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Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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BIO

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who was born October 22, 1975 in Missoula, Montana got his start in theater productions -- including a role in the Tony Award-winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and the 2007 Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

After guest spots on hit shows like Ugly Betty and a lead role in the short-lived CBS sitcom,The Class, the graduate of New York's American Musical and Dramatic Academy landed his big break in 2009 when he was cast as Mitchell Pritchett on the award-winning ABC comedy, Modern Family. Ferguson -- who plays Cameron Tucker's (Eric Stonestreet) more low-key partner -- nabbed an Emmy nomination in 2010 for his role.

The former child theater actor, who also had a role in the 2008 thriller, Untraceable, has been romantically linked to fellow actor Justin Mikita.