Ed O'Neill
Ed O'Neill | |
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O'Neill at the 2015 PaleyFest for Modern Family | |
| Born | Edward Leonard O'Neill April 12, 1946 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouse |
Catherine Rusoff (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
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American football career | |
| Personal information | |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Ursuline (Youngstown, Ohio) |
| College: | Youngstown State |
| Position: | Defensive lineman |
| NFL draft: | 1969: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Edward Leonard O'Neill (born April 12, 1946) is an American actor, comedian, and former football player. Over his career, he has earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
O’Neill gained stardom in the late 1980s for playing a working class father, Al Bundy, on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997) for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy twice. He had a career resurgence in the 2010s for portraying the family patriarch Jay Pritchett on the award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020), for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series and won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
On film, O’Neill made his debut in William Friedkin's crime thriller Cruising (1980). He has since appeared in: Wayne's World (1991), Dutch (1991), Little Giants (1994), Prefontaine (1997), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), The Bone Collector (1999), Sun Dogs (2017) and The Last Shift (2020). He has done voice-work for the animated films Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Finding Dory (2016).