell (Bonnie, Elliot's lesbian mother)
• Luke Perry (a "hot gay nerd" bird-watcher on whom Jack develops a crush)
• Parker Posey (Jack's drug-addicted supervisor at Barney's)
• Chloë Sevigny (a lesbian real-estate "flipper")
• Molly Shannon (the loony Val Bassett, who lives in Will and Grace's building)
• Nicollette Sheridan (a fellow doctor who comes on to Leo)
• Mira Sorvino (an ex of both Leo and Will)
• Eric Stoltz (a college boyfriend of Grace's)
• Sharon Stone (one of Will's psychiatrists)
• Rip Torn
• Gene Wilder (the mentally unstable Stein of Doucette and Stein)

Guest stars playing themselves:

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• Kevyn Aucoin
• Kevin Bacon
• Candice Bergen
• Cher
• Sandra Bernhard
• Katie Couric
• John Edward
• Rudy Galindo
• Deborah Harry
• Janet Jackson
• Elton John (claiming himself to be the leader of the "Gay Mafia")
• James Earl Jones
• Jennifer Lopez
• Patti LuPone
• Barry Manilow
• Bebe Neuwirth
• Stone Phillips
• Rip Taylor

Crew

• David Flebotte - Executive Producer (Season 7)
• Alex Herschlag - Executive Producer
• David Kohan - Executive Producer
• Jhoni Marchinko - Executive Producer
• Max Mutchnick - Executive Producer
• James Burrows - Executive Producer
• Jeff Greenstein - Executive Producer
• Max Mutchnick - Creator
• David Kohan - Creator