Name |
Ed O`Neill |
Height |
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Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
12-April-1946 |
Place of Birth |
Youngstown, Oh, U.S. |
Famous for |
Acting |
Ed O`Neill is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the Fox TV Network sitcom Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes. Since 2009, he can be seen on the award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family, in the role of Jay Pritchett, for which he has been nominated for two Emmy Awards and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 1985, O'Neill appeared alongside Jeff Kinsland in a Red Lobster commercial eating fish and made a brief guest appearance in The Equalizer. In 1986, he was cast as the character of NYPD Police Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle for the planned television series Popeye Doyle. The Popeye Doyle character originally appeared in the motion picture The French Connection (played by Gene Hackman). The two-hour made-for-television movie/pilot was filmed and shown on network television. O'Neill received good reviews for his performance, and the pilot received good ratings, but the series was not picked up for production.
O'Neill received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 30, 2011.