| Eric Stonestreet | |
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Stonestreet at the 2010 SAG Awards |
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| Born | September 9, 1971 Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Eric Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor, best known for his starring role as Cameron Tucker on the ABC comedy Modern Family. Stonestreet has received critical acclaim for his performance in Modern Family and won the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role.
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Stonestreet was born in Kansas City, Kansas. During his childhood, he wanted to become a clown.[1] At age eleven, he created an auguste clown character named Fizbo, and has periodically brought him back, including in two episodes of Modern Family. He is a graduate of Piper High School and Kansas State University (1996). He spent two years doing plays and studying improv at The Second City Training Center in Chicago, then moved to Los Angeles and began his professional acting career. He was also a member of Kansas State's Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Stonestreet plays Cameron Tucker on Modern Family on ABC.[1] He is also notable for his role as Ronnie Litre on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
He has also appeared on such television shows as Dharma & Greg, Malcolm in the Middle, The Mentalist, Party of Five, Spin City, ER, The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Greg the Bunny, Providence, Close to Home, Crossing Jordan, Bones, Monk, NCIS, American Horror Story, and Nip/Tuck. Early on in his career, Stonestreet was featured in Northwestern University's 1996 Football TV commercial campaign as the "purple pride guy." In 2008, he played a private security firm employee and killer in an episode of NCIS entitled "Silent Night." In 2009, Stonestreet appeared on Nip/Tuck as a criminal sentenced to death for the alleged killing of a young girl.
His first major film role came in 2000, when he played Sheldon the desk clerk in Almost Famous. 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.
In 2009, Stonestreet began his run as Cameron Tucker on ABC's Modern Family. The show, and Stonestreet, returned for a second season on September 22, 2010. On August 29, 2010, Stonestreet won a 2010 Primetime Emmy Award (his first) as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Cameron in the episode "Fizbo".
On December 14, 2011, it was announced that Stonestreet received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
Stonestreet is heterosexual, and often says that he is "Openly straight". His openly gay co-star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Cameron Tucker's partner, Mitchell Pritchett, jokingly calls him "gay-for-pay."[2][1] Stonestreet is also an avid fan of Kansas State University, cheering for the Wildcats on Jimmy Kimmel Live after they had beaten the Kansas Jayhawks in men's basketball, as well as appearing on College Gameday Live on October 29th 2011 in full Kansas State jumpsuit and picking them to upset the then No. 9 Oklahoma football team.
On Broadwayworld.com, the caption for the photo: "Eric Stonestreet and wife Katherine Tokarz attending the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington." Dated 05-02-2011 [1]
Caption of photo on Haute Street Daily: "Eric Stonestreet (of Modern Family) and wife Katherine Tokarz" [2] Dated January 16, 2010.
The above-mentioned photos refer to Eric as married. Married? Single? Married secretly? Other photos elsewhere refer to Katherine Tokarz as Eric's girlfriend.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Almost Famous | Sheldon the Desk Clerk | |
| 2003 | F.A.T. | Ranger | |
| 2003 | Girls Will Be Girls | Dr. Benson | |
| 2003 | Street of Pain | Floyd | |
| 2004 | Straight-Jacket | Labor Organizer | |
| 2004 | Knuckle Sandwich | Bill | |
| 2005 | Saddam 17 | The Clerk | |
| 2005 | The Island | Ed the Trucker | |
| 2006 | 13 Graves | Andrew Schoch | |
| 2007 | The Drifter | Delivery Guy | |
| 2007 | Stories USA | Floyd | Segment "Street of Pain" |
| 2008 | Ninja Cheerleaders | Beergut | |
| 2008 | American Crude | Phil | |
| 2009 | This Might Hurt | Brad Maynard | |
| 2010 | Father vs. Son | Doug | Complete |
| 2011 | Bad Teacher | Kirk | |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Cameo | |
| 2013 | Loft | Marty Landry | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Dharma & Greg | Chester | 1 episode ("See Dharma Run") |
| 2000 | I've Got a Secret | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Phil | 1 episode ("Malcolm Babysits") |
| 2000 | Party of Five | Irv | 2 episodes ("All's Well..." & "...That Ends Well") |
| 2000 | Spin City | The Photographer | 1 episode ("Smile") |
| 2000 | ER | Willie | 1 episode ("Mars Attacks") |
| 2001 | The West Wing | Staffer #1 | 1 episode ("Bad Moon Rising") |
| 2002 | Greg the Bunny | Wilson (uncredited) | 1 episode ("Welcome to Sweetknuckle Junction") |
| 2002 | Providence | Ted Stout | 1 episode ("Eye of the Storm") |
| 2001–05 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Ronnie Litre | 13 episodes |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Security Officer Andrew Morgan | 1 episode ("Under Threat") |
| 2007 | Crossing Jordan | Steve Anderman | 1 episode ("D.O.A.") |
| 2007 | Bones | D.C. Cop | 2 episodes ("Stargazer in a Puddle" & "The Boneless Bride in the River") |
| 2007 | On the Lot | Actor | 2 episodes ("Auditions #1" & "Auditions #2") |
| 2007 | American Dad! | 1 episode ("Dope & Faith"), voice only | |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Malcom Boatwright | 1 episode ("Red Hair and Silver Tape") |
| 2008 | Pushing Daisies | Leo Burns | 1 episode ("Comfort Food") |
| 2008 | NCIS | Harvey Ames | 1 episode ("Silent Night") |
| 2009 | Monk | Boom Boom | 1 episode ("Mr. Monk and the UFO") |
| 2009 | Nip/Tuck | Wesley Clovis | 1 episode ("Wesley Clovis") |
| 2009 | Dancing Stars | Himself | Guest Appearance |
| 2009–present | Modern Family | Cameron Tucker | Main cast Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2010; Nominated 2011) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series(2010) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2010) Nominated — 2010 Critics Association Award |
| 2010 | Good News Week | Himself | 1 episode ("8.37") |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Derek | 1 episode |
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