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Steelers' Ed O'Neill Made The Right Choice. After his brief NFL career ended, O'Neill returned to college and enrolled in the school's new theater program. In 1979, he landed his first role on ...
Mar 9, 2020 · Ed O'Neill may have kept his cool while confronting the end of Modern Family, but the same can't be said for one of his costars. The actor will appear on The Ellen Show Monday, and in a preview ...
O’Neill is contractually prohibited from discussing the plot, but said he was pleased with it. A few episodes that already aired this season began the process of tying up loose ends, including one Jan. 15 in which Phil Dunphy’s madcap father, a recurring character played by Fred Willard, dies.
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Mar 16, 2020 · Jay Pritchard, played by Ed O’Neill, adopted the dog in season two, but Stella was originally played by another pup. Although they initially had a love-hate relationship, Jay soon fell in love with the dog and started doting on her, much to the annoyance of Sofia Vergara’s character Gloria.
- Who Is Ed O'Neill?
- Early Life & Football
- Early Career as A Stage Actor
- 'Cruising' and 'The Dogs of War'
- 'Married... with Children'
- 'The Bone Collector,' 'Dragnet' and 'The West Wing'
- 'Modern Family'
- Wife
Ed O'Neill turned to acting after failing to fulfill his pro football dreams. Following early stage roles, he rose to fame as Al Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children, which aired for 11 seasons. O'Neill went on to star in a remake of Dragnet and land a recurring role on The West Wing, before enjoying more sustained sitcom success as the pat...
Ed O'Neill was born on April 12, 1946, in Youngstown, Ohio, the eldest of five children of working-class Irish Catholic parents Ruth Ann Quinlan and Edward O'Neill Sr. To support the family, O'Neill's father hauled goods cross country as a truck driver and also held a job as a steelworker. O'Neill's mother was a local social worker. Small in statur...
By 1972 O'Neill's acting ambitions were also looking pretty hopeless; he auditioned over and over for Youngstown theater productions, but rarely landed a speaking role. He headed to New York in 1977, supporting himself with $1,700 in his savings account — the money he got from selling his car — and his job as a busboy. When he wasn't working, he st...
O'Neill lived in Manhattan for the next 10 years, working regional theater and appearing in national commercial campaigns. In 1980, the stage actor was chosen for a co-starring role in the Al Pacino vehicle Cruising, as well as a supporting role in The Dogs of War. These roles gave O'Neill Hollywood exposure, helping him to appear in a succession o...
An executive for FOX, who attended one of the Of Mice and Men shows, asked O'Neill to try out for a role on a new sitcom at the network. The show, called Married... with Children, would focus on the lives of a blue-collar, dysfunctional family living in Chicago. O'Neill auditioned for Al Bundy, the working-class father who spends his off-hours drin...
Married came to an end in 1997, after 11 seasons. As the show drew to a close, O'Neill began looking for new ways to stretch his acting abilities. He appeared in the big-screen detective drama The Spanish Prisoner (1997), as well as the thriller The Bone Collector (1999). He then returned to TV in the drama Big Apple (2001) and a remake of the succ...
In fall 2009, O'Neill returned to family comedy in Modern Family as Jay Pritchett, a man newly remarried to the much younger Gloria, played by Sofia Vergara. In addition to raising a young stepson, Pritchett also juggles relationships with his adult children and young grandchildren. The series became a massive hit, earning a slew of major awards ac...
O'Neill is married to actress and dancer Catherine Rusoff. The couple has two children and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Jan 20, 2024 · Ed O’Neill almost had a life of crime instead of a life of laughs. In an interview on Jesse Tyler Ferguson ‘s Dinner’s On Me podcast, the comedy star revealed that he nearly pursued a career ...
Apr 28, 2024 · Three different but related families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways. Release Date. September 23, 2009. Cast. Ed O'Neill , Sofia Vergara , Julie Bowen , Ty Burrell ...
