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Jesse Tyler Ferguson
June 2007
Born	October 22, 1975 (1975-10-22) (age 34) Missoula, Montana, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor known for his role as Richie Velch in the CBS sitcom The Class and currently seen as Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Modern Family.

Biography

Ferguson was born in Missoula, Montana. At age eight, Ferguson decided to become an actor. He joined the Albuquerque Children's Theater and was a member for six years. In high school, Jesse 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. Jesse 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.

In the summer of 2007, Jesse starred in the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer's Night Dream.

He also recently starred in the 2008 thriller Untraceable. Ferguson currently appears in the ABC sitcom, Modern Family.^[1] Ferguson is openly gay.^[2]

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
• 2010 Ugly Betty – Gabe Farkus (2 episodes)
• 2010 Modern Family – Mitchell Pritchett

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 (musical) – 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)

Awards

• 2005 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Ensemble Performance – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

References

External links

• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Internet Movie Database
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at TV.com

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