Ty Burrell
Gender:	Male
Born:	August 22, 1967
Character:	Phil Dunphy
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	2001 - present

Tyler Gerald "Ty" Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American actor who portrays Phil Dunphy on Modern Family. Besides this TV show he had roles on canceled TV series Out of Practice and Back to You. Other roles hes had are on movies Black Hawk Down, Dawn of the Dead, and The Incredible Hulk (2008).

BiographyEdit

Ty Burrell was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, and grew up in the Southern Oregon town of Applegate. He attended Hidden Valley High School where he played football for the Hidden Valley Mustangs. Ty got interested in acting when he was bartending at an Oregon Shakespeare festival where he saw some plays.

After graduating from Hidden Valley High School in Grants Pass, he enrolled at Southern Oregon University in Ashland as a theater major, where he graduated with a bachelors degree in theater arts in 1993. He continued his education at Penn State University where he earned a masters in fine art. Him and his wife adopted a baby girl which was announced on March 18, 2010. Ty and his wife currently live in Los Angeles.

FilmographyEdit

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2001	Evolution	Flemming
	Black Hawk Down	Wilkinson
2004	Dawn of the Dead	Zack Snyder
	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: Book of Secrets	Connor
2008	Fourplay	Christopher
	The Incredible Hulk	Doc Samson
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Law & Order	Paul Donatelli	Appeared again in 2003 as a different character
2001	The West Wing	Tom Starks	Episode: The Women of Qumar
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Alan Messinger	Episode: Execution
2006	Out of Practice	Dr. Oliver Barnes	20 episodes
2008	Back to You	Gary Crezyzewski	17 episodes
2009	Damages	Douglas Schiff	Episode: I Agree, It Wasn't Funny
	Modern Family	Phil Dunphy	Currently running