 McCormack was born in Toronto , Ontario , Canada , the son of Doris ( 1932 @-@ 2006 ) , a homemaker , and Keith McCormack , an oil company financial analyst . He is the oldest of three siblings . McCormack has Scottish ancestry . McCormack states while he was growing up , he was shy and did not play sports . McCormack attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute High School in Scarborough , Ontario . There , he enrolled in theatre and performed in high school productions of Godspell and Pippin , and decided to pursue a career in acting . McCormack recalls after performing in Godspell , his feelings towards becoming an actor solidified . " ... I remember after the first performance of that ... I knew where to fit in . That was the beginning of my life as an actor . It changed me in that the concept of any other options disappeared . From that moment there was no question . I knew exactly what I was going to do . I 'm lucky that way . " He admits that he never felt cool growing up . " I was a bit of an outsider , but I discovered theatre very early on , which got me through . " He then transferred to Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough , where he went to school with David Furnish . He graduated in 1982 . 
