Al Bundy

Al Bundy is a fictional character and the essential protagonist of the U.S. television series Married... with Children, played by Ed O'Neill. He is a misanthropic, beer-loving, indebted, working-class father of two, portrayed as a somewhat tragicomedic figure. Although he is cheap, unsuccessful, boorish, unhappy, and scheming, he nevertheless stands by his family, displaying wit, self-sacrifice and resilience in times of crisis. He and his wife, Peggy Bundy, were rated the 59th best characters on television by Bravo. In a 2016 interview Ed O'Neill said that he based his interpretation of Al Bundy on one of his uncles. 2Character history Al Bundy is a simple, working-class man, forever regretful of the turns his life has taken since the end of high school. He was a star running back on the Polk High School football team. However, marriage and a broken leg prevented him from attending university on a college football scholarship. Al is married to Peggy, whom he mistakenly asked to marry him while drun