Ed O'Neill

{{Short description|American actor (born 1946)}} {{Other people}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Ed O'Neill | image = Ed O'Neill at 2015 PaleyFest.jpg | caption = O'Neill at the 2015 PaleyFest | birth_name = Edward Leonard O'Neill | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|04|12}} | birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actor * comedian * football player }} | years_active = 1967–present | spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Rusoff |1986}} | children = 2 | module = {{Infobox NFL biography|embed=yes | number = | position = Defensive lineman | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = | high_school = Ursuline (Youngstown, Ohio) | college = {{ubl|Ohio|Youngstown State (1967–1968)}} | undraftedyear = 1969 | pastteams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1969}})* }} | signature = Ed O'Neill signature.svg }} '''Edward Leonard O'Neill'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ed O'Neill {{!}} Television Academy Interviews |url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/ed-oneill |website=Television Academy |access-date=August 11, 2019 |language=en |date=October 22, 2017}}</ref> (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.

O'Neill gained stardom in the late 1980s 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 in the 2010s for 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.<ref name="time">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2093469_2093468_2093467,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916121009/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2093469_2093468_2093467,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2011 |title=Ed O'Neill: From Al Bundy to Jay Pritchett |magazine=Time |date=September 16, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2012 |author=Romero, Frances}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ed O'Neill {{!}} TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ed-oneill/bio/148365 |website=TV Guide |access-date=August 11, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

On film, O'Neill made his debut in William Friedkin's crime thriller ''Cruising'' (1980). He has since appeared in ''Dutch'' (1991), ''Wayne's World'' (1992), ''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 the animated films ''Wreck-It Ralph'' (2012) ''Finding Dory'' (2016) and ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' (2018).

==Early life and education== Ed O'Neill was born into an Irish-American Catholic family in Youngstown, Ohio, on April 12, 1946.<ref name= "irish-in-y-town">{{cite book| last = Pallante| first = Sally|author2=Scotty Hanahan |author3=Jim Dunn |author4=Paul Miller |author5=Martin Pallante |author6=Terry Dunn | title = Irish in Youngstown and the Greater Mahoning Valley| year = 2004| publisher = Arcadia Publishing| location = Charleston, South Carolina | isbn=0738532185 | page = 105 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OKdVjSR9CawC | access-date=October 7, 2007}}</ref><ref name="T Guide" /><ref name= Biography.com>{{cite web|title=Ed O'Neill - Biography| url=http://www.biography.com/people/ed-oneill-575134| work=Biography.com|publisher=A&E Television Networks|access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> Both sides of his family are the descendants of Irish immigrants who came to the United States in the 1850s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az6qD6q87gI/ | title=Modern Family's Ed O'Neill chats with Stephen Byrne | website=YouTube | date=February 23, 2017 | access-date=11 March 2024 | archive-date=1 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401220940/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az6qD6q87gI | url-status=live | quote="My mother and my father came over in the 1850s."}}</ref>

His mother, Laurie Szafranski O'Neill, was a homemaker and social worker, and his father, Edward Phillip O'Neill (1921–2008), was a steel mill worker and truck driver.<ref name= Biography.com/> O'Neill attended Ursuline High School where he played football. At 14, he worked in construction, then at a steel mill.<ref name="wealthsimple">{{cite web |last1=Rothbart |first1=Davy |title=How to Go From Working in a Steel Mill to Being the Highest Paid Actor on TV |url= https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/ed-oneill |website=Wealthsimple |access-date=January 18, 2021 |language=en |date=January 12, 2021}}</ref>

He was awarded a football scholarship to Ohio University, where he majored in history, and was a member of the Mu chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.<ref name=tca>Stated on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2011</ref> He left the university after his sophomore year. He admits he spent more time playing sports and partying than studying.<ref name=tca/> He also feuded with his coach.<ref name="wealthsimple"/>

