Ty began his career on the stage after growing up in Ashland, Oregon, home to the famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But then got his on-camera start in Ivan Reitman's Evolution
His first regular role on a TV series was on the Christopher Lloyd creation, Out of Practice, playing the vain plastic surgeon, Oliver Barnes, alongside Henry Winkler and Stockard Channing. The show lasted only one season.
On his next sitcom, Back to You
But Burrell continued to pop up in our subconscious booking TV guest spots on shows like Damages
So when it came time to cast their new sitcom, Modern Family, Levitan and Lloyd knew exactly who to cast as Phil Dunphy, the slightly delusional, trying to be hip, but falling-oh-so-short dad. Ty Burrell got the part and we'll never again say, "Where do I know that guy from?"
The cast and creative team behind ABC's Modern Family gathered for a panel discussion and screening at the Television Academy on March 3. Emmy magazine's Editor-in-Chief Juan Morales asked Ty about finally playing a nice guy in this video that was shot and edited by the Pop Culture Passionistas for the Archive of American Television.
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