Eric Stonestreet is an American actor. He trained with ImprovOlympic and The Second City in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles. He co-starred with Sofia Vergara in the television series Modern Family from 2009 to 2020, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010 and 2012. Stonestreet also appeared in films such as Bad Teacher with Cameron Diaz, Identity Thief, The Loft, and the TV series The Santa Clauses.