He transferred to Youngstown State University, where he lettered as a defensive lineman from 1967 to 1968.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Youngstown State YSU Penguins Football Media Guide {{!}} ysupenguins.com {{!}} goguins.com | url=https://www.ysupenguins.com/sportspages/football/media_guide/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702132757/http://ysupenguins.com/sportspages/football/media_guide/ | access-date=2025-04-27 | archive-date=2014-07-02}}</ref><ref name=Biography.com /> While at Youngstown State, he played in a game against Roger Staubach, who was playing for the Pensacola Naval Station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2254588/hall-of-fame-quarterback-remembers-goshawks-playing-time/|title=Hall of Fame Quarterback Remembers Goshawks Playing Time|work=U.S. Navy|date=August 28, 2017}}</ref> O'Neill said that his team was penalized 15 yards when he hit Staubach out of bounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVIz0i99dvk|title=That Time Ed O'Neill Got Flagged for a Late Hit on Roger Staubach|date=August 28, 2018|work=YouTube}}</ref>

== Professional football career == O'Neill was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969 under rookie head coach Chuck Noll but was cut in training camp, having to compete with fellow rookie defensive linemen Joe Greene and L.C. Greenwood for a roster spot. Both became key members of the Steel Curtain defense during the Steelers success in the 1970s.<ref name="T Guide">{{cite magazine| title= Ed O'Neill: Biography |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ed-oneill/bio/148365| magazine=TV Guide| access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Biography.com" /><ref name="VanityFair">"It's Evening in America". ''Vanity Fair''. May 2012. Page 156.</ref> Later, while on ''Married... with Children'', O'Neill played a former high school football star who had failed to make it big and frequently reminisced about his "glory days" at Polk High ("I once scored four touchdowns in a single game"). O'Neill worked as a substitute social studies teacher at his alma mater Ursuline High School before becoming an actor.<ref name="Biography.com" />

==Acting career== ===1979–1986: Early acting roles=== O'Neill re-enrolled at Youngstown State after being cut by the Steelers and was one of the first students at the school's new theater program.<ref name="wealthsimple"/> Later, in 1979, he played a boxer opposite Danny Aiello in the Broadway play ''Knockout'' at the Helen Hayes Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Knockout |url=https://playbill.com/production/knockout-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004469 }}</ref> Richard Eder of ''The New York Times'' described the performance as "chilling" adding, "As Paddy Klonski, the brutal young boxer, Edward O'Neill's towering physique, peaceful smile and empty eyes form a genuinely frightening presence".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/07/archives/theater-knockout-la-russos-ring-drama-the-long-count.html|title= Theater: 'Knockout,' La Russo's Ring Drama|work= The New York Times|date= May 7, 1979|accessdate= June 4, 2024|last1= Eder|first1= Richard}}</ref> It was there that he was seen by director William Friedkin and landed his first movie role, as a police detective in ''Cruising'', starring Al Pacino.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71940/cruising#overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210126130128/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71940/cruising#overview|url-status= dead|archive-date= January 26, 2021|title= Cruising (1980)|website= TCM|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref>

In 1985, O'Neill appeared in a Red Lobster commercial.<ref name=Lobster>{{cite web|title=Red Lobster Commercial with Ed O'Neil| website=YouTube | date=December 22, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJpNoSOh2No |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/pJpNoSOh2No |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=December 16, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He made a brief guest appearance in ''The Equalizer''. In 1986, he was cast as NYPD detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle for the planned television series ''Popeye Doyle''. The character had originally appeared in the motion picture ''The French Connection'' (played by Gene Hackman). The two-hour made-for-television movie/pilot was filmed and shown on network television. O'Neill received good reviews for his performance, and the pilot received positive ratings, but the series was not picked up for production.

