Main Cast

  • Ed O'Neill

    Ed O'Neill at the 17th Annual SAG Awards on January 30, 2011

    Full name: Edward Phillip O'Neill Jr.
    Nickname: Ed
    Date of birth: April 12, 1946
    Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio
    Education: Ohio University and Youngstown State University
    Wife: Catherine Rusoff
    Children: Two daughters, Sofia (born in 1999) and Claire (born in 2006)
    Bet you didn’t know... Ed has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

    Ed O'Neill Links:

    - 10 Things You Didn't Know About Modern Family's Ed...

  • Eric Stonestreet

    Eric Stonestreet at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on August 29, 2010
    Full name: Eric Allen Stonestreet
    Date of birth: September 9, 1971
    Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas
    Education: Kansas State University
    Girlfriend: Actress, dancer, and singer Katherine Tokarz
    Twitter: @ericstonestreet
    Bet you didn’t know... Fizbo is not a product of the Modern Family writers’ brilliant minds; Eric created the clown character when he was 11.

    Much like his Modern Family character Cameron,...

  • Julie Bowen

    Julie Bowen Arrives at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 16, 2011

    Full name: Julia Bowen Luetkemeyer
    Nickname: Julie
    Date of birth: March 3, 1970
    Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
    Education: Brown University
    Husband: Real-estate investor Scott Phillips (married since September 2004)
    Children: Three sons — Oliver (born on April 10, 2007) and twins John and Gus (born on May 8, 2009)
    Bet you didn’t know... While at the tail end of filming a fake labor scene for Boston...

  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson

    Jesse Tyler Ferguson at a Modern Family Photocall During the 51st Monte Carlo Film Festival on June 8, 2011
    Full name: Jesse Tyler Ferguson
    Date of birth: October 22, 1975
    Hometown: Born in Missoula, Montana, raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Education: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City
    Boyfriend: Lawyer Justin Mikita
    Twitter: @jessetyler
    Bet you didn’t know... Jesse won Drama Desk Award in 2005!

    Jesse Tyler Ferguson got an early start in acting, joining the Albuquerque...

  • Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

    Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily in Modern Family Season 3 Promo Pic

    Little Aubrey is a new addition to the Modern Family cast. The 4-year-old will play Cameron and Mitchell’s young daughter — Lily Tucker-Pritchett. Aubrey replaces Jaden and Ella Hiller — the docile twins who portrayed Lily for the show’s first two seasons.

  • Sofia Vergara

    Sofia Vergara Arrives at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards on March 4, 2011

    Full name: Sofía Margarita Vergara
    Nickname: La Toti
    Date of birth: July 10, 1972
    Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia
    Boyfriend: Nick Loeb
    Ex-husband: Joe Gonzalez (married from 1991 to 1993)
    Son: Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara (from her first marriage, born on September 16, 1992; he’s named after a character in Scarface)
    Twitter: @SofiaVergara
    Bet you didn’t know... Sofia once dated Enrique Iglesias.

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  • Ty Burrell

    Ty Burrell at the First Annual Comedy Awards in New York City on March 26, 2011
    Full name: Tyler Gerald Burrell
    Nickname: Ty
    Date of birth: August 22, 1967
    Hometown: Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, and raised in Ashland, Oregon, and Applegate, Oregon
    Education: B.A. in theatre arts from Southern Oregon University; MFA from Pennsylvania State University
    Wife: Holly Burrell (married since 2000)
    Children: Daughter, Frances (adopted on March 18, 2010)
    Bet you didn’t know... For a period...

  • Nolan Gould

    Nolan Gould at the Critics' Choice Television Awards on June 20, 2011
    Full name: Nolan Gould
    Date of birth: October 28, 1998
    Hometown: Columbus, Georgia
    Bet you didn’t know... Nolan’s in Mensa!

    Nolan Gould: Boy Genius

    Nolan Gould started acting in commercials when he was just 3 years old, and he has worked steadily ever since. His film credits include lead roles in Space Buddies and Montana and a part in the 2011 Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis vehicle Friends With...

  • Sarah Hyland

    Sarah Hyland at the 17th Annual SAG Awards on January 30, 2011
    Full name: Sarah Jane Hyland
    Nicknames: SJ, Kitty, Raindrop
    Date of birth: November 24, 1990
    Hometown: New York City, New York
    Education: Professional Performing Arts School
    Boyfriend: High School Musical 3 star Matt Prokop (dating since June 2009)
    Twitter: @Sarah_hyland
    Bet you didn’t know... Sarah landed her Modern Family role within two weeks of relocating to Los Angeles when she was 18.

    Sarah...

  • Ariel Winter

    Ariel Winter at the 17th Annual SAG Awards on January 30, 2011
    Full name: Ariel Winter Workman
    Date of birth: January 28, 1998
    Hometown: Los Angeles, California
    Twitter: @arielwinter1
    Bet you didn’t know... Ariel writes and records her own music!

    Ariel Winter always wanted to be an actress — back when she was 4, she dreamed of entering the TV set and exploring with Dora the Explorer. After her mother hired an agent for her, Ariel landed her first paying job in...

  • Rico Rodriguez

    Rico Rodriguez Arrives at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 22, 2011
    Full name: Rico Rodriguez II
    Date of birth: July 31, 1998
    Hometown: College Station, Texas
    Twitter: @starringrico
    Bet you didn’t know... Rico is the younger brother of actress Raini Rodriguez.

    Texas born and raised, Rico Rodriguez moved to Los Angeles when he was 6 to support his sister Raini’s dream of becoming an actress. After a year of watching from the sidelines, Rico decided to enroll in...

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