Ty Burrell
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| Born |
Tyler Gerald Burrell August 22, 1967[1] Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S. |
| Education | Hidden Valley High School |
| Alma mater |
Southern Oregon University University of Oregon Penn State University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Holly Burrell (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
Tyler Gerald "Ty" Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. Burrell is best known for his role as Phil Dunphy in the ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which he has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011 and 2014 and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013.
Early life
Burrell was born in Grants Pass, Oregon,[1][2] the son of Sheri Rose (née Hauck), a teacher, and Gary Gerald Burrell (1940–1989), a family therapist.[3][4][5][6] He is of mostly English and German descent, and confirmed on the series Finding Your Roots that his great-great-great-great-grandmother was an African-American slave.[7][8] Burrell grew up in the small southern Oregon town of Applegate, near the California border.[9][10]
He attended Hidden Valley High School[1] in Grants Pass, where he played football and was a lineman for the Hidden Valley Mustangs. After graduating, he enrolled at Southern Oregon University in Ashland,[10] and graduated with a bachelor's degree in theatre arts in 1993;[9] he was the school's commencement speaker in 2008.[11] While in college he worked as a bartender at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[9]
During this time, Burrell attended the University of Oregon and became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.[12] He continued his education at Penn State University, where he earned an MFA and was a member of the Theatre 100 Company along with Keegan-Michael Key.[9][13][14] In 1999, Burrell worked as a festival actor at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Burrell has also stated that for a period of time in graduate school, he lived out of his van to save money.[15]
Career
Burrell's first credited film roles were 2001's Evolution and Black Hawk Down. He subsequently appeared in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, and in several stage roles (like 2000's Broadway production of Macbeth, and the off-Broadway plays Corners, The Blue Demon, Burn This, and Show People). He was a co-writer and actor in the original production of the offbeat comedy The Red Herring O' Happiness directed by Russell Dyball. Burrell's stage work also includes writing and working in the off-Broadway play Babble with his brother, Duncan. He has also made an appearance as a New Jersey Prosecutor in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
After that, he was cast as Oliver Barnes, a shallow but well-meaning plastic surgeon, on the CBS sitcom Out of Practice (2005–06), also created by screenwriter Christopher Lloyd. The show was canceled in May 2006, with eight episodes remaining unaired in the United States. After the show's cancellation, he played Allan Arbus in the film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus.
In the Marvel film adaptation of the comic The Incredible Hulk, he played Leonard Samson without any superpowers who had a short relationship with Betty Ross. In 2007, he had a small role in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets as the curator of the White House followed by a starring role in the sitcom Back to You on Fox later that same year. On the show, created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, Burrell played a field reporter (alongside Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton). The show was canceled in 2008. His current role is as real estate agent Phil Dunphy in the acclaimed ABC situation comedy Modern Family. For his performance, he has received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2010–2013), winning the award twice in 2011 and 2014.[16] He also received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his role, sharing the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with his co-stars. He was the recipient of the individual SAG award in 2014, defeating Alec Baldwin, who had previously won the award seven years in a row.[17]
Personal life
Burrell and his wife Holly married in 2000. They resided in New York City until moving to Salt Lake City[18] in 2008.[9] They still own a two-bedroom apartment in the Astoria, Queens neighborhood that they rent out.[19] The couple have since relocated to Southern California for Burrell's work on Modern Family. On March 18, 2010, it was announced that Burrell and his wife had adopted a baby. Two years later they adopted a second child.[20][21]
Burrell is a self-described life-long Los Angeles Rams fan. [22]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Evolution | Flemming |
| Black Hawk Down | Timothy A. Wilkinson | |
| 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | Steve |
| In Good Company | Enrique Colon | |
| 2005 | Down in the Valley | Sheriff/Cowboy |
| 2006 | Friends with Money | Other Aaron |
| The Darwin Awards | Emile | |
| Fur | Allan Arbus | |
| 2007 | National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets | Connor |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | Doc Samson |
| 2009 | Leaves of Grass | Professor Sorenson |
| 2010 | Fair Game | Fred |
| Morning Glory | Paul McVee | |
| 2011 | Butter | Bob Pickler |
| 2012 | Goats | Frank Whitman |
| 2014 | The Skeleton Twins | Rich Levitt |
| Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Mr. Peabody (voice) | |
| Muppets Most Wanted | Jean Pierre Napoleon | |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Bailey the Beluga (voice) |
| "Storks" | (voice) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Law & Order | Paul Donatelli | Episode: "Turnstile Justice" |
| 2001 | The West Wing | Tom Starks | Episode: "The Women of Qumar" |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Alan Messinger | Episode: "Execution" |
| 2003 | Law & Order | Herman Capshaw | Episode: "Sheltered" |
| 2005–2006 | Out of Practice | Dr. Oliver Barnes | 21 episodes |
| 2007 | Lipshitz Saves the World | Man in Red | Pilot |
| 2007–2008 | Back to You | Gary Crezyzewski | 17 episodes |
| 2008 | Fourplay | Christopher | Pilot |
| 2009 | Damages | Douglas Schiff | Episodes: "I Agree, It Wasn't Funny" |
| 2009–present | Modern Family | Phil Dunphy | |
| 2010–2011 | The Super Hero Squad Show | Captain Marvel (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | Glenn Martin, DDS | Mart-E (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Doc McStuffins | Big Jack (voice) | Episode: "Out of the Box/Run Down Race Car" |
| 2012–2014 | Key & Peele | Colonel Hans Müller / Nazi Commander | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Parker (voice) | Episode: "The Penguin Who Loved Me" |
| 2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Himself | Episode: "Ty Burrell Wears a Chambray Shirt and Clear Frame Glasses" |
Awards and nominations
References
- 1 2 3 Baker, Jeff (April 30, 2014). "17 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Oregon". The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ↑ Bio on Ty Burrell
- ↑ What I Learned from My Mom: The Men of Modern Family. People magazine. Retrieved on September 9, 2015.
- ↑ Staff. "Ty Burrell interview: 'Modern Family has normalised gay marriage'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Varble, Bill (October 21, 2007). "This Just In". Mail Tribune (Medford, Oregon). Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Former Medford principal, coach 'Gabby' Williams dies". Mail Tribune (Medford, Oregon). Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Stated on Finding Your Roots, January 5, 2016, PBS
- ↑ "Ty Burrell: Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Turnquist, Kristi (November 28, 2009). "Actor Ty Burrell: From Grants Pass to ABC's hit comedy 'Modern Family'". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- 1 2 Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2011
- ↑ Cullinan, Mary (September 16, 2008). "Southern Oregon University: President's Page". Southern Oregon University. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
- ↑ Sigma Chi making headlines. Web.sigmachi.org (August 4, 2012). Retrieved on 2015-09-09.
- ↑ Comedy Central starts second season, The New York Times, October 14, 2014; accessed September 9, 2014.
- ↑ Federowicz, Jeffrey Allen (February 4, 2006). "PSU grad fits right in with 'Out of Practice'". Centre Daily Times. Archived from the original on February 24, 2006. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Modern Man". Elle. March 31, 2011. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Ty Burrell Emmy Award Winner. Emmys.com. Retrieved on September 9, 2015.
- ↑ Ty Burrell Dethrones Alec Baldwin at the SAG Awards. WebProNews (January 19, 2014). Retrieved on 2015-09-09.
- ↑ "'Modern Family' Star Calls Utah Home". The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City). December 3, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Television's Prime Time Wiener". The Wall Street Journal. June 8, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Modern Family's Ty Burrell Adopts a Daughter". Celebritybabies.people.com. March 18, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Ty Burrell Welcomes a Daughter". People. March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.therams.com/videos/videos/Why-Im-a-Rams-Fan-Ty-Burrell/fec323dd-93c0-494d-a154-c73a82fa09da
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