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Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975)[1] is an American actor. From 2009 to 2020, he portrayed Mitchell Pritchett on the sitcom Modern Family, for which he earned five consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Ferguson in 2022
Born	(1975-10-22) October 22, 1975 (age 47) Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Education	American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Justin Mikita ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Website	www.jessetylerferguson.com

Ferguson made his Broadway debut in On the Town, and was in the original Broadway cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which he and his ensemble cast won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Cast Ensemble. He has appeared in theatre adaptations of A Winter's Tale, The Producers, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Spamalot and The Merchant of Venice. For his performance in the 2016 Broadway production of Fully Committed, Ferguson was awarded a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 2022 Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out.

Early years

Jesse Tyler Ferguson was born in Missoula, Montana,[1] to Anne Ferguson (née Doyle) and Robert "Bob" Ferguson.[2] His parents divorced when he was 18 years old. Ferguson has a brother, Ben Ferguson, and sister, Kelly Ferguson. Ferguson was named after his paternal grandmother, Jessie Uppercue Ferguson,[3] to whom he was very close growing up.[4] His paternal great-grandfather was also named Jesse.[5]

His family moved when he was young to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was raised.[6] At age eight he decided to become an actor, and joined the Albuquerque Children's Theater, where he was a member for six years.[7] At Albuquerque's St. Pius X High School, Ferguson played Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie and General Bullmoose in Li'l Abner. He participated on the speech and debate team and graduated in 1994.[8] He worked as a dancer/singer at Cliff's Amusement Park.[7]

After high school Ferguson attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City.

Career

Theater

In New York City, Ferguson worked mainly in Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre, including the Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, where he originated the role of Leaf Coneybear.[9] Ferguson starred in the Public Theater's 2007 Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and 2015 production of The Tempest. In the summer of 2015, he played Sir Robin in the Hollywood Bowl production of Monty Python's Spamalot.

In March 2012, Ferguson was featured as Dr. Ilan Meyer in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play 8, a staged reenactment of Perry v. Brown, the federal trial that overturned California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage.[10] The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, a non-profit organization funding the plaintiffs' legal team and sponsoring the play.[11][12]

Television and film

On television, Ferguson was among the large ensemble cast on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Class, playing Richie Velch. Ferguson co-starred in the 2008 thriller Untraceable.

From 2009 to 2020, he has played the role of Mitchell Pritchett, the openly gay lawyer on the ABC sitcom Modern Family. For his performance, Ferguson has received five consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He has also appeared as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, and opposed actress Chrissy Metz in a 2017 episode of TBS's Drop the Mic. From 2020, he has co-hosted HGTV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition together with Ty Pennington.

Other works

In 2018, Ferguson was one of the actors who voiced the audiobook A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.[13]

In 2019, Ferguson appeared in Taylor Swift's music video for "You Need to Calm Down".[14]

Philanthropy

In September 2012, Ferguson and his lawyer husband, Justin Mikita, started the non-profit charity Tie The Knot,[15] an effort to raise funds in support of same-sex marriage, using bow ties sold to retail.[16] They officially launched it as their engagement announcement in an online video where they explain only seven states at the time had same-sex marriage.[16][17][18] In an interview Ferguson stated that he wanted to do something that was smaller and manageable in case it did not work out as a business model.[19]

The foundation sells limited-edition bow ties to support organizations that advocate for same-sex marriage.[20] Their collections are designed by the couple plus guest designers, and is sold by The Tie Bar, a Naperville, Illinois-based online men's neckwear company.[20]

In January 2013, the couple were recruited by Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Sheila Simon to lobby legislators to pass SB10 which would allow same-sex marriage.[20] The bill passed both legislative houses,[21][22] and Governor Pat Quinn signed the bill into law,[23] going into effect on June 1, 2014.[24]

In October 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union named Ferguson the celebrity ambassador for the LGBT community.[25] He participated heavily in the ACLU's "Out for Freedom" campaign[26][27] They noted that Ferguson travelled to New Mexico, his home state, to take part in same sex marriage efforts. Before the state's full legalization of same-sex marriage on December 19, 2013, New Mexico did not explicitly permit or prohibit same-sex marriage; it was the only state lacking a statute or constitutional provision explicitly addressing same-sex marriage.[28] The couple's non-profit made a grant of US$10,000 to the ACLU of New Mexico for same sex efforts.[26]

In November 2013, a pop-up retail store for 'Tie The Knot' was located at the Los Angeles Beverly Center featuring the fourth collection from the couple,[29] including professional athlete designs with Scott Fujita and Chris Kluwe, and Brittney Griner.[30]

Personal life

Ferguson uses his full name as there was already an actor called Jesse Ferguson in the actors' union when he joined.[5]

In September 2012, he announced his engagement to lawyer Justin Mikita, his boyfriend of nearly two years.[31] They married in Manhattan on July 20, 2013,[32] with the playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner officiating at their wedding.[5] The couple have two children, Beckett Mercer Ferguson-Mikita born on July 7, 2020 and Sullivan Louis Ferguson-Mikita born on November 15, 2022.[33]

On the process of coming out, he said he had to tell his father three times (when he was 17, 19 and 21): "It's a coming out process for them as well, and it takes time".[34]

He has a dog named Leaf.[5] He is a known supporter of Democratic political candidates and is shown in the 2016 Democratic National Convention promotional trailer "Our Fight Song."[35]

In August 2022, Ferguson officiated his Modern Family co-star Sarah Hyland's wedding with TV personality Wells Adams. The marriage ceremony took place at the Californian Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, California.[36]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Ordinary Sinner	Ogden
2004	Mercury in Retrograde	Duane	Short film
2006	Griffin and Phoenix	Student
2008	Untraceable	Arthur James Elmer
2009	Wonderful World	Cyril
2012	The Procession	Jason	Short film
	8	Dr. Ilan Meyer
	Red		Short
2016	Ice Age: Collision Course	Shangri Llama (voice)	First animated role and film
2023	Cocaine Bear		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal	Young Tom Hemings	TV film
2002	Absolutely Fabulous	Uncredited	Episode: "Gay"
2006–2007	The Class	Richie Velch	19 episodes
2007, 2010	Ugly Betty	Dr. Gabe Farkas	Episode: "Icing on the Cake" (2007) Episode: "The Passion of the Betty" (2010)
2008	Do Not Disturb	Larry	5 episodes
2009	The Battery's Down	Shamus McKelvy	Episode: "The Party's Over"
2009–2020	Modern Family	Mitchell Pritchett	Main character
2011–2013	So You Think You Can Dance	Himself	7 episodes Guest judge
2012	Submissions Only	Jared Halstead	Episode: "Another Interruption"
	RuPaul's Drag Race	Himself	Episode: "Dads I'd Like to Frock"
2013	2013 Do Something Awards	Honoree	TV film
2013–14	Web Therapy	Steve Olson	5 episodes
2013	Hot in Cleveland	Wes	Episode: "Love Is All Around"
	Project Runway	Himself	Episode: "Tie the Knot" Guest judge
2014	Backstage with Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years		Host
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!		Episode: "Jesse Tyler Ferguson Wears a Brown Checked Shirt and Stripey Socks"
	Running Wild with Bear Grylls		Episode: "Jesse Tyler Ferguson"
2017	Nightcap		Episode: "Always a Beard, Never a Bride"
	Drop the Mic		Episode: "David Arquette vs. Brian Tyree Henry / Jesse Tyler Ferguson vs. Chrissy Metz"
2020	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		Host[37]
2021	The Good Fight	Garrison Vitar	Episode: "And the Two Partners Had a Fight..."
2022	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series	Marvin	Episode: “Into The Unknown”

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998–1999	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
	SantaLand Diaries
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Francis Flute	Public Theater (Shakespeare in the Park)
	The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
2005–2008	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	Leaf Coneybear	Broadway May 2, 2005 – June 23, 2006
2005	On the Twentieth Century	Max Jacobs	Special concert September 26
2010	The Winter's Tale	Shepard's Son	Public Theater (Shakespeare in the Park)
	The Merchant of Venice	Launcelot Gobbo	Public Theater (Shakespeare in the Park)
2012	The Producers	Leo Bloom	Hollywood Bowl July 27–29, 2012
2013	A Comedy of Errors	Dromio of Syracus / Dromio of Ephesus	Public Theater (Shakespeare in the Park)
2015	Spamalot	Sir Robin	Hollywood Bowl July 31 – August 2, 2015
2016	Fully Committed	Sam and others	Broadway April 25 – July 24, 2016
2018	Log Cabin	Ezra	Playwrights Horizons June 1 – July 18, 2018
2022	Take Me Out	Mason Marzac	Broadway March 10 – June 11, 2022

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Notes
2012	"Glamazon"	RuPaul	Guest Star
2019	"You Need to Calm Down"	Taylor Swift	Cameo

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Ensemble Performance	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	Won
2009	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Modern Family	Nominated
2010				Won
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2011	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2012	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Comedy Actor		Nominated
2013	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Comedy Actor		Nominated
2014	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2015	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2016	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Solo Performance	Fully Committed	Won
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Comedic TV Actor	Modern Family	Nominated
2019	MTV Video Music Awards	Video of the Year	"You Need to Calm Down"	Won
		Video for Good		Won
2022	Tony Award	Best Featured Actor in a Play	Take Me Out	Won
	Drama League Awards	Distinguished Performance Award		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Awards	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play		Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actor in a Play		Nominated

References

External links

• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at IMDb
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Twitter

На других языках

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[de] Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (* 22. Oktober 1975 in Missoula, Montana) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Missoula, 22 de octubre de 1975) es un actor estadounidense, conocido por interpretar a Mitchell Pritchett en la serie de televisión Modern Family

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[ru] Фергюсон, Джесси Тайлер

Дже́сси Та́йлер Фе́ргюсон (англ. Jesse Tyler Ferguson; род. 22 октября 1975) — американский актёр. Наибольшую известность ему принесла роль Митчелла Притчетта в ситкоме «Американская семейка» (2009—2020), за которую он был номинирован на пять премий «Эмми».

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