But in a "Dinner's on Me" podcast interview published Tuesday, the five-time Emmy nominee remembers the balancing act of playing Mitchell being a "tricky" one, noting that gay aud ...

J esse Tyler Ferguson may have made history as one the first gay actors to play a gay character on network TV via Modern Family, but that lofty title also came with the impossible burden of pleasing ...

Ferguson played the role of lawyer Mitchell Pritchett, the brother of Claire Dunphey. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what ...

Jay Pritchett, the patriarch, is married to a much younger Colombian woman, Gloria, with whom he has a son, Joe, and a stepson, Manny. Jay’s children, Claire and Mitchell, have their own unique ...

Ferguson said he got married to his husband Justin Mikita the same year that his character Pritchett did on the show—2013 — though the finale in which Pritchett had his wedding did not air until 2014.

The 49-year-old actor, who played Mitchell Pritchett on the beloved ABC sitcom, opened up on the July 9 episode of the Dinner's on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson podcast about the feedback the gay ...

Claire and Mitchell’s mother, Dede, comes in for a surprise visit to apologize to everyone she offended with her incident at Jay and Gloria’s wedding. Mitchell is a snob. No, n-no, I’m ...

The show followed the extended Pritchett family, with Mitchell and his partner, Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet), navigating the intricacies of a same-sex relationship while raising their adopted ...

Dive into Modern Family’s beloved world with this complete cast and character guide, spotlighting Sofia Vergara, Ty Burrell, Eric Stonestreet, and more ...

Ferguson, who portrays Mitchell Pritchett, a gay father to adopted children in the sitcom, said, "Looking for role models on television, not necessarily finding them, I love that we can be that to ...

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons played Lily Tucker-Pritchett, the adopted daughter of a same-sex couple, on the 22-time Emmy-winning series. And on Sunday, she took to TikTok to announce that she is bisexual.