Edward O'Neill (Born April 12, 1946 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the FOX Network's long running sitcom, Married... with Children. O'Neill is also often cast as a police officer on television shows and in movies.

O'Neill attended Ursuline High School. He attended Ohio University, in Athens, OH, and Youngstown State University, was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers (cut in training camp) and was a social studies teacher before becoming an actor. He has appeared in several movies, including Deliverance, The Bone Collector, Little Giants, and Dutch.

O'Neill also starred as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dick Wolf's remake of Jack Webb's classic TV crime series Dragnet. The series was short-lived, cancelled by ABC in its second season.

The actor had short cameos in Wayne's World and its sequel, reprising the menacing character he played during the Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live. He also appeared as Relish the Troll King in The 10th Kingdom.

O'Neill went on to appear as a recurring character on NBC's The West Wing playing Gov. Eric Baker (D-PA). Baker, a strong candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, assumed the office of the Vice Presidency under Matt Santos at the end of the series. O'Neill is married to actress Catherine Rusoff.

Trivia

• Ed was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969 but was cut in training camp. Later, on Married with Children, he played a former high-school football star who had failed to make it big and constantly relived his glory days.
• He played Lenny in a stage production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• He is a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu^*.
• Invented the popular sandwich called the "Boone" at the famous Se-port Deli in Setauket, New York. ^*.
• He appeared in a commercial for 1-800-COLLECT.
• He appeared in Miami Vice Season 1 Episode 1.
• In The Simpsons episode "Jaws Wired Shut," he is referenced in a ficticious movie trailer for a film called Soccer Mummy. The premise for the film revolves around a 2000 year old mummy brought back to life to play on a middle school soccer team. O'Neil plays the mummy.
• Is a student of Helio Gracie, and has trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for well over 9 years.

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