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Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971)[1] is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC mockumentary sitcom Modern Family, for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series out of three nominations.

Eric Stonestreet
Stonestreet at the 2015 PaleyFest
Born	Eric Allen Stonestreet (1971-09-09) September 9, 1971 (age 51) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	Kansas State University (1996)
Occupation	Actor comedian
Years active	1999–present
Partner(s)	Lindsay Schweitzer (2016–present; engaged)

Stonestreet first rose to prominence in a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He has appeared in films and telefilms including; Bad Teacher (2011), Identity Thief (2013), The Loft (2013), and Confirmation (2016). He also provides the voice of Duke in The Secret Life of Pets film franchise (2016-2019).

Early life

Stonestreet was born in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Jamey Anne (née Ball), a teacher's aide, and Vincent Anthony "Vince" Stonestreet who owned a retail business.[2]

During his childhood he wanted to become a clown.[3] As a child he created a clown character named Fizbo, and by age 11 was performing at 6- and 7-year-olds' birthday parties; Stonestreet recalled in 2012, "I don't know where the name Fizbo came from. I do know one day that's what my dad was calling me and that's the name that I printed on my business cards."[4] The name Fizbo was used for a clown character he periodically played on Modern Family.

Stonestreet graduated from Piper High School and Kansas State University where he was a brother of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity,[4] graduating with a degree in sociology in 1996.[5]

While at KSU, he performed in plays including his first, Prelude to a Kiss, for which he auditioned on a dare and won the smallest role; All My Sons; and Twelfth Night.[5] He went on to study improv at ImprovOlympic and The Second City Training Center in Chicago, and moved to Los Angeles to begin his professional acting career.[5]

Career

Stonestreet played Cameron Tucker in ABC's Modern Family.[3] He is also notable for his role as Ronnie Litre on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also guest starred in television shows, such as Dharma & Greg, ER, Malcolm in the Middle, The Mentalist, NCIS, Nip/Tuck, Party of Five, Spin City, The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Greg the Bunny, Providence, Close to Home, Crossing Jordan, Bones, Monk, and American Horror Story. Early in his career Stonestreet was featured in Northwestern University's 1996 football TV commercial campaign as the "purple pride guy."[6]

He made his film debut in Almost Famous, as desk clerk Sheldon. He also played Dr. Benson in Girls Will Be Girls, Ed the Trucker in The Island, and Courtney's Neighbor in Ninja Cheerleaders. In 2007, Stonestreet appeared in the short film "Vinny's Vault," which was produced during the reality show On the Lot. He also appeared in the movies Identity Thief as Big Chuck, and Bad Teacher as Kirk.

In his role as Cameron on Modern Family, Stonestreet earned three consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2010, 2011 and 2012), winning the award in 2010 and 2012. He also received three Golden Globe Award nominations (2010, 2011 and 2013) for his work on the series.

In 2013, he appeared in a series of advertisements for Australian retail store Big W.[7] In the fall of the same year, Stonestreet played the "Fan Coach" in the AT&T "Be A Fan" commercial series that ran during the college football season, in addition to appearing in a MasterCard/Stand Up 2 Cancer commercial as himself.[8] In 2014, he performed in "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video for "Tacky," a parody of Pharrell's "Happy". In the same year he also starred in the remake of the Belgian thriller The Loft.[9][10] He regularly appears onstage at IO West improv Theatre in Los Angeles.[11]

In 2017, Stonestreet hosted the ABC competition series The Toy Box.[12]

In 2020, Stonestreet appeared as a guest judge for a taping of auditions for the fifteenth season of America's Got Talent, in place of Heidi Klum.[13] In the same year he appeared in the music video for Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's song "Stuck with U".[14]

In March 2021, it was announced that Stonestreet would be hosting Domino Masters for Fox.[15] The competition series premiered on March 9, 2022.[16]

Personal life

In June 2016, Stonestreet began dating pediatric nurse Lindsay Schweitzer whom he met during the Big Slick charity event weekend in Kansas City.[17] On August 22, 2021, the couple became engaged.[18]

Although he played a gay character in Modern Family, Stonestreet is heterosexual and has lightheartedly described himself as "openly straight".[19] His Modern Family co-star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Stonestreet's character's husband Mitchell Pritchett, and who is gay in real life, jokingly called Stonestreet "gay-for-pay".[3][20]. In addition, Stonestreet is a supporter of the LGBT community, having once declined to be photographed with Rick Santorum due to Santorum’s opposition of same-sex marriage.[21]

Stonestreet enjoys attending sporting events and openly supporting his hometown teams (including the Kansas City Chiefs[22]), and has driven the pace car at several NASCAR events.[23] He continues to frequent football games at his alma mater and stays active with several organizations there.[24] In 2019, it was announced that Stonestreet was part of the new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals; Royals legend George Brett was once a guest star in a season nine episode of Modern Family where Cameron in-character considered him his favorite baseball player.[25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Almost Famous	Sheldon the Desk Clerk
2003	F.A.T.	Ranger
2003	Girls Will Be Girls	Dr. Benson
2003	Street of Pain	Floyd	Short film
2004	Straight-Jacket	Labor Organizer
2004	Knuckle Sandwich	Bill
2005	Saddam 17	The Clerk	Short film
2005	The Island	Ed the Trucker
2007	The Drifter	Delivery Guy	Short film
2007	Stories USA	Floyd	Segment: "Street of Pain"
2008	Ninja Cheerleaders	Beergut
2008	American Crude	Phil
2010	Father vs. Son	Doug
2011	Bad Teacher	Kirk
2013	Identity Thief	Big Chuck
2014	The Loft	Marty Landry
2016	The Secret Life of Pets	Duke (voice)
2019	The Secret Life of Pets 2

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Dharma & Greg	Chester	Episode: "See Dharma Run"
2000	I've Got a Secret	Himself	Unknown episodes
2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Phil	Episode: "Malcolm Babysits"
2000	Party of Five	Irv	2 episodes
2000	Spin City	The Dentist	Episode: "Smile"
2000	ER	Willie	Episode: "Mars Attacks"
2001	The West Wing	Staffer #1	Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"
2002	Greg the Bunny	Wilson (uncredited)	Episode: "Welcome to Sweetknuckle Junction"
2002	Providence	Ted Stout	Episode: "Eye of the Storm"
2001–2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ronnie Litre	12 episodes
2005	Close to Home	Andrew Morgan	Episode: "Under Threat"
2006	13 Graves	Andrew Schoch	Television film
2007	Crossing Jordan	Steve Anderman	Episode: "D.O.A."
2007	Bones	D.C. Cop	2 episodes
2007	On the Lot	Actor	2 episodes
2007	American Dad!	Brett	Episode: "Dope & Faith"
2008	The Mentalist	Malcom Boatwright	Episode: "Red Hair and Silver Tape"
2008	Pushing Daisies	Leo Burns	Episode: "Comfort Food"
2008	NCIS	Harvey Ames	Episode: "Silent Night"
2009	This Might Hurt	Brad Maynard	Television film
2009	Monk	Boom Boom	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the UFO"
2009	Scare Tactics	Eric the Paranormal Guy	Episode: "28 Minutes Later"
2009	Nip/Tuck	Wesley Clovis	Episode: "Wesley Clovis"
2009–2020	Modern Family	Cameron Tucker	Main role Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2010, 2012) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2011–14) Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2011–13) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2012–13, 2015) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2010, 2015) Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Comedy Actor Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Male Scene Stealer Nominated—Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy
2010	Good News Week	Himself	Episode: "8.37"
2011	American Horror Story: Murder House	Derrick	Episode: "Piggy Piggy"
2013–2018	Sofia the First	Minimus (voice)	16 episodes
2014	Sesame Street	Himself	Episode: "Hansel & Gretel Playdate"
2015	Jeopardy!	Himself	2 episodes
2016	Blue Peter[26]	Himself	Episode: "4915"
2016	Confirmation	Kenneth Duberstein	Television film
2017	The F Word	Himself	"Episode Seven"
2017	The Toy Box[12]	Himself (host)	16 episodes
2019	What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage	Himself	Episode: "Neighbor"
2020	America's Got Talent	Guest Judge	Season 15; Filling in for Heidi Klum[13]
2020	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Himself (contestant)	Episode: "In The Hot Seat: Eric Stonestreet and Will Forte"
2021	Madagascar: A Little Wild	Harley Horns	Episode: "A Roar Is Born"
2022	Domino Masters	Himself (host)

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Notes
2014	"Tacky"	Weird Al Yankovic
2020	"Stuck with U"	Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber	Cameo [14]

Specials

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	TSN: The Hangover	Nice Guy Actor Who Got Suckered Into This Movie	Cameo

References

External links

• Eric Stonestreet at IMDb

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[de] Eric Stonestreet

Eric Stonestreet (* 9. September 1971 in Kansas City, Kansas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[ru] Стоунстрит, Эрик

Э́рик А́ллен Сто́унстрит (англ. Eric Allen Stonestreet; род. 9 сентября 1971 (1971-09-09), Канзас-Сити) — американский актёр кино и телевидения. Наиболее известен по роли Кэмерона Такера в телесериале «Американская семейка», за которую он получил две премии «Эмми» (2010, 2012)

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