He landed this role after a Fox casting agent saw him perform in a production of "Of Mice and Men" at the Hartford Theater in Hartford, Connecticut, and invited him to audition. However, his breakout role was as Al Bundy on the Fox sitcom "Married… with Children". He then appeared in various projects, such as a 1985 Red Lobster commercial, a guest appearance in "The Equalizer", and the pilot for the show "Popeye Doyle" (1986), as well as failed pilots for the show "Farrell for the People".
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Movie director William Friedkin saw him perform, and cast him in his film "Cruising" (1980), which starred Al Pacino. He finally got to perform on stage when the lead actor left the production. In New York, he worked as a busboy while studying at the Circle in the Square Theatre School.Ĭareer: In 1979, O'Neill landed the role of lead understudy in the Broadway play "Knockout". He moved to New York in 1977, after not having much success landing any acting jobs or roles in Youngstown theater productions.
Following graduation, he briefly worked as a social studies substitute teacher at Ursuline High School, before making the decision to pursue acting full-time.
Following his failed attempt at an NFL professional football career, O'Neill returned to Youngstown State University and joined the school's theater program. In 1969, the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL team signed O'Neill as an undrafted free agent, but he never made it through the training camp and got cut. After his sophomore year of college, he transferred to Youngstown State University, where he was a defensive lineman on the football team. He graduated from Ursuline High School before transferring to Worthington High School, and then attended Ohio University on a football scholarship. His mother was a homemaker and social worker, and his father was a truck driver and steel mill worker. Early Life: Edward Leonard O'Neill was born on April 12, 1946, in Youngstown, Ohio.
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