Tyler Gerald "Ty" Burrell is an American actor, he was born on August 22nd 1967 in Grants Pass, Oregon, where his family owned a business. He is the son of Sheri (Hauck), a teacher, and Gary Burrell, a therapist, and is primarily of English and German ancestry. He earned a BA from Southern Oregon University and attended The University of Oregon while working as a bartender; he finished his education at Penn State where he got an MFA. Burrell is known for his roles on the films The Incredible Hulk, Dawn of the Dead, the TV series Out of Practice and Back to You. 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 for 2013 for playing his character on Modern Family.
Trivia[]
His height is 6'0.
He resided in New York City until moving to Salt Lake City in 2008.
He relocated to Southern California to work on Modern Family in 2009.
His salary for Modern Family is $190,000 per episode.
His character Phil Dunphy is a stress blinker but the reason for this is actually that Ty himself suffers from this in real life which is why the writers decided to write it into the show. So in all episodes except "Tableau Vivant" when Phil is blinking excessively it is actually Ty's tics in real life and not scripted.
He and Ed O'Neill have both starred in the 2016 Disney and Pixar feature film, Finding Dory, as Bailey and Hank respectively.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year
Role
Title
2001
Flemming
Evolution
2001
Wilkinson
Black Hawk Down
2004
Steve
Dawn of the Dead
2004
Enrique Colon
In Good Company
2005
Sheriff/Cowboy
Down in the Valley
2006
Other Aaron
Friends with Money
2006
Emile
The Darwin Awards
2006
Allan Arbus
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2007
Connor
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
Man In Red
Lipshitz Saves the World
2008
Christopher
Fourplay
2008
Leonard
The Incredible Hulk
2009
Professor Sorenson
Leaves of Grass
2010
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Gamechangers Ep. 1: The Rant Writer (Short Video)
2010
Fred
Fair Game
2010
Paul McVee
Morning Glory
2011
Bob Pickler
Butter
2012
Frank Whitman
Goats
2012
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Gamechangers Ep. 4: The Rant Writer 2 (Short Video)