===1987–2008: ''Married with Children'' and other roles=== [[File:Married With Children Bundy Family 1987.jpg|thumb|upright|The cast of ''Married... with Children'' in 1987. From left to right: Katey Sagal, O'Neill, David Faustino and Christina Applegate]]

In 1984, while playing the role of Lennie in a stage production of John Steinbeck's ''Of Mice and Men'' at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut, he was seen by a casting agent from the Fox television network and was asked to audition for the role of Al Bundy<ref name=Interview>{{cite web|title=Interview with Ed O'Neil| website=YouTube | date=January 8, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGD83M4e0vc?t=1155 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GGD83M4e0vc |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=January 8, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="hartfordstage"></ref><ref name="eisen"></ref> in ''Married... with Children'', a proposed sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago.<ref name=Biography.com /> He earned the role because during the audition, he slumped his shoulders and sighed as he was about to walk through the front door of the home.<ref name="E!" />

''Married... with Children'' led off the first night of Fox's primetime lineup on April 5, 1987, concluding after 11 seasons on June 9, 1997. During this time, O'Neill starred in several films, including the family films ''Dutch'' (1991) and ''Little Giants'' (1994).<ref name="credits">{{cite web |title= Ed O'Neill|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ed_oneill|access-date= June 4, 2024|publisher= Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> He also had small parts in the comedy films ''Wayne's World'' (1992), and ''Wayne's World 2'' (1993).<ref name="credits" /> He appeared as Relish the Troll King in ''The 10th Kingdom'' (2000). He took roles in the drama films ''Prefontaine'' (1997), ''The Spanish Prisoner'' (1997), and ''The Bone Collector'' (1999).<ref name="credits" />

O'Neill made a brief appearance on the comedy variety show ''In Living Color'', playing the "Dirty Dozens" champion who defeats the challenger, played by Jamie Foxx in 1994. He also made a cameo on the sitcom ''8 Simple Rules'' as the ex-boyfriend of Cate S. Hennessy (played by Katey Sagal, who portrayed Al Bundy's wife Peggy on ''Married... with Children'').<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.looper.com/838510/the-married-with-children-reunion-you-likely-forgot-happened-on-8-simple-rules/|title= The Married With Children Reunion You Likely Forgot Happened On 8 Simple Rules|website= Looper|date= April 20, 2022|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> O'Neill also appeared in the movie ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' with Andrew Dice Clay. During the mid-1990s, he had a string of appearances in commercials for 1-800-COLLECT.

''Law & Order'' franchise creator Dick Wolf cast O'Neill as Sergeant Joe Friday in his 2003 update of Jack Webb's long-running ''Dragnet'' media franchise.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2002/10/07/ed-oneill-will-star-dick-wolfs-dragnet/|title= Ed O'Neill will star in Dick Wolf's ''Dragnet''|magazine= Entertainment Weekly|accessdate= June 4, 2024|archive-date= June 4, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240604145631/https://ew.com/article/2002/10/07/ed-oneill-will-star-dick-wolfs-dragnet/|url-status= dead}}</ref> The series was canceled by ABC in its second season. O'Neill went on to appear as Pennsylvania Governor Eric Baker, a recurring character on the NBC political drama series ''The West Wing'' from 2004 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-you-forgot-were-on-the-west-wing-2021-8|title= 48 celebrities you may have forgotten were on 'The West Wing'|website= Business Insider|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> O'Neill also played Bill on HBO's television series ''John from Cincinnati''. In 2008, O'Neill appeared in an advertisement for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama as "Al the Shoesalesman".<ref>{{YouTube|99HzP6BQm5Y|Al the Shoesalesman Gets a Tax Cut}}</ref> In January 2009, O'Neill reunited with David Faustino (Bud Bundy from ''Married... with Children'') for two episodes of Faustino's show ''Star-ving''.<ref name="ama">{{cite video|title=Star-ving: The Complete First Season|people=Faustino, David|url=https://www.amazon.com/Star-ving-Complete-Season-David-Faustino/dp/B002HMDSOY|publisher=Sony Pictures|format=NTSC|year=2009|asin=B002HMDSOY|access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> O'Neill also appeared with the entire cast of ''Married... with Children'' again when they were honored at the 7th Annual TV Land Award show in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/tv-land-awards-idUKRTXEADL/|title= TV Land Awards|website= Reuters|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref>

