Jesse Tyler Ferguson Biography

Fast Facts

• Worked in an amusement park as a teen
• In 1998, he made his Broadway debut as one of the leads in a revival of On the Town
• Originated the role of Leaf Coneybear in the Tony-nominated 2005 musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Made TV breakthrough in the sitcom The Class which won the 2007 People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy
• In 2012, appeared in the play 8, which focused on California's gay-marriage ban
• The gay actor, whose Modern Family character is also gay, had a publicized clash in 2012 with former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron after Cameron slammed gay marriage in a TV interview; Ferguson subsequently said, "I had a crush on Kirk Cameron until about 24 hours ago
• " (Cameron, while sticking with his opposition to gay marriage, later apologized for any hurt feelings
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