Ty Burrell
Biography
Ty Burrell is an American actor who grew up in Applegate, Oregon, and is known for his lead role as the realtor Phil Dunphy on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, which ran from 2009 to 2020. That part earned him eight straight Primetime Emmy nominations and two wins, in 2011 and 2014, plus five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He studied theater arts at Southern Oregon University and earned an MFA at Penn State, and his Broadway debut came in 2000 as Lennox in a revival of Macbeth. His first credited films, Evolution and Black Hawk Down, arrived in 2001, and later credits include Dawn of the Dead (2004), The Incredible Hulk (2008), where he played Leonard Samson, and Muppets Most Wanted (2014). He starred in the sitcoms Out of Practice and Back to You, voiced roles in Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), Finding Dory (2016) and Storks (2016), and his web series Boondoggle debuted in 2016.
59years old
Turns 60 on August 22in 285 days
- Born Grants Pass
- Star sign: LeoLast day of the sign, on the Virgo cusp
- Tyler Gerald Burrell (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 16 years2001 to 2017
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Behind the award
Ty Burrell earned nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his comedy role, and in 2014 he won the individual SAG award, defeating Alec Baldwin, who had taken it seven years in a row.
Early training
Ty Burrell earned an MFA at Penn State University, where he was part of the Theatre 100 Company with Keegan-Michael Key.
First role
Ty Burrell first appeared on Broadway in the 2000 revival of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, where he played the role of Lennox.
Behind the camera
Burrell made a deal with 20th Century Fox Television in November 2014 to create his own comedy projects. In July 2020, that deal carried on when he started his production company, Desert Whale Productions.
Behind the camera
Ty Burrell's web series Boondoggle, which draws loosely on his own life, first appeared in June 2016 on ABC.com and ABCd. In July 2017 he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
Ty Burrell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tim Blake Nelson appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tim Blake Nelson's page
Scarlett Johansson's page
Bill Hader's page
Edward Norton's page
Keri Russell's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Michael KellyFair Game (2010) and Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- Kate McKinnonRough Night (2017) and Finding Dory (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Ty Burrell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.6 billion
16 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 16 worldwide figure; 1 figure not found.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.0B39.1% of the total
- 2$459M17.4% of the total
- 3$273M10.4% of the total
- 4$265M10.1% of the total
- 5$182M6.9% of the total
- 6$102M3.9% of the total
- 7$98M3.7% of the total
- 8$80M3.1% of the total
$144 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2011 to 2014, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2014 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Modern Family | Won |
| 2011 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Modern Family | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.