===2009–2020: ''Modern Family''=== thumb|upright|O'Neill in 2010

For eleven seasons O'Neill played the role of Jay Pritchett on the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' from 2009 to 2020. Ken Tucker of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote, "O'Neill may have the trickiest job here. A late-middle-ager remarried to a Latina bombshell... his Jay wants to enjoy his overdue-midlife-crisis prize but has to put up with her mope of a son... and do it without seeming like a mean old duffer. O'Neill and the writers pull it off by making Jay both deadpan sarcastic and a genuinely decent guy."<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2009/10/09/modern-family/|title= Modern Family|magazine= Entertainment Weekly|accessdate= June 4, 2024|archive-date= January 5, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100105214345/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20310552,00.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> Gina Bellafante of ''The New York Times'' wrote, "Mr. O'Neill exquisitely portrays the straight man to the fire engine of Sofia Vergara".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/arts/television/23modern.html|title= 'I'm the Cool Dad' and Other Debatable Dispatches From the Home Front|work= The New York Times|date= September 22, 2009|accessdate= June 4, 2024|last1= Bellafante|first1= Ginia}}</ref> Barry Garron of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote, "O'Neill's Al Bundy is one of TV's most unforgettable characters, but this role will let viewers see him in a new light".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/modern-family-season-1-tv-93562/|title= 'Modern Family' Season 1: TV Review|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= September 22, 2009|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> The role earned him three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations—in 2011, 2012, and 2013.<ref name="emmys">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/ed-oneill | title=Ed O'Neill | publisher=Emmys.com | access-date=March 15, 2012 | archive-date=May 15, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515040825/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/ed-oneill | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="reut">{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emmys-snubs-idUSTRE76D4RS20110714 | title=Snubs, surprises and favorites for Emmy gold | publisher=Reuters | date=July 14, 2011 | access-date=March 15, 2012 | author=Pond, Steve}}</ref><ref name="lat">{{cite web | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/09/finally-emmy-redemption-for-ed-oneill.html | title=Finally, Emmy jackpot for Ed O'Neill? | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=September 14, 2011 | access-date=March 15, 2012 | author=O'Neil, Tom}}</ref> O'Neill won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series four times from 2010 through 2013.

Since 2012, O'Neill has done voice-overs in TV advertisements for the over-the-counter form of Zyrtec,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642145/otherworks Other works for Ed O'Neill (I)]. IMDb</ref> along with Walmart's store-branded mobile phone service Straight Talk. In 2016, O'Neill starred as Hank the Octopus in the Pixar animated film ''Finding Dory''. According to O'Neill, he didn't realize at first that he had a starring role in the film. As his voice recording sessions continued and most of his interactions turned out to be with Dory, he began to suspect that Hank was a major character in the film.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/17/finding-dory-ed-oneill-hank-octopus|title=Finding Dory: Ed O'Neill didn't know he was a lead|date=June 17, 2016|author=Snetiker, Mark|access-date=August 5, 2016| magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

O'Neill starred in FX on Hulu miniseries ''Clipped'' portraying Donald Sterling.<ref name="Spring 2024">{{cite web|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=February 9, 2024|title=FX Sets Spring Slate For New & Returning Shows Including 'American Horror Story,' 'Welcome To Wrexham' & 'The Veil'|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/fx-spring-slate-tca-1235820029/|access-date=March 30, 2024|website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> Andrew Lawrence of ''The Guardian'' gave the show a perfect score declaring, "Forty years of playing cranks on screen has given Ed O'Neill a particular understanding for Sterling’s quirks, gripes and foibles that few others in his field can claim".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/04/clipped-review-donald-sterling-clippers-basketball-scandal|title= Clipped review – basketball scandal makes for captivating small screen drama|website= The Guardian|date= June 4, 2024|accessdate= June 4, 2024|last1= Lawrence|first1= Andrew}}</ref> Daniel Feinberg of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote, "O'Neill leans hard into every aspect of his entitled grotesquerie, from the external — such a bad dye job — to the dazed certainty in his intonations. It's not a subtle performance, but Donald Sterling's general grossness wasn't a secret".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/clipped-review-laurence-fishburne-ed-oneill-clippers-donald-sterling-1235907723/|title= 'Clipped' Review: Laurence Fishburne and Ed O'Neill Lead FX/Hulu's Unwieldy Depiction of the Clippers/Donald Sterling Scandal|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= May 31, 2024|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> Quinci LeGardye of ''The A.V. Club'' stated, "O'Neill gives a skilled performance as a truly reprehensible human being".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.avclub.com/clipped-review-fx-tv-miniseries-tabloid-scandal-1851510907|title= Clipped review: FX's miniseries goes deeper than its tabloid scandal|website= AV Club|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life== O'Neill is married to actress Catherine Rusoff, with whom he has two children.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ed O'Neill | work = Biography.com | url = https://www.biography.com/people/ed-oneill-575134 | access-date = July 13, 2017 | publisher = A&E Television Networks | date = April 18, 2016 }}</ref>

In 1991, O'Neill was introduced to Brazilian jiu-jitsu by his friend writer/director John Milius and has trained ever since under the mentoring of Rorion Gracie.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Kian |title=Ed O'Neill Discusses His First Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Class And Becoming A BJJ Black Belt |url=https://jitsmagazine.com/ed-oneill-discusses-his-first-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-class-and-becoming-a-bjj-black-belt/ |website=Jits Magazine |date=September 21, 2024 |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref> In December 2007, after 16 years of training, O'Neill received his black belt.<ref name="MMA">{{YouTube|k3yjN1KrqfM|Al Bundy Gets Black Belt}}</ref><ref name="acc">{{cite web | url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/julie-bowen/ed-oneill-practices-jiu-jitsu-with-billy-bush_video_1370401 | title=Ed O'Neill Practices Jiu-Jitsu With Billy Bush! | publisher=Access Hollywood | access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> In the 2012 TV documentary ''I Am Bruce Lee'', O'Neill states that he considers getting his black belt "the greatest achievement of my life, apart from my children."<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/13-celebrities-who-fight-fat-with-martial-arts/slide/11 |title=13 celebrities who fight fat with martial arts |last=Greenfest| first=Sara |journal=Men's Fitness|date=December 10, 2012 |quote="the greatest achievement of my life, apart from my children."}}</ref>

On May 18, 2013, O'Neill was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from his alma mater, Youngstown State University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here's your chance to meet, greet Ed O'Neill of 'Modern Family' |url=https://vindyarchives.com/news/2013/may/05/here8217s-your-chance-to-meet-greet-ed-o/ |access-date=April 23, 2026|website=The Vindicator|date=May 5, 2013|author = }}</ref> On November 30, 2023, after the controversial hiring of Republican congressman Bill Johnson as the university's president, O'Neill told Ideastream he was going to return his degree, saying: "I don't want it... I'm going to start calling it Trump-U."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Conor |date=2023-11-30 |title=Youngstown State faces blowback from alumni, donors after hiring Republican congressman as president |url=https://www.ideastream.org/education/2023-11-30/youngstown-state-faces-blowback-from-alumni-donors-after-hiring-republican-congressman-as-president |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Ideastream Public Media |language=en}}</ref>

