Ty Burrell

Ty Burrell is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as real estate father Phil Dunphy on ABC's Modern Family, which ran for eleven seasons. This role earned him two Emmy Awards; He also reached a wide audience with the animated films in which he voiced.

He was born on August 22, 1967 in Grants Pass, Oregon. He studied theater at Southern Oregon University, graduating in 1993, and then earned a master's degree in acting at Pennsylvania State University. He performed at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in the late 1990s; In 2000, she made her Broadway debut as Lennox in the production of Macbeth.

Cinema and television

His first notable works on the big screen were Evolution and Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, released in 2001. In 2004, he starred in the remake of Dawn of the Dead. After appearing on television in short-lived comedies such as Out of Practice and Back to You, he joined the cast of Modern Family in 2009.

He played Phil Dunphy during the series' run from 2009 to 2020. For this performance, he was nominated for an Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series eight times in a row between 2010 and 2017; won the award in 2011 and 2014. He received many Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards along with the cast of the series.

He has also achieved success in voice-over work: In 2014, he voiced Mr. Peabody in Mr. Peabody and Curious Sherman, and in 2016, he voiced the white whale Bailey in Finding Dory. He also lent his voice to the animated series Duncanville, which was released between 2020 and 2022. In addition to acting, he worked in restaurant and bar management in Utah and founded the production company Desert Whale in 2020.