Jay Pritchett

 

 

Portrayed by

Ed O'Neill

First seen

Pilot

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Origin

May 1947
California, USA

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Family members

Gloria Pritchett - Wife
Manny Delgado - Step-Son
Fulgencio Pritchett - Son
Donnie Pritchett - Brother
Stella - Pet
DeDe Pritchett - Ex-Wife
Claire Dunphy - Daughter
Mitchell Pritchett - Son
Phil Dunphy - Son-in-Law
Haley Dunphy - Granddaughter
Luke Dunphy - Grandson
Alex Dunphy - Granddaughter
Lily Pritchett-Tucker - Adoptive Granddaughter
Cameron Tucker - Son-in-Law

Season(s)

S1 - S2 - S3 - S4

Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill), is the patriarch of the family and father of Claire and Mitchell, who is on the south side of middle age. He is married to Gloria and a stepfather to Manny, however he is much older than Gloria and is often mistaken for her father. At times there is a cultural clash between him and his wife and step son because of their strong Colombian heritage. Most of the time Jay manages to tolerate Manny's sensitivity and Gloria's attitude. Although he usually acts tough, he values all of his extended family members.

On occasion Jay enjoys traditionally manly hobbies such as watching football (Jay used to be a quarterback in college) and constructing model airplanes. He has never really been accepting of his son, Mitchell, being gay. However he seems to become accepting of this in the episode "Come Fly With Me", but after this episode he isn't still completely accepting of his son being gay. Aside from this, he is seen trying to get Shorty to "open up" to him in the episode "Fifteen Percent", and tries to comfort him about being gay, only to find out that he isn't gay. In Season 4 he is expecting a new child.

TriviaEdit

• Jay can be seen reading a news paper that was previously seen in 'Married With Children'.

QuotesEdit

Main article: Jay Pritchett Quotes