Good that Ed O'Neill's dream of a football career has failed, otherwise we would have to give up his funny life

Biography of Ed O'Neill Ed O'Neill seems to have leased the role of the cranky head of the family and is inextricably linked to "A Dreadful Family" and "Modern Family." Actually, acting was not Ed's aspiration - he wanted to become a football professional. Unfortunately, nothing came of this dream, or should one say: luckily? Ed turned his hobby into a profession Acting was for Ed at first only a hobby. After his failed to become a football professional, he earned his money in various professions: he was a steel worker, bartender, used car dealer and social studies teacher. Pretty versatile! But after being a teacher for seven years, he decided to turn his hobby into a profession and moved to New York to become an actor. And he was very lucky. He got a starring role in a Broadway production because the actual lead actor fell ill. Ed and his performance were so well received by the audience and the theater makers that he quickly received more engagements.

The way to the TV: "A terribly nice family" At the end of the 1980s, New York theater stages then went on television. Ed got a starring role in the sitcom "A Terribly Cute Family," but did not hope for much success. Today he says he actually expected the series to be discontinued within the first six episodes. But he was completely wrong! The show became a hit and Ed and his colleagues became famous overnight. Unforgettable is the quirky family consisting of family head and shoe salesman Al Bundy, his cooking while smoking wife Peggy, the stupid daughter Kelly and son Bud, who always strives unsuccessfully to be a womanizer. The action of the series revolves around the family sofa, accompanied by crude humor and stereotyping clichés. Ten years, eleven seasons, ran the series successfully, a total of 259 episodes were broadcast from 1987 to 1997.

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And again Patriarch in "Modern Family" After the end of "A terribly nice family", it was quiet at first Ed. Although you saw him in some TV series and in films, the great success was initially, however, from. By the time the award-winning Mockumentary "Modern Family" came into his life and one could not shake off the feeling that the role of the unemotional, insensitive patriarch Ed was on the mark. In the series about family leader Jay Pritchett, played by Ed, and the two families of his children Claire and Mitchell is about the "normal" everyday life (and madness) of a modern family. And that's pretty funny - everyone agrees. The series has been able to collect numerous awards so far. And Ed shines in his parade role! About detours to the second parade role He did not want to accept the role in "Modern Family" at first. Because it was supposed to be a half-hour comedy series again, Ed said, because he had already had that. However, when he had read the first script a good year later, he was so enthusiastic that he wanted to be on board. "Oh God, that's so good, and then I read it again and thought: Oh god, I have to do that, so I called my manager and said I wanted to be there and he only said that she's meanwhile Craig T. Nelson had asked as well, how embarrassing, I should have known that I'm not the only actor they would ask, and ABC wanted Craig T. Nelson, so I said, well, then I'll watch the show Somehow I was almost relieved at the moment, the temptation to go back to comedy had passed me by, and a week later I got a call from my manager ABC and Craig T. Nelson could not agree Whatever, I hit it. " Lucky for Ed O'Neill and all the fans of "Modern Family"!