Modern Family
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Ed O'Neill
Jay Pritchett
Best known for his role as Al Bundy on "Married with Children," Ed O'Neill has an impressive array of dramatic stage, television and feature film credits. The show that aired on Fox for more than a decade gave O'Neill two Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a television series.
In the early 1980's O'Neill moved to the bright lights of New York City from Youngstown, Ohio, to pursue his love of acting. He quickly landed his first role as an understudy in the Broadway production of "Knockout." It was kismet and a little bit of luck when the lead actor left the show and O'Neill had his chance to shine. He has acted on stage in many c productions, including David Mamet's "Lakeboat" at the Long Wharf Theatre, "The Front Page" at the Philadelphia Drama Guild, "Of Mice and Men" at the Hartford Stage, "Gentle People" at Playwrights Horizon and "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Theatre Calgary.
O'Neill's other television credits include playing a New York police detective in the 2001 CBS cop drama, "Big Apple" -- co-starring Michael Madsen -- and where he first worked with "L.A. Dragnet" executive producer Walon Green. In 2000 he co-starred with Ann-Margret, Dianne Wiest and Camryn Manheim in the fantasy/adventure miniseries "The 10th Kingdom." He has also starred in the television movies "The Whereabouts of Jenny" and in the action thriller "Popeye Doyle."
O'Neill has also had a very busy career in the feature film world, working with a vast array of Hollywood talent. Recently he worked with John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow in the Nora Ephron-directed film, "Lucky Numbers." The year prior he again played a detective in "The Bone Collector," which also starred Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. He and David Mamet came to work together again in the cult hit, "The Spanish Prisoner," starring Steve Martin and Campbell Scott. In 1991 O'Neill co-starred with his "L.A. Dragnet" partner, Ethan Embry, in the John Hughes comedy, "Dutch." He was also part of an ensemble cast, along with Rick Moranis, in the family comedy "Little Giants." And, showing his range as a comedic actor, he appeared in both of the "Wayne's World" movies, starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey.
O'Neill, who has studied Jiujitzu for more than 10 years with the well-known Gracie family, currently lives in Los Angeles.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN: Youngstown, OH
BIRTHDATE: April 12
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Julie Bowen
Claire Dunphy
Julie Bowen is an American actress with starring roles and guest appearances in many notable television series, including Boston Legal (as Denise Bauer), Ed (as Carol Vessey), and Lost (as Jack's former wife Sarah). She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where she attended the Roland Park Country School. She was the head of the drama club in high school. Her parents, Suzanne and John Alexander Luetkemeyer, Jr., were commercial real estate developers, she is the middle of three daughters. At Brown University, she majored in Italian Renaissance Studies and spent her junior abroad studying in Florence, Italy.
After she graduated, she moved to New York to begin her acting career. After making appearances in commercials, Julie landed a role on the daytime drama Loving. She also had roles as the love interest in Happy Gilmore, An American Werewolf in Paris and Multiplicity. On television, she has had guest roles on Party of Five, Strange Luck, and a recurring role on ER as the girlfriend of Dr. Carter. She also played Carol Vessey on Ed, Sarah Shephard in five episodes of Lost, Boston Legal, playing attorney Denise Bauer and in 2008, she played Lisa on Weeds. Since 2009, she has starred on Modern Family, playing Claire Dunphy. In 2010, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series. She is also a spokesperson for Neutrogena. She was married in September 2004 to real-estate investor Scott Phillips. They had their son, Oliver McLanahan Phillips, on April 10, 2007 and on May 8, 2009, she gave birth to twin sons, John and Gustav.moreless -
Ty Burrell
Phillip "Phil" Dunphy
Ty Burrell's film credits include "Evolution," "Black Hawk Down," "Dawn of the Dead" and "In Good Company." His extensive theatre credits include the highly acclaimed Signature Theatre Off-Broadway production of "Burn This," in which he starred opposite Edward Norton, Catherine Keener and Dallas Roberts. In 2004, he starred as Lord Buckingham in The Public Theatre's production of "Richard III" opposite Peter Dinklage. Burrell has four upcoming feature films: "Friends with Money," starring Jennifer Aniston, "Darwin Awards," "Down in the Valley" with Edward Norton and "Fur," with Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. Ty Burrell lives in New York with his wife Holly. He was born and raised in Ashland, Oregon, and his birth date is August 22.moreless -
Sofia Vergara
Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Sofa Margarita Vergara, born on July 10, 1972 in Barranquilla, Colombia, is a Colombian model and actress who has made her way into American television and film. La Toti, as she is fondly called by her five brothers and sisters, grew up in her father's farm in Colombia. Her mother, Margarita Vergara Dvila de Vergara, is a homemaker, and her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, produced cattle for the meat industry. Coming from a moderately well-off family, she was sent to a bilingual (Spanish and English) elementary school. She studied dentistry for three years before she was approached by a photographer on a Colombian beach. This led to numerous print and television ad appearances. Vergara was married at the age of 18 to her childhood sweetheart and she gave birth to her son Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara on September 16, 1992, at the age of 20. She moved to Miami, Florida to pursue modeling and brought her mother and son with her after her brother was murdered in 1998 when kidnapped. In 2002, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer but overcame it.
Her first public appearance was in a Pepsi commercial shown all over Latin America when she was 17 years old. She soon dropped out of college and earn a living through modeling to support her son. When she turned 20, she transitioned from being a runway and commercial model into a TV personality. From 1995 to 1999, she co-hosted the Spanish-language programs Fuera de serie ("Out of the Ordinary") and A que no te atreves ("Over the Top").
Sofia graced the pages of several men's magazines in North America. She also worked at WTVJ in Miami, Florida. Soon after, she went on landing regular roles in US television shows such as Knights of Prosperity and Hot Properties. She has also guest-starred in other TV sitcoms and dramas. In 2007, Sofia appeared in a recurring role for the ABC drama Dirty Sexy Money as the girlfriend of one of the Darlings.
Sofia is 5 ft 7 inches tall, and she has naturally blonde hair. She currently plays Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family, for which she was nominated for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series along with a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations.moreless -
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Mitchell Pritchett
Jesse decided at age eight to become an actor. He joined the Albuquerque Children's Theater. He was a member for six years. In high school, Jesse played Albert Peterson in "Bye, Bye, Birdie" and General Bullmoose in "L'il Abner". He also joined his high school speech and debate team and worked as a dancer/singer at Cliff's Amusment Park.
Jesse graduated high school in 1994 and attended American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City. He worked mainly on Off-Broadway and Broadway shows(including the Tony Award winning [book] "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee").moreless -
Eric Stonestreet
Cameron "Cam" Tucker
Eric Stonetreet is best known for his role as Cameron 'Cam' Tucker on the hit ABC comedy Modern Family.He was born in Kansas City, Kansas and as a child wanted to be a clown, even creating a character named Fizbo, which was eventually introduced as a storyline on Modern Family.He is also known for his role as Ronnie Litre on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Stonestreet won the 2010 Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on Modern Family.
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Sarah Hyland
Haley Dunphy
Born in New York City on November 24, 1990, Sarah Hyland seemed destined to become an actress. Her mother, father, and brother are also actors. Her first role was to play Howard Stern's daughter in the 1997 film Private Parts. She also played Brooke Shields daughter on the NBC TV series Lipstick Jungle. She began playing Haley Dunphy on ABC's sitcom Modern Family in the fall of 2009. She started dating actor Matt Prokop (High School Musical 3: Senior Year) in June 2009. She received some negative press when she Tweeted that she was "creeped out" that Charlie Sheen started following her during the height of the fallen CBS TV star's media tirades in late-February and early-March of 2011. Hyland was one of 24 stars at the time that @charliesheen was following from his newly created Twitter account.moreless -
Nolan Gould
Lucas "Luke" Dunphy
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Ariel Winter
Alex Dunphy
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Rico Rodriguez II
Manuel "Manny" Delgado
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Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
Lily Tucker-Pritchett (Season 3+)
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Reid Ewing
Dylan
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Steven Levitan
Writer
Steven Levitan is a writer, director, producer, consultant, and adviser. Steven has worked on such productions as Modern Family, Frasier, and Wings. -
Christopher Lloyd (II)
Writer
Christopher Lloyd has been a successful television comedy writer and producer for the past 20 years. He began his career working on the first four seasons of "The Golden Girls," which received two Emmy Awards in the category of Best Comedy Series during his tenure. Subsequently, Lloyd produced two seasons of the Paramount comedy series show "Down Home" before serving as producer on the sitcom "Wings." From there, he joined "Frasier". Lloyd was on "Frasier" from the show's inception where he served as co-executive producer for Season One and than executive producer/show-runner for Seasons Two to Seven which were seven successful seasons. During his tenure the series won five consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series, securing its place in television history as the only series to have achieved such a feat. Lloyd also won a 1996 Emmy for writing for been one of six writers of the classic Season Three episode "Moon Dance" and also received an Emmy Award nomination with Joe Keenan, "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" in 2000. The latter episode won the 2001 WGA award for Episodic Comedy. At the end of Season Seven Lloyd, along with Joe Keenan, left "Frasier" to pursue other project. In 2002 Lloyd and Keenan created the short-lived TV Series "Bram & Alice" where he and Keenan wrote the pilot and served as executive producer. After "Bram & Alice" was cancelled the six-time Emmy Award winner returned, along with Keenan, as executive producers for the eleventh, and final, season of the hit comedy serier "Frasier". Since "Frasier" ended in 2004 Lloyd has been working with Keenan on a new sitcom "Out of Practice" which has been picked up by CBS and will first air in September 2005. A native of Connecticut, Lloyd currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/producer/actress Arleen Sorkin and their two sons Eli and Owen.moreless -
Bill Wrubel
Writer
Bill Wrubel is a producer, writer, and does below the line work in film and TV. Bill has worked on such productions as Will & Grace, Modern Family, and Ugly Betty. -
Abraham Higginbotham
Writer
Abraham Higginbotham is a producer, writer, and actor. Abraham has worked on such productions as Will & Grace, Family Guy, and Modern Family. -
Dan O'Shannon
Writer
Attended Cleveland State University.
He soon dropped out of college though and became a stand-up comedian for a while. He then flew to Los Angeles to become a script writer. -
Paul Corrigan (II)
Writer
Paul Corrigan is a producer, writer, and actor in film and TV. Paul has worked on such productions as In the Motherhood, King of the Hill, and Modern Family. -
Brad Walsh (I)
Writer
Brad Walsh is a writer and producer. Brad has worked on such productions as Modern Family, King of the Hill, and Married... With Children. -
Danny Zuker
Writer
Danny Zuker is a producer, actor, writer, consultant, and adviser. Danny has worked on such productions as Surviving Suburbia, Modern Family, and The Unusuals. -
Joe Lawson
Writer
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Caroline Williams (I)
Writer
She is a writer and a producer of Up All Night, Modern Family, and Miss Guided.
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Jerry Collins
Writer
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Ilana Wernick
Writer
Ilana Wernick is a writer and producer. Ilana has worked on such productions as Modern Family, 'Til Death, and The King of Queens. -
Jeffrey Richman
Writer
Emmy Award-winner Jeffrey Richman returns as an executive producer of the hit comedy series FRASIER. Jeffrey Richman was originally on "Frasier" from 1996 to 1999 as supervising producer and during his tenure won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and was a finalist for the Humanitas prize. Additionally, two of his scripts were included among the fifteen published in the hardcover collection "The Very Best of Frasier". Richman returned as executive producer of "Frasier" for its eleventh, and final, season. Richman is also the creator and executive producer of "Charlie Lawrence," a half-hour comedy starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf. He has served as co-executive producer on "Wings" and was a co-executive producer on "Stark Raving Mad," which won the People's Choice Award for Best New Comedy in 2000. In 2001, Richman created the CBS pilot "Say Uncle" starring Ken Olin and Teri Hatcher. He also wrote the one-woman show "Patti LuPone On Broadway."moreless -
Elaine Ko
Writer
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Carol Leifer
Writer
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Ben Karlin
Writer
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Cindy Chupack
Writer
Cindy Chupack is an Executive Producer/writer on HBO's Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series, Sex and the City. She's been with the show since the second season, and episodes she penned ("Evolution," "Attack of the 5'10" Woman," "Just Say Yes" and "Plus One is the Loneliest Number") have been nominated for WGA and Emmy awards.
Chupack is currently bi-coastal, giving her the opportunity for story-gathering on both coasts. She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and received a journalism degree from Northwestern University, then moved to New York City to work in advertising right out of college. She sold her first humorous essay to New York Woman magazine in 1990. The piece was spotted by a TV writer/producer who encouraged her to pursue comedy writing, which she's been doing ever since. She also wrote, created and executive produced the short-lived but well reviewed ABC series, Madigan Men, which starred Gabriel Byrne. Prior to working on Sex and the City, she spent two seasons writing and producing Everybody Loves Raymond, and before that she wrote for Coach, and before that she wrote for a bunch of failed series only a parent would watch.
Chupack (like Carrie Bradshaw) has written humorous essays about dating and relationships for Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Allure and Slate. She had a monthly column in Glamour called Dating Dictionary, and in August 2003 St. Martin's Press is publishing a collection of her essays called "The Between Boyfriends Book," which has the website www.betweenboyfriends.commoreless -
Jason Winer
Director
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