Ed O'Neill
Ed O'Neill
Edward Philip "Ed" O'Neill, Jr.is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the Fox Network sitcom Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes. Since 2009, O'Neill has played patriarch Jay Pritchett on the award-winning ABC sitcom Modern Family, a role for which he has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and won four Screen Actors Guild Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth12 April 1946
CityYoungstown, OH
CountryUnited States of America
My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I don't have to do anything I don't want to.
When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner?