Biography
He became the grumbling, life-worn antithesis to the sanitized TV dads of the 1980s, with his dysfunctional, ribald on-air family the flagship of a fledgling network called Fox. Playing Al Bundy on "Married...with Children" (Fox, 1987-1997) for 11 seasons, Ed O'Neill made himself perhaps the least likely and least glamorous star in television. Within a few years, "Married... " transformed O'Neill from a New York theater actor with little …
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Career Milestones
| Began acting in high school plays | ||
| Made NY stage debut in off-off Broadway production of Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight" | ||
| Played Lenny in a stage production of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge | ||
| Returned to Youngstown State University to take acting classes | ||
| Starred as Randall P. McMurphy in a local production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" | ||
1969 | Signed by Pittsburgh Steelers as an outside linebacker; released before the start of the regular season | |
1970 | Taught social studies at Youngstown's Ursuline High School | |
1972 | Made feature debut in John Boorman's "Deliverance" as a highway patrolman | |
1976 | Moved to NYC at age 30 | |
1979 | Cast as understudy for the lead in Broadway production of "Knockout"; took the lead when the original actor abandoned the production | |
1980 | Appeared as a police detective in William Friedkin's "Cruising" | |
1980 | Primetime TV debut, the unaired NBC pilot "The Day the Women Got Even" | |
1983 | TV-movie debut, "When Your Lover Leaves" (NBC) | |
1986 | Played title role of "Popeye Doyle," the cop portrayed by Gene Hackman in 1971's "The French Connection"; series never produced, but pilot aired as NBC TV movie | |
1987 | Landed breakthrough role playing sad sack shoe salesman Al Bundy on "Married with Children" (Fox); series co-starred Katey Sagal as Peg Bundy | |
1989 | Appeared opposite James Belushi in the comedy "K-9" | |
1991 | Played title character in the John Hughes produced family comedy "Dutch" | |
1992 | Featured in the comedy film "Wayne's World" | |
1993 | Returned for the sequel "Wayne's World 2" | |
1994 | Co-starred with Rick Moranis, as brothers coaching rival Pee-Wee Football teams in "Little Giants" | |
1994 | Re-teamed with director William Friedkin to play a sportswriter in "Blue Chips" | |
1997 | Played assistant coach Bill Dellinger in "Prefontaine," documenting the life of the long-distance athlete Steve Prefontaine | |
2000 | Played the king of the trolls in NBC miniseries "The 10th Kingdom" | |
2001 | Returned to series TV on short-lived CBS crime drama "Big Apple" | |
2003 | Starred as Sgt. Joe Friday on ABC remake of Jack Webb's classic crime series "L.A. Dragnet" | |
2004 | Co-starred in political thriller "Spartan," written and directed by David Mamet | |
2004 | Landed recurring guest role on NBC's "The West Wing" as Eric Baker, the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania | |
2005 | Made a cameo on sitcom "8 Simple Rules" (ABC), playing a former college boyfriend of Katey Sagal's character | |
2007 | Cast as retired police officer Bill on HBO's short-lived series "John From Cincinnati" | |
2009 | Cast as Jay Pritchett, the patriarch whose second wife is the much younger Gloria (Sofia Vergara) on ABC comedy series "Modern Family" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series | |
Awards
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Married... With Children |
1992 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Married... With Children |
2010 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Modern Family |
2011 | Critics' Choice TV Award for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES in Modern Family |
2011 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in Modern Family |
2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Modern Family |
2012 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in Modern Family |
2012 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Modern Family |