Ed O'Neill. Actor: Eine schrecklich nette Familie. Ed O'Neill is an American actor best known for playing Al Bundy on Eine schrecklich nette Familie (1987), the most iconic working class character on television since Archie Bunker. Upon his debut on the world stage in Youngstown, Ohio on April 12, 1946, he was christened Edward Philip O'Neill, Jr. Both his father, Ed, Sr., a steelworker and truck driver, and his social...