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Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020), 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 (2014), and Confirmation (2016), and provides the voice of Duke in The Secret Life of Pets film franchise (2016–2019).
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. His family had a pig farm growing up. 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…
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