Ty Burrell

Get to know Ty Burrell as Phil from Modern Family. Read the official ABC bio, show quotes and learn about the role at ABC TV

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.

Ty Burrell shares 25 things about himself with Us Weekly.

Visit Biography.com to learn about actor Ty Burrell, the man behind wanna-be hip dad Phil Dunphy on 'Modern Family.'

Five years ago, Ty Burrell was ready to quit acting. He was 41 years old and had a solid couple of decades in the business behind him: a handful of Hollywood movies (Black Hawk Down, Dawn of the Dead, The Incredible Hulk), countless summers of Shakespeare including a Macbeth on Broadway, enough television roles to fill an A4 page. Not bad, better than most, but no killer role to lift him from slogging around the audition circuit to walking the red carpet.

He is the father in Modern Family. And Ty Burrell proved he is a passionate patriarch in real life too as he carried his adopted daughters during a day out in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Ty Burrell, Actor: Modern Family. Tyler Gerald Burrell was born on August 22, 1967 in Grants Pass, Oregon, where his family owned a business. He is the son of Sheri Rose (Hauck), a teacher, and Gary Gerald Burrell, a family therapist, and is primarily of English and German ancestry.

Tyler Gerald "Ty" Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He originally rose to prominence in several roles on Broadway including Macbeth, and the off-Broadway plays Corners, The Blue Demon, Burn This, and Show People.