patriarch

Mr. Leguizamo portrays the patriarch of an upwardly mobile Latin-American family who finds himself in choppy waters, both financially and emotionally.

Although they live within their means, Man-su’s termination jettisons the You family from their tax bracket and thrusts its patriarch down a rabbit hole of shame and emasculation.

Ming Xuechang, the family patriarch, reportedly killed himself; other family members were handed over to the Chinese authorities.

Murphy, 49, told BBC News playing the violent patriarch for a quarter of his life "has been a gift and a privilege".

When ‘The Osbournes’ premiered in 2002, we saw a different kind of TV family with a patriarch who wasn’t afraid to curse, shout and strip away his rock star persona for millions of viewers.