Modern Family: Great Expectations
09:30 am - 10:00 am, Sunday, May 3 on E4 +1 (30)
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Great Expectations
Season 1, Episode 8
Claire determines to give Phil the perfect anniversary present and lose her reputation for offering bad gifts, so she hires one of their favourite musicians for a private performance. Mitchell and Cam's party girl friend Sal comes to visit. Guest starring Edward Norton and Elizabeth Banks
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Julie Bowen
(Actor)
.. Claire Dunphy
Ty Burrell
(Actor)
.. Phil Dunphy
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
(Actor)
.. Mitchell Pritchett
Eric Stonestreet
(Actor)
.. Cameron
Elizabeth Banks
(Actor)
.. Sal
Edward Norton
(Actor)
.. Izzy LaFontaine
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Did You Know..
Julie Bowen
(Actor)
.. Claire Dunphy
Born:
March 03, 1970
in
Baltimore, Maryland
Best Known For:
Playing Claire in Modern Family.
Early-life:
Julia Bowen Luetkemeyer was born on March 3, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the middle of three daughters to Jack and Susie Luetkemeyer. Her father made his fortune in commercial real estate. In her junior year, she spent a year abroad in Florence, Italy. During college, she had roles in Guys and Dolls, Stage Door and Lemon Sky.
Career:
After graduating from Brown University, Bowen landed a part on soap opera Loving and made her prime-time debut on Class of '96. In films, she played the love interest of the title character in Happy Gilmore. Other film roles followed in An American Werewolf in Paris and Multiplicity. She played Carol Phyllis Vessey in the NBC comedy-drama ED between 2000 and 2004. More recently, she has played the role of Claire Dunphy since 2009 in popular ABC sitcom Modern Family, and featured in Horrible Bosses alongside Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston.
Quote:
On breastfeeding her twins: 'It's like two little liposuction machines on you. They suck the fat out of you.'
Trivia:
She has won a number of awards for her role on Modern Family.
Ty Burrell
(Actor)
.. Phil Dunphy
Born:
August 22, 1967
in
Grants Pass, Southern Oregon
Best Known For:
Playing Phil Dunphy in Modern Family.
Early-life:
Ty Burrell was born on August 22, 1967, in Grants Pass, Southern Oregon. He attended Hidden Valley High School in Grants Pass, where he played football and was a lineman for the Hidden Valley Mustangs. After leaving high school, he attended Southern Oregon University in Ashland and graduated with a degree in theatre arts in 1993. While in college, he worked as a bartender at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Career:
Burrell's early work includes several stage performances, including playing Lennox in Macbeth on Broadway in 2000. A number of smaller roles followed in films and on TV. He appeared in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down in 2001 and the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. He was a shallow but well-meaning plastic surgeon on CBS sitcom Out of Practice in 2005. He played Doc Samson in the movie adaptation of The Incredible Hulk in 2008. In the same year, he played a field reporter in Fox sitcom Back to You. It was cancelled after one season. Back to You was created by former Frasier writers Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. Burrell joined Lloyd and Levitan's ABC sitcom Modern Family in 2009.
Quote:
On why he is so drawn to moustaches: 'I find them appealing because it's the only facial hair I can grow. I can't grow a beard.'
Trivia:
Burrell supports the New York Mets baseball team.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
(Actor)
.. Mitchell Pritchett
Born:
October 22, 1975
in
Missoula, Montana
Best Known For:
Modern Family.
Early-life:
Jesse Tyler Ferguson was born on October 22, 1975, in Missoula, Montana. He knew from an early age he wanted to become an actor, joining the Albuquerque Children's Theater when he was eight. He graduated from High School in 1994 and attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York.
Career:
In New York, Ferguson worked mainly in off-Broadway and Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. In the summer of 2007, he starred in the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2007, he played the role of Richie Velch on short-lived CBS sitcom The Class. He can currently be seen playing Mitchell Pritchett in popular ABC sitcom Modern Family.
Quote:
On going to school: "I lived every day in fear. I left school in the eighth grade and I went to a different school. It was hard. It was a horrible, horrible experience."
Trivia:
He once worked as a singer at an amusement park.
Eric Stonestreet
(Actor)
.. Cameron
Born:
September 09, 1971
in
Kansas City, Kansas
Best Known For:
Playing Cameron Tucker in Modern Family.
Early-life:
Eric Stonestreet was born on September 9, 1971, in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a graduate of Piper High School in Kansas and Kansas State University. He spent two years doing plays and improvisation in Chicago.
Career:
Stonestreet's first major film role came in 2000, when he played a desk clerk in Almost Famous. He has also made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Dharma & Greg, Spin City, ER, The West Wing, Crossing Jordan and Bones. He played Ronnie Litre in a number of episodes on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. His other acting credits include roles in several commercials for Volkswagen, IBM and Xerox among others. He can currently be seen in the popular ABC sitcom Modern Family.
Quote:
On Modern Family: 'We have writers who are not only funny people, but people who are experiencing exactly what our show is about.'
Trivia:
In 2014, he appeared in Weird Al Yankovic's music video for Tacky.
Elizabeth Banks
(Actor)
.. Sal
Born:
February 10, 1974
in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Best Known For:
The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Hunger Games movies.
Early-life:
Born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1974, she is the eldest of four children. She was playing in a little league baseball team when she broke her leg sliding into third base. Trying out for a school play sparked her interest in acting. She went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania and the American Conservatory Theater.
Career:
Banks had small roles in various films before she raised her profile in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). She went on to star in Slither (2006), Meet Bill (2007), Fred Claus (2007), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), W. (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) and Pitch Perfect (2012). She was unrecognisable as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games (2012) and its sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). On the small screen, Banks has had recurring roles on Scrubs and 30 Rock.
Quote:
'I'm pleased that Hollywood hasn't figured out how to pigeonhole me yet.'
Trivia:
Her ancestry includes English, Irish Scottish and Dutch.
Edward Norton
(Actor)
.. Izzy LaFontaine
Born:
August 18, 1969
in
Columbia, Maryland
Best Known For:
Fight Club.
Early-life:
Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Columbia, Maryland. He's the oldest of three children. His father was a lawyer working for the American National Trust for Historical Preservation, while his mother was a teacher. Norton knew from the age of five he wanted to be an actor, and spent most of his spare time working with various theatre groups. He attended Columbia School for