==Acting credits== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1980 | ''Cruising'' | Detective Schreiber | |- | ''The Dogs of War'' | Terry | |- | rowspan="2" | 1989 | ''Disorganized Crime'' | Detective George Denver | |- | ''K-9'' | Sergeant Brannigan | |- | rowspan="2" | 1990 | ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' | Lieutenant Amos | |- | ''Sibling Rivalry'' | Wilbur Meany | |- | 1991 | ''Dutch'' | Dutch Dooley | |- | 1992 | ''Wayne's World'' | rowspan="2" |Glen | |- | 1993 | ''Wayne's World 2'' | |- | rowspan="2" | 1994 | ''Blue Chips'' | Ed Axelby | |- | ''Little Giants'' | Kevin O'Shea | |- | rowspan="2" | 1997 | ''Prefontaine'' | Bill Dellinger | |- | ''The Spanish Prisoner'' | FBI Team Leader | |- | 1999 | ''The Bone Collector'' | Detective Paulie Sellitto | |- | 2000 | ''Lucky Numbers'' | Dick Simmons | |- | 2001 | ''Nobody's Baby'' | Norman Pinkney | |- | 2004 | ''Spartan'' | Burch | |- | 2005 | ''Steel Valley'' | Congressman Cardone | Short film |- | 2008 | ''Redbelt'' | Hollywood Producer | |- | 2010 | ''Lost Masterpieces of Pornography'' | Chief Justice | Short film |- | 2012 | ''Wreck-It Ralph'' | Mr. Litwak | Voice role |- | 2015 | ''Entourage'' | Himself | Cameo |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | ''Finding Dory'' | Hank the Octopus | Voice role |- | ''Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown'' | Himself | Documentary |- | 2017 | ''Sun Dogs''<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/sun-dogs-movie-melissa-benoist-michael-angarano-jennifer-morrison-anthony-tambakis-1201765191/|title=Michael Angarano & Melissa Benoist To Star In Jennifer Morrison's 'Sun Dogs'|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=June 1, 2016| journal=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> | Bob Garrity | |- | 2018 | ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' | Mr. Litwak | Voice role |- | 2020 | ''The Last Shift'' | Dale | |- | TBA | ''Bad Day'' | {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1980 | ''The Day the Women Got Even'' | Ed | TV film |- | 1981 | ''Another World'' | Lenny | Episode: "Hostages at the Cabin" |- | 1982 | ''Farrell for the People'' | Detective Jay Brennan | rowspan="2" | TV film |- | 1983 | ''When Your Lover Leaves'' | Mack Sher |- | 1984 | ''Miami Vice'' | Arthur Lawson / Artie Rollins | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |- | rowspan="5" | 1985 | ''Moonlighting'' | Taxi driver | Episode: "Pilot" |- | ''Hunter'' | Dan Colson | Episode: "The Garbage Man" |- | ''Braker'' | Danny Buckner | TV film |- | ''The Equalizer'' | Doctor | Episode: "The Children's Song" |- | ''Spenser: For Hire'' | Buddy Almeida | Episode: "Widow's Walk" |- | rowspan="2" | 1986 | ''A Winner Never Quits'' | Whitey Wyshner | TV film |- | ''Popeye Doyle'' | James "Popeye" Doyle | TV pilot film |- | 1987 | ''Right to Die'' |Bob's Partner | TV film |- | 1987–1997 | ''Married... with Children'' | Al Bundy | Lead role; 259 episodes |- | rowspan="2" | 1988 | ''Police Story: Gladiator School'' | Sergeant Stanley Bivens | TV film |- | ''Midnight Caller'' | Hank | Episode: "Twelve Gauge" |- | rowspan="3" | 1990 | ''Saturday Night Live'' | Guest host | Episode: "Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr." |- | ''A Very Retail Christmas'' | Max Crandall | TV film |- | ''The Earth Day Special'' | rowspan="2" | Al Bundy | TV special |- | rowspan="2" | 1991 | ''Top of the Heap'' | Episode: "Top of the Heap" |- | ''The Whereabouts of Jenny'' | Jimmy O'Meara | TV film |- | 1994 | ''In Living Color'' | Himself | Episode: "The Dirty Dozens Tournament of Champions" |- | 1995 | ''W.E.I.R.D. World'' | Dr. Monochian | TV film |- | 2000 | ''The 10th Kingdom'' | Relish the Troll King | 9 episodes |- | 2001 | ''Big Apple'' | Detective Michael Mooney | 8 episodes |- | 2003��2004 | ''Dragnet'' | Lieutenant Joe Friday | Main cast (renamed ''L.A. Dragnet'', season 2) |- | 2004 | ''In the Game'' | Buzz | TV pilot |- | 2004–2005 | ''The West Wing'' | Governor Eric Baker | 4 episodes |- | 2005 | ''8 Simple Rules'' | Matt Walsh | Episode: "Old Flame" |- | rowspan="3" | 2006 | ''Inseparable'' | Alan | TV film |- | ''Twenty Good Years'' | Brock Manley | Episode: "Between Brock and a Hard Place" |- | ''The Unit'' | William Partch | Episode: "Silver Star" |- | 2007 | ''John from Cincinnati'' | Bill Jacks | 10 episodes |- | 2009 | ''WordGirl'' | Panicking Man (voice) | Episode: "The Wrong Side of the Law"; uncredited |- | 2009–2020 | ''Modern Family'' | Jay Pritchett | Lead role; 250 episodes |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ''Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil'' | Grandpa (voice) | Episode: "Truth or Daredevil" |- | ''Handy Manny'' | Mayor Thompson (voice) | Episode: "Great Garage Rescue" |- | 2012 | ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' | Orson (voice) | Episode: "Operation: Antarctica" |- | 2013 | ''Real Husbands of Hollywood'' | Himself | Episode: "Thicke and Tired" |- | 2015 | ''Family Guy'' | Bud Swanson (voice) | Episode: "Papa Has a Rollin' Son" |- | 2019 | ''Weird City'' | Burt Maxsome | Episode: "The One" |- | 2020 | ''A Modern Farewell'' | rowspan="2" | Himself | ''Modern Family'' documentary |- | rowspan="2" | 2024 | ''Finding Your Roots'' | Episode: "Buried Secrets" |- | ''Clipped'' | Donald Sterling | Miniseries |- | 2025 | ''All's Fair'' | Doug Standish | Recurring cast<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title='All's Fair': Ed O'Neill Joins Ryan Murphy's Hulu Series |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/ed-oneill-alls-fair-ryan-murphy-hulu-1236105878 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=November 17, 2024 |date=October 2, 2024}}</ref> |}

