Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Ferguson at a PFLAG event on October 1, 2010.
Born	October 22, 1975 (1975-10-22) (age 36) Missoula, Montana, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor who portrays Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Modern Family. Previously he played the role of Richie Velch in the CBS sitcom The Class. He is openly gay.^[1]

Life and career

Ferguson was born in Missoula, Montana, and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was raised.^[2] At age eight he decided to become an actor, and joined the Albuquerque Children's Theater, where he was a member for six years. In high school Ferguson played Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie, and General Bullmoose in Li'l Abner. He also joined his high school speech and debate team, and worked as a dancer/singer at Cliff's Amusement Park.^{[citation needed]}

Ferguson graduated from high school in 1994 and attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City. He worked mainly in off-Broadway and Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-winning, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, where he originated the role of Leaf Coneybear.^[3]

In the summer of 2007 Ferguson starred in the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and co-starred in the 2008 thriller, Untraceable. Ferguson appears in the ABC sitcom Modern Family.^[4] and like his character in Modern Family, Ferguson is gay.^[5] He has been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Role in a Comedy Series at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards and the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for this role. He submitted the season one finale episode, "The Family Portrait", and the season two episode, "Halloween", for consideration in each year.

Filmography

• 2000: Sally Hemings: An American Scandal – Young Tom Hemings
• 2001: Ordinary Sinner – Ogden
• 2002: Mercury in Retrograde – Duane
• 2006: Griffin and Phoenix – Student
• 2007: The Class – Richie Velch (19 episodes)
• 2008: Untraceable – Arthur James Elmer
• 2008: Do Not Disturb – Larry
• 2009: Wonderful World – Cyril
• 2009-present: Modern Family – Mitchell Pritchett
• 2010: Ugly Betty – Dr. Gabe Farkus (2 episodes)
• 2011 So You Think You Can Dance - Guest judge Wednesday July 13, 2011

Stage productions

• On the Town – Chip (Broadway Revival, November 19, 1998 – January 17, 1999)
• The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told – (Off Broadway)
• Little Fish – Marco (Off Broadway)
• Where Do We Live
• newyorkers
• Hair – Margaret Mead – (Encores!)
• SantaLand Diaries
• A Midsummer Night's Dream – Francis Flute – Public Theatre (Shakespeare in the Park)
• The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee– Leaf Coneybear (Broadway, May 2, 2005 – January 20, 2008)
• On the Twentieth Century – Max Jacobs (Special Concert, September 26, 2005)
• The Merchant of Venice – Launcelot Gobbo – Public Theatre (Shakespeare in the Park) - Summer 2010

Awards

• 2005 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Ensemble Performance – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• 2010 Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Modern Family

References

1. ^ Staff writers (25 August 2011). "Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his boyfriend show off their water sports skills on Hawaiian holiday". The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2029885/Modern-Family-star-Jesse-Tyler-Ferguson-boyfriend-water-sports-skills-Hawaiian-holiday.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Mitchell Played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson". ABC. http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/bio/mitchell-/274491. Retrieved August 6, 2011. 
3. ^ Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2011
4. ^ Kelly Woo (23 September 2009). "Jesse Tyler Ferguson Talks 'Modern Family,' Gay Dads and Twitter". Inside TV (Aol). http://insidetv.aol.com/2009/09/23/jesse-tyler-ferguson-talks-modern-family-gay-dads-twitter/. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
5. ^ Justin Ravitz (2010). "All In The Family". Out. http://out.com/detail.asp?id=25913. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 

External links

• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Internet Movie Database
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Twitter

Preceded by originated role

Portraying Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2005–2006

Succeeded by Barrett Foa

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Name	Ferguson, Jesse Tyler
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Date of birth	October 22, 1975
Place of birth	Missoula, Montana, USA
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