Eric Stonestreet
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Stonestreet at the 2015 PaleyFest
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Eric Allen Stonestreet September 9, 1971 Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor. He first rose to prominence in a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He has appeared in the films Bad Teacher (2012), Identity Thief and The Loft (both 2013).
In 2016, he portrayed "Duke", a mongrel dog, in The Secret Life of Pets and real life politician Kenneth Duberstein in Confirmation.
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.
Stonestreet was born in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Jamey Anne (née Ball) and Vincent Anthony "Vince" Stonestreet. During his childhood, he wanted to become a clown. 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." The name Fizbo was used for a clown character he periodically plays on Modern Family. Stonestreet graduated from Piper High School and Kansas State University, graduating with a degree in sociology in 1996. 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. 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.
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