=== Video games === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2015 |''Disney Infinity 3.0'' |Hank the Octopus |Grouped under "Featuring the Voice Talents"<ref>{{Cite video game | title = Disney Infinity 3.0 | year = 2015 | scene=Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of| developer=Avalanche Software}}</ref> |}

=== Theatre === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role(s) ! Venue ! Ref. |- | 1979 | ''Knockout'' | Paddy Klonski | Helen Hayes Theater, Broadway | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Eder |first1=Richard |title=Theater: 'Knockout,' La Russo's Ring Drama |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/07/archives/theater-knockout-la-russos-ring-drama-the-long-count.html |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=New York Times |date=7 May 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ed O'Neill – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ed-oneill-500328 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> |- | 1982 | ''Lakeboat'' | Pierman | Long Wharf Theater, Connecticut | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gussow |first1=Mel |title=STAGE: 'LAKEBOAT,' MAMET'S FIRST, AT LONG WHARF |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/17/theater/stage-lakeboat-mamet-s-first-at-long-wharf.html |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=New York Times |date=17 February 1982}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 1984 | ''Of Mice and Men'' | Lennie | Hartford Stage, Connecticut | <ref name="hartfordstage">{{cite web |title=Production History: Past Theater Shows CT |url=https://www.hartfordstage.org/about-us/production-history/ |website=Hartford Stage Company |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="eisen">{{cite web |last1=Eisen |first1=Rich |title=Ed O'Neill Reveals How He Landed the Role of Al Bundy on Married with Children: The Rich Eisen Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=butNX7mnsKk |website=YouTube |date=March 9, 2016 |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> |- | ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' | Stanley Kowalski | Theatre Calgary, Canada | <ref>{{cite web |title=A Streetcar Named Desire: 1984–1985 Season |url=https://www.theatrecalgary.com/archive/1984-1985-a-streetcar-named-desire |website=Theatre Calgary |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> |- | 1986 | ''Androcles and the Lion'' | Ferrovius | Hartford Stage, Connecticut | <ref name="hartfordstage"></ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ed O'Neill |url=https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/ed-oneill |website=L.A. Theater Works |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> |- | 2008 | ''Keep Your Pantheon'' | Strabo | Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Birchall |first1=Paul |title=Keep Your Pantheon/The Duck Variations |url=https://www.laweekly.com/keep-your-pantheon-the-duck-variations/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=LA Weekly |date=22 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2008–Present |url=https://www.centertheatregroup.org/about/timeline/2008-2017/ |website=Center Theatre Group |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> |}

