Ted McGinley
| Ted McGinley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Theodore Martin McGinley May 30, 1958 Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse(s) | Gigi Rice (1991–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Theodore Martin "Ted" McGinley (born May 30, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children and as Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. He was also a regular on Happy Days, Dynasty and The Love Boat.
McGinley was born in Newport Beach, California, the son of Bob and Emily McGinley. He was a surfer and worked as a lifeguard in high school. In college at USC he began modeling and was also the captain and two time MVP of the water polo team as well as a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Ted was also the team leader of his Little League Baseball team, the Newport Bunnies.
McGinley began his career in modeling. After a casting director spotted a picture of him in GQ, he was cast in comedy series Happy Days as Roger Phillips (nephew of the Cunninghams), a role he played from 1980-1984. During the run of Happy Days, he landed a role in the 1982 comedy film Young Doctors in Love.
After Happy Days ended in 1984, McGinley appeared in Revenge of the Nerds where he played Stanley Gable, the head of the jock-run Alpha Beta fraternity and the primary antagonist of the Lambda Lambda Lambda nerd fraternity; he reprised the role in the third and fourth movies in the "Nerds" franchise, both produced for television. He went on to appear in regular roles in television series including The Love Boat and Dynasty. He then went into the role of Jefferson D'Arcy on Married... with Children from 1989 to 1997. Actor Ed O'Neil reportedly did not get along with McGinley, in a 1998 interview on Access Hollywood, Ed said that Teddy was bad luck. He had recurring roles on Aaron Sorkin's TV shows Sports Night, as Dana's boyfriend Gordon, and The West Wing as a TV news anchor. From 2003-2006, he played Charley Shanowski on Hope & Faith.
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