Ed O'Neill

'''Edward Leonard O'Neill''' (born April 12, 1946) is an American actor, comedian and former football player. Over his career he has earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

He gained stardom for playing a working class father, Al Bundy, on the Fox sitcom ''Married... with Children'' (1987–1997) for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy twice. He had a career resurgence portraying the family patriarch Jay Pritchett on the award-winning ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series and won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He portrayed Governor Eric Baker in the drama series ''The West Wing'' (2004–2005) and Donald Sterling in the FX on Hulu limited series ''Clipped'' (2024).

On film, he made his debut in the William Friedkin crime thriller ''Cruising'' (1980). He has since appeared in the ''Wayne's World'' film series (1991–1992), ''Dutch'' (1991), ''Little Giants'' (1994), ''Prefontaine'' (1997), ''The Spanish Prisoner'' (1997), ''The Bone Collector'' (1999), ''Sun Dogs'' (2017), and ''The Last Shift'' (2020). He has done voice-work for animated films such as the ''Wreck-It Ralph'' franchise (2012–present) and ''Finding Dory'' (2016). Provided by Wikipedia