Ty Burrell

At 57 years old, Ty Burrell has this physical status:

Tyler Gerald Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American actor and comedian.

He first rose to fame on Broadway, including Macbeth, and the Off-Broadway plays Corners, Burn This, and Show People. In 2001's Evolution, his first feature film role was in 2001's Evolution.

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Burrell appeared on television shows Out of Practice and Back to You, which were both recurring roles. Burrell is best known for his role as Phil Dunphy in ABC's Modern Family, for which he has received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011 and 2014, as well as four consecutive awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series shared with the cast from 2011 to 2014.

Early life

Tyler Gerald Burrell was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, on August 22, 1967, the son of educator Sheri Rose (née Hauck) and family therapist Gary Gerald Burrell (1940–1989). Duncan, his younger brother, has a younger brother. He is mainly of English and German descent, though he discovered via Finding Your Roots that he is also of African descent through his fourth-great-grandmother, a formerly enslaved girl from Tennessee who became a homesteader in Oregon. He grew up in Applegate, Oregon, along the California border. He attended Hidden Valley High School in Grants Pass, where he competed football and was a lineman for the Hidden Valley Mustangs.

Burrell, alumnus, became a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and worked as a bartender at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival while attending college. He enrolled in Southern Oregon University in Ashland later in 1993, graduating with a bachelor's degree in theatre arts. (He was the school's commencement speaker many years ago, 2008).

He earned an MFA and was a member of the Theatre 100 Company, as well as Keegan-Michael Key, who was continuing his education at Penn State University. Burrell appeared at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in 1999 as a festival actor. He has also stated that he lived out of his van to save money for a period of time in graduate school.

Personal life

Burrell married Holly Burrell on August 18, 2000. They lived in New York City before transferring to Salt Lake City in 2008. They still have a two-bedroom apartment in Astoria, New York, which they rent out. Burrell and his work on Modern Family relocated to Southern California at one time. Burrell said in March 2010 that they had adopted a baby girl and another girl two years later.

Burrell, a lifelong fan of the Oregon Ducks, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Mets, and St. Louis Rams (now known as the Los Angeles Rams after their relocation to California), is a self-described lifelong fan of the Oregon Ducks, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Mets, and the St. Louis Rams.

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Career

Burrell's first credit film roles were in 2001's Evolution and Black Hawk Down. He appeared in the 2004 revival of Dawn of the Dead, as well as in numerous television roles (including 2000's Broadway production of Macbeth and the off-Broadway plays Corners, Burn This, and Show People).

In Russell Dyball's original production of the offbeat comedy The Red Herring O' Happiness, he was both a writer and actor. Burrell's stage appearances included writing and working in the off Broadway play Babble with his brother Duncan. In addition, he has been featured in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in New Jersey.

Burrell appeared on the CBS sitcom Out of Practice (2005–06), which was also created by screenwriter Christopher Lloyd. In May 2006, the show was cancelled, but eight episodes remained unaired in the United States. In the film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, he played Allan Arbus after the show's cancellation. He appeared in Friends with Money and The Darwin Awards in the same year. He appeared in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets as the curator of the White House in 2007, as the host of the comedy Back to You on Fox later that year. Burrell appeared on the program, produced by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, as a field reporter (alongside Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton). In 2008, the show was cancelled.

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He appeared in the acclaimed ABC situation comedy Modern Family, which also stars Christopher Lloyd and Steve Levitan. He has received eight consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2010-2017), the first in 2011 and 2014.

He was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his role, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with his co stars. In 2014, he was the recipient of the individual SAG award, beating Alec Baldwin, who had previously won the award seven years in a row.

Burrell also appears in commercials for the National Association of Realtors.

Burrell signed a multi-year contract with 20th Century Fox Television in November 2014 to produce his own comedy shows. Desert Whale Productions, his overall agreement with twentieth Century Fox began in July 2020.

On ABC.com and ABCd, Burrell's web series Boondoggle, loosely based on Burrell's own life, premiered in June 2016. In July 2017, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.

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