Ed O'Neill
Ed O'Neill ( born April 12, 1946 in Youngstown, Ohio as Edward Phillip O'Neill, Jr.) is an American actor. The general public he is best known as Al Bundy from the sitcom Married with Children, originated from the between 1987 and 1997 a total of 259 episodes.
Life and work
The son of Edward O'Neill and Ruth Ann O'Neill attended Ursuline High School, where he made his statements. Even in his time at the high school and as a student it was his dream to become a professional football player. 1969 invited him to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a trial one, but he was not included in the team. Since then, he plays football strictly private.
By 1977, O'Neill worked as a steel worker, bartender, used car dealer and Social Studies teacher. The acting was for him at first only hobby. He also attended courses about acting at the Youngstown State University and also acted in several plays at Youngstown theater. After working for seven years as a teacher, he wanted to make acting his profession. For this reason, he moved to New York where he got a chance in the Broadway production knockout after the leading actor was ill. Thanks to the good reviews it came to other offers and played among other pieces of Tennessee Williams and John Steinbeck.
A wide audience, he was primarily known for his television roles. In addition, however, he was involved in several films, such as My partner with the cold muzzle, Wayne 's World and The Bone Collector. Currently, he plays a major role in the U.S. series Modern Family.
O'Neill practiced the martial art of Brazilian Jiu -Jitsu, which he has learned by the developers of discipline, " Gracie Family". After 14 years of training he was awarded the black belt.
In August 2011, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Family
Ed O'Neill since 1986 to actress Catherine Rusoff, which was also seen in two episodes of Married with Children, Married. They have two daughters together (* 1999 and 2001) and lived in Venice, California; between 1989 and 1993 they were temporarily separated.
Currently Ed O'Neill lives in Los Angeles.
O'Neill on TV
- He played for eleven years, the women's shoe salesman Al Bundy in Married with Children.
- He moderated in 1990 as the first actor of the TV station FOX comedy show Saturday Night Live on NBC.
- In 22 episodes of the crime series Dragnet ( Dragnet, 2003-2004 ), he played the role of Lieutenant Joe Friday. Series start was in Germany on 13 May 2007 ( Super RTL). Already in 2000, he was also seen as an investigator in the eight -part series Big Apple.
- In the second episode of the TV series Miami Vice, he played an undercover cop who gets into the maelstrom of the crime.
- In the episode Wild times the sitcom My Teenage Daughter, he meets his former colleague Series Katey Sagal ( " Peggy Bundy " from Married with Children ) as his childhood sweetheart Cate Hennessy again.
- In the American television series The West Wing, he played in 2004 in four episodes of the role of Eric Baker, a ( fictional) Democratic governor of Pennsylvania and likely future vice president.
- Since 2009 he plays the lead role of Jay Pritchett in the comedy series Modern Family.
Filmography (selection)
Awards and nominations
- 2011: Star on the Walk of Fame, in front of a shoe store.
Voice Actors
Ed O'Neill of Hans -Jürgen Dittberner, Helmut Gauss, Peter Musaeus, Ulf -Jürgen Wagner, Patrick Winczewski, Jürgen Heinrich, Pierre Franckh, Bernd Rumpf, Rüdiger Bahr, Peter Fricke, Stefan Friedrich and Kaspar Eichel in his film and theater performances synchronized in Germany. For his signature role of the Shoe Seller's Al Bundy, as well as in the roles of " Dating My Teenage Daughter ", " police report LA " and "Modern Family" he was set to music by Rüdiger Bahr.