Ted McGinley Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a TV Land Innovator Award for his role in "Married․․․with Children" in 2009
• Made his screen acting debut as Roger Phillips in the TV series "Happy Days" in 1980
• Started his professional career in modeling and was spotted in a GQ magazine by a casting director for the series "Happy Days․"
• Best known for his role as Jefferson D'Arcy in "Married․․․with Children" and as Charley Shanowski in "Hope & Faith․"
• In 1982, he and actress Brooke Shields, who was 16 at the time, went to her senior prom at Dwight Englewood High School
• While attending college, he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, as well as being the captain of the water-polo team
• In 2008 he was a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars," paired with professional dancer Inna Brayer and eliminated in the second week
• Is referred to as the "patron saint of shark-jumping" by jumptheshark․com founder Jon Hein because he has appeared in several popular TV series during their final seasons