Ty Burrell

ABOUT TY BURRELL

Actor known for his role as Phil Dunphy on the ABC comedy series Modern Family . The role has earned him two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2014, he voiced the role of Mr. Peabody in the feature Mr. Peabody & Sherman and played Jean Pierre Napoleon in Muppets Most Wanted .

While attending Southern Oregon University for undergraduate studies, he worked as a bartender at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He then went on to earn a Master's degree from Penn State University .

He made his TV debut in a 2000 episode of the series Law & Order and in 2001, he played a small role in the war film Black Hawk Down .

He married Holly Burrell in 2000 and the couple has two children.

He appeared alongside Edward Norton in the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk .