Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Training
Jesse Tyler Ferguson trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: Here We Are
On Broadway: Take Me Out at Gerald Schoenfeld and Helen Hayes; Fully Committed at the Lyceum; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Circle in the Square, NYC (original cast); and On the Town at the Gershwin and Delacorte
Other theatre includes: The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, A Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Shakespeare in the Park, NYC; Where Do We Live at the Vineyard, NYC; Little Fish at Second Stage, NYC; Log Cabin at Playwright Horizons; and Spamalot and The Producers at The Hollywood Bowl
TV
Modern Family, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (host), Ugly Betty, Ivy + Bean and The Class
Film
Cocaine Bear, Ice Age: Collision Course (voice) and All That We Love
Music videos
Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm Down’ and RuPaul’s ‘Glamazon’
Other projects
host of popular podcast, Dinner’s on Me
author of the cookbook, Food Between Friends
co-founder of pronoun.org
Awards
Take Me Out – Tony Award and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards
Fully Committed – Drama Desk Award
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Drama Desk Award
Modern Family – four Screen Actors Guild Awards, five Emmy nominations
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(Published April 2025. Photo: Luke Fontana)