Eric Stonestreet
Eric Stonestreet ( born September 9, 1971 in Kansas City, Kansas ) is an American actor.
Biography
Stonestreet graduated from in 1996 at Kansas State University, after which he played for two years at a improvisational theater in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles to advance his acting career.
Besides minor film appearances, such as 2000 or 2005 Almost Famous in The Island, Stone Street was mainly seen in the U.S. TV series. In the early years episode roles in Dharma & Greg, Malcolm in the Middle, Party of Five, Spin City and ER - Emergency Room. The determination series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation set it for 13 episodes from 2001-2005 as a recurring role. More episodic, as in Crossing Jordan, Bones - followed by The Knochenjägerin, American Dad, NCIS or Monk before he was cast in the ABC series Modern Family as part of the main casts! . For the role of gay adoptive father Cameron Tucker, he was nominated in 2010 for the Television Critics Association Award and won the Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 and 2012 for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. 2011, 2012 and 2013 was followed by Golden Globe nominations as Best Supporting Actor.
Filmography
Film
- 2000: Almost Famous
- 2003: F.A.T.
- 2003: Girls Will Be Girls
- 2003: Street of Pain
- 2004: Straight-Jacket
- 2004: Knuckle Sandwich
- 2005: Saddam 17
- 2005: The Island (The Iceland )
- 2006: 13 Graves
- 2007: Stories USA
- 2008: Ninja Cheerleaders
- 2008: American Crude
- 2009: This Might Hurt
- 2010: Father vs.. Son
- 2011: Bad Teacher
- 2013: Full ripped ( Identity Thief )
TV
Trivia
- Although his most famous role is gay, says Stonestreet to be self- heterosexual.
- Stone Streets dubbing voice in Modern Family is Robert Louis Griesbach.