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Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series out of three nominations. He first rose to prominence in a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He has also appeared in films including Bad Teacher (2011), Identity Thief (2013), The Loft (2013), and Confirmation (2016), and provides the voice of Duke in the animated The Secret Life of Pets film franchise (2016–2019). Early life Eric Allen Stonestreet was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on September 9, 1971, the son of teacher's aide Jamey Anne (née Ball) and retail business owner Vincent Stonestreet. He is of German descent. As a child, he wanted to become a clown, and created a clown character named Fizbo; by age 11, he was performing at younger children's birthday parties. He 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 later used for a clown character he periodically played on Modern Family. Stonestreet attended Piper High School and Kansas State University, where he was in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, graduating with a degree in sociology in 1996. While there, he made his stage debut when he appeared in Prelude to a Kiss, for which he auditioned on a dare and won the smallest role. He later appeared in All My Sons and Twelfth Night, before studying improv at ImprovOlympic and The Second City Training Center in Chicago, then moved to Los Angeles to begin his professional acting career. Career Stonestreet played Cameron Tucker in ABC's Modern Family. 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 Kansas State University's 1996 football TV commercial campaign as the "purple pride guy."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. 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. 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. He regularly appears onstage at IO West improv Theatre in Los Angeles.In 2017, Stonestreet hosted the ABC competition series The Toy Box.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. In the same year he appeared in the music video for Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's song "Stuck with U".In March 2021, it was announced that Stonestreet would be hosting Domino Masters for Fox. The competition series premiered on March 9, 2022. Personal life Stonestreet began dating pediatric nurse Lindsay Schweitzer in June 2016, and they became engaged on August 22, 2021.Although he played a gay character in Modern Family, Stonestreet is heterosexual and has lightheartedly described himself as "openly straight". His Modern Family co-star and onscreen husband Jesse Tyler Ferguson (who is gay in real life) jokingly called him "gay-for-pay". Stonestreet supports LGBT causes; he refused Republican senator Rick Santorum's request to take a picture with him at the 2014 White House Correspondents' dinner due to Santorum's staunchly anti-gay platform.A keen sports fan, Stonestreet supports the Kansas City Chiefs football team and joined the new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals baseball team in 2019. He has also driven the pace car at several NASCAR events. He often attends football games at his alma mater, Kansas State University, and stays active with several organizations there. Filmography Film Television Music videos Specials References External links Media related to Eric Stonestreet at Wikimedia Commons Eric Stonestreet at IMDb. Discover the Jill Gregory popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jill Gregory books.

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  • And Then There Was You synopsis, comments

    And Then There Was You

    Jill Gregory

    When childhood friends Georgianna and Gabe, separated by the years, meet again at his father's Wyoming ranch in the small town of Lost Gulch, a woman wounded by love and the gunsli...

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    Where the Heart Is

    Glenice Crossland

    Previously published as The Ever Open Door, this is a story told with warmth and humour, about a hard working, downtoearth community in a small Yorkshire town during the Second Wor...

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    Looking For Eliza

    Leaf Arbuthnot

    'Clever, warm and funny' ADAM KAY'Beautifully rendered, thoughtful and original' Pandora Sykes'A marvellous read' Ruth HoganAda is a widowed writer, navigating loneliness in Oxf...

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    Moonstone Magic

    Jill Gregory

    In this fairy tale story of love and magic, anything can happen and it does when love unexpectedly touches the hearts of an inexperienced but charming sorceress and a battleharde...

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    Just This Once

    Jill Gregory

    Sailing from the saloons of the American West to the glittering salons of Victorian England, a charming pickpocket is forced into a marriage bargain by a steely Earl determined to ...

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    Something Borrowed, Something Blue

    Jill Gregory & Karen Tintori

    Four stunning happy brides, all ready to say “I Do” are each hiding secrets that could destroy their hopes and dreams for the future. Magazine Editor Monique D'Arcy has built her c...

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    Cherished

    Jill Gregory

    Escaping a forced marriage, Julianna Montgomery has a price on her head when she runs smack dab into deadly bounty hunter Cole Rawdon. Cole trusts no one and stands to earn a fortu...

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    Daisies in the Wind

    Jill Gregory

    Rebeccah Rawlings wants to start over in Montana and try to live down her outlaw father’s notorious past without any trouble from Wolf Bodine, the lawman who once pursued her fathe...

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    Mirror, Mirror

    Jill Gregory

    Beautiful healer Fiona cherishes the small golden mirror that once belonged to a witch of legendary power. But when trouble comes to her home at Bitterbloom Cottage, she must learn...

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    Deadly Divisions

    Paul Ferris & Reg McKay

    Glasgow, 1989. James Addison, aka Addie, has been a very busy man. Wanted for every type of crime for over a decade, there is only one hitch he has never been seen, let alone caug...

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    Moonlit Obsession

    Jill Gregory

    In Regency England, sparks of love and danger fly when a delicately beautiful British spy mascarading as a demure ladies' maid is captured by a handsome American privateer, an...

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    When the Heart Beckons

    Jill Gregory

    A beautiful private investigator searching the Arizona Territory for the man she thinks she loves is rescued from desperadoes by a rugged gunslinger who’s tracking the same man – a...

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    Forever After

    Jill Gregory

    Forced to flee the streets of Regency London in fear for her life, orphaned Camilla Brent never dreams that she'll end up under the protection of dashing Philip Audley,&#...

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    Always You

    Jill Gregory

    Cal kidnapped Melora Deane on the eve of her wedding to settle a score with her fiancé, but he never expected the woman he took for revenge would feel so right and so willing in hi...

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    A Christmas Gift

    Katie Flynn

    THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREAT: COSY UP WITH A CUPPA AND THIS GORGEOUS NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, KATIE FLYNNLiverpool, 1939: Sixteenyearold Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee ...

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    My True and Tender Love

    Jill Gregory

    In this thrilling sequel to The Wayward Heart, beautiful Bryony Logan's fairy tale marriage to her gunfighter husband Texas Jim Logan is threatened when tragedy strikes, tearing th...

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    The Wayward Heart

    Jill Gregory

    Learning that her rancher father has been shot and killed in Arizona, delicately raised Bryony Hill leaves her sheltered life in St. Louis and travels west to take charge of h...

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    The Rose and the Sword

    Jill Gregory

    An exiled princess’s last hope for recovering her lost kingdom lies with the embittered prince she is pledged to marry a man as impossible as he is irresistible. Brittany is a beau...

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    Never Love a Cowboy

    Jill Gregory

    The longstanding feud between the Tuckers and the Malloys has never abated, but Emma Malloy can’t forget that years ago Tucker Garrettson stole a kiss. An unforgettable kiss. ...