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Ed O'Neill is a Actor American born on 12 april 1946 at Youngstown (USA)

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill
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Birth name Edward Leonard O'Neill
Nationality USA
Birth 12 april 1946 (78 years) at Youngstown (USA)

Edward Leonard "Ed" O'Neill (born April 12, 1946) 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 three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Biography

Since 1986, O'Neill has been married to actress Catherine Rusoff, who appeared in two episodes of Married... with Children. In 1989, the couple separated but reconciled in 1993. They have two daughters: Claire, born in 1996, and Sophia, born in 1999. The couple currently lives in Los Angeles.

After being introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by his friend writer/director John Milius, O'Neill has trained in the martial art for 22 years under the mentoring of Rorion Gracie. In December 2007, O'Neill received his black belt.
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Usually with

David Mamet
David Mamet
(4 films)
Rich Moore
Rich Moore
(2 films)
Phil Johnston
Phil Johnston
(2 films)
Mike Myers
Mike Myers
(2 films)
Allan Graf
Allan Graf
(3 films)
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Filmography of Ed O'Neill (30 films)

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Actor

Blue Chips
Blue Chips (1994)
, 1h48
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell, J. T. Walsh, Alfre Woodard, Ed O'Neill
Roles Ed
Rating62% 3.1486953.1486953.1486953.1486953.148695
Pete Bell (Nolte), a college basketball coach for the fictional Western University Dolphins, is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning as often as it once did and his successful program needs to attract new star players and fast. But the brightest stars of the future — the so-called "blue-chip" prospects — are secretly being paid by other schools.
Little Giants, 1h46
Directed by Duwayne Dunham
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Shawna Waldron, Devon Sawa, Susanna Thompson, Brian Haley
Roles Kevin O'Shea
Rating64% 3.20033.20033.20033.20033.2003
Danny O'Shea (Rick Moranis) has always lived in the shadow of his older brother, Kevin (Ed O'Neill), a Heisman Trophy winner and a local football hero. The brothers live in their hometown of Urbania, Ohio. Kevin coaches the local "Pee-Wee Cowboys" football team. Despite being the best player, Danny's tomboy daughter Becky (Shawna Waldron), nicknamed Icebox, is cut during try outs because she is a girl. Also cut are Becky's less-talented friends, Rasheed Hanon (who can't catch anything), Tad Simpson (who can't run) and Rudy Zolteck (who's overweight and quite flatuent).
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Wayne's World 2, 1h35
Directed by Stephen Surjik
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Mike Myers, Christopher Walken, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Kevin Pollak, Kim Basinger
Roles Glen
Rating61% 3.099413.099413.099413.099413.09941
Wayne and Garth now do their acclaimed Friday-night TV show in an abandoned doll factory in Aurora. At the end of the broadcast, Wayne, Garth, and his friends, head into the Mirthmobile, and off to an Aerosmith concert. After the band's performance, Wayne and Garth head backstage (thanks to backstage passes), and praise Aerosmith as they did Alice Cooper in the previous film.
Wayne's World, 1h35
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Mike Myers, Rob Lowe, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Alice Cooper, Donna Dixon
Roles Glen
Rating69% 3.4980653.4980653.4980653.4980653.498065
In Aurora, Illinois, twenty-something rock and roll enthusiasts Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar host a cable access television show called Wayne's World, in which they lampoon eccentric locals and discuss topics of interest that include music and beautiful women; in spite of the show's low budget, it has proven quite popular in the Aurora area. One day, Benjamin Kane, a television producer, discovers Wayne's World while visiting his girlfriend; after learning of the show's popularity, he has his assistant Russell Finley track down where Wayne's World is taped.
Dutch
Dutch (1991)
, 1h43
Directed by Jon Turteltaub, Peter Faiman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams, Christopher McDonald, Elizabeth Daily, L. Scott Caldwell
Roles Dutch Dooley
Rating64% 3.2493153.2493153.2493153.2493153.249315
Dutch Dooley (Ed O'Neill) attends a ritzy party with his girlfriend, Natalie Standish (JoBeth Williams). He stands out terribly among the upper-class aristocrats – wearing a cheap suit and telling boorish anecdotes. Natalie's relaxed, less rigid personality also does not fit with the rest of the patrons. Dutch also meets Natalie's snobbish, wealthy ex-husband Reed (Christopher McDonald), who tells Natalie that he will have to break his Thanksgiving plans with their son Doyle (Ethan Embry) for an unexpected business trip to London.
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Sibling Rivalry, 1h28
Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Kirstie Alley, Sam Elliott, Jami Gertz, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula
Roles Wilbur Meany
Rating53% 2.699872.699872.699872.699872.69987
Marjorie Turner has been married for eight years and is tired of her husband Harry's neglect and his snooty relatives, most of them doctors. One day her sister, Jeanine, urges her to break out of her rut and have a fling.
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, 1h44
Directed by Renny Harlin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Lala Sloatman, Wayne Newton, Andrew Dice Clay, Priscilla Presley, Lauren Holly, Ed O'Neill
Roles Lt. Amos
Rating63% 3.1979053.1979053.1979053.1979053.197905
Ford Fairlane (Andrew Dice Clay) is seen sitting on a beach smoking as the film opens. A flashback initiates, showing a roaring crowd at a concert given by fictional popular heavy metal band The Black Plague. Lead singer Bobby Black (Vince Neil) makes an eccentric entrance down a zip-line onto the stage and begins performing. Shortly into one of the band's songs, Bobby Black collapses on stage and dies.
K-9
K-9 (1989)
, 1h35
Directed by Rod Daniel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Chien de flic
Actors James Belushi, Mel Harris, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Neill, Daniel Davis, Cotter Smith
Roles Brannigan
Rating60% 3.049993.049993.049993.049993.04999
San Diego Police Detective Michael Dooley leaves his car to contact his girlfriend, Tracy, when a helicopter suddenly appears and opens fire on his car, which ignites. Presuming him dead, the assassins leave the scene. At the police station, Dooley argues with his captain, refusing to take a partner; instead, he decides to get a police dog. At home, he finds Tracy with another man and spends the night in his new car. The next day, Dooley coerces Freddie, an informant, into revealing that the drug lord Ken Lyman is responsible for the attack.
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Disorganized Crime, 1h38
Directed by Jim Kouf
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Heist films
Actors Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, William Russ, Rubén Blades, Corbin Bernsen, Ed O'Neill
Roles George Denver
Rating61% 3.094933.094933.094933.094933.09493
The story begins in a small town in western Montana where New Jersey based bank robber Frank Salazar has been hiding out from the law after a series of bank robberies in Newark. Upon realizing that the local bank contains a large amount of cash, Salazar recruits four former accomplices to come to town and help him rob the bank. Among them are Nick Bartkowski, a nervous and possibly alcoholic safecracker; Max Green, an old school explosives expert with a heart condition; Ray Forgy, a young, wisecracking auto thief and getaway driver; and Carlos Barrios, a well-manicured lookout and weapons expert.
A Winner Never Quits, 1h36
Directed by Mel Damski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Keith Carradine, Mare Winningham, G. W. Bailey, Dennis Weaver, Ed O'Neill, Dana Delany
Roles Whitey Wyshner
Rating68% 3.4286553.4286553.4286553.4286553.428655
Raised in the Northeastern Pennsylvania mining town of Nanticoke, Pete Gray loses his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his immigrant parents, Antoinette and Peter Wyshner, Sr., and the constant coaching of his older brother Whitey, Gray never gives up on his dream of playing professional baseball. Driven by anger, he finally makes it to the big leagues. But it isn't until he agrees to meet handicapped youngster Nelson Gary, Jr., who idolizes him, that Gray finally comes to terms with several life realizations.
Cruising
Cruising (1980)
, 1h42
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, Randy Jurgensen
Roles Det. Schreiber
Rating65% 3.250743.250743.250743.250743.25074
In New York City during the middle of a hot summer, body parts of men are showing up in the Hudson River. The police suspect it to be the work of a serial killer who is picking up homosexual men at West Village bars like the Eagle's Nest, the Ramrod, and the Cock Pit, then taking them to cheap rooming houses or motels, tying them up and stabbing them to death.
The Dogs of War, 1h50
Directed by John Irvin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire
Actors Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, Jean-François Stévenin
Roles Terry
Rating62% 3.14593.14593.14593.14593.1459
As the film opens, mercenaries Jamie Shannon, Drew, Derek, Michel, Terry and Richard are making a hasty exit from a war-torn Central American country by forcing their way onto a government civilian DC-3 airplane. When a Central American officer demands Richard's body to be removed to make room for others, one of the mercenaries shows he is still able to safely grasp the spoon of a hand grenade and Drew insists his friend "goes home". After Shannon returns home, he gets an offer from a British businessman named Endean who is interested in "certain resources" of a small African nation named Zangaro.
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Deliverance, 1h49
Directed by John Boorman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Rape and revenge films
Actors Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Billy Redden, Bill McKinney
Roles le policier à l'hôpital (non crédité)
Rating75% 3.797983.797983.797983.797983.79798
Four Atlanta businessmen, Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds), Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) and Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox), decide to canoe down a river in the remote northern Georgia wilderness, expecting to have fun and witness the area's unspoiled nature before the fictional Cahulawassee River valley is flooded by construction of a dam. Lewis, an experienced outdoorsman, is the leader. Ed is also a veteran of several trips but lacks Lewis' machismo. Bobby and Drew are novices.