==Awards and nominations== O'Neill received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 30, 2011, ironically located in front of a shoe store.<ref name="holly">{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/modern-familys-ed-oneill-gets-229505 | title='Modern Family's' Ed O'Neill Gets Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=August 30, 2011 | access-date=March 16, 2012 | author=Nededog, Jethro}}</ref><ref name="USA">{{cite web | url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/08/ed-oneills-tv-family-celebrates-walk-of-fame-star/1 | title=Ed O'Neill gets Walk of Fame star | newspaper=USA Today | date=August 30, 2011 | access-date=March 16, 2012 | author=Oldenburg, Ann}}</ref><ref name="T Guide" /><ref name="E!">{{cite web | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/717462/19-things-you-probably-didn-t-know-about-married-with-children | title=19 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Married... With Children | work=E! | date=November 20, 2015 | access-date=March 24, 2021 | author=Mullins, Jenna}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result !class=unsortable|Ref. |- |1991 |rowspan=2|Golden Globe Award | rowspan="2" |Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical | rowspan="2" |''Married... with Children'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://goldenglobes.com/person/ed-oneill/|title= Ed O'Neill – Golden Globe Awards|website= goldenglobes|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |1992 |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-30-ca-2649-story.html|title= 'Men' Reaches Out for a Few Good Globes : Awards: Film garners five Golden Globe nominations in key categories; 'Aladdin' also gets five with four of those for its song score.|website= The Los Angeles Times|date= December 30, 1992|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2011 |rowspan=3|Primetime Emmy Award | rowspan="3" |Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |''Modern Family'' (episode: "The Kiss") |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011|title= Nominees/Winners 2011 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2012 |''Modern Family'' (episode: "Baby on Board") |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012|title= Nominees/Winners 2012 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Modern Family'' (episode: "Bringing Up Baby") |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2013|title= Nominees/Winners 2013 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2009 |rowspan=9|Screen Actors Guild Award |Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | ''Modern Family'' (season 1) |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/16th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|2010 |Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |rowspan=2|''Modern Family'' (season 2) |{{nom}} | rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- | rowspan="7" |Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series |{{won}} |- |2011 |''Modern Family'' (season 3) |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2012 |''Modern Family'' (season 4) |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/19th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Modern Family'' (season 5) |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/20th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2014 |''Modern Family'' (season 6) |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/21st-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2015 |''Modern Family'' (season 7) |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/22nd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2016 |''Modern Family'' (season 8) |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/23rd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2011 |rowspan=2|Critics' Choice Television Award | rowspan="2" |Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | rowspan=3|''Modern Family'' |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002032/2011/1/|title= Critics Choice Television Awards (2011)|website= IMDB|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2017 |{{nom}} |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002032/2017/1/|title= Critics Choice Television Awards (2017)|website= IMDB|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2011 |Golden Nymph Award |Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series |{{nom}} | rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642145/awards/?ref_=nm_awd|title= Ed O'Neill – Awards|website= IMDB|accessdate= June 4, 2024}}</ref> |- |2009 |TV Land Award |Innovator Award | ''Married... with Children'' |{{won}} |}

== Bibliography == {| class="wikitable" |+Short stories !Year !Writing !Notes |- |2015 |"A Few Cold Nights in '58" |Appeared in ''Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology'' |}

==References== {{reflist}}

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