Career: O'Neill got the acting bug at Youngstown State University. In 1972, he had one line in John Boorman's film Deliverance. He decided to pursue acting as a profession in 1977 when he began studying at New York's Circle in the Square. His first big break came in 1979 when he was understudying the lead in Broadway play Knockout. When he was playing Lennie on the stage in Of Mice and Men, a Fox TV executive was in the audience and asked him to audition for the role of Al Bundy in the sitcom Married… with Children. The role made him a household name all around the world. It aired for 11 seasons between 1987 and 1997. A number of roles followed, including parts in Dragnet, The West Wing, The Unit and John from Cincinnati. He hit the big time again in 2009 when he landed the role of Jay in popular ABC sitcom Modern Family.

Career: After graduating from Brown University, Bowen landed a part on soap opera Loving and made her prime-time debut on Class of '96. In films, she played the love interest of the title character in Happy Gilmore. Other film roles followed in An American Werewolf in Paris and Multiplicity. She played Carol Phyllis Vessey in the NBC comedy-drama ED between 2000 and 2004. More recently, she has played the role of Claire Dunphy since 2009 in popular ABC sitcom Modern Family, and featured in Horrible Bosses alongside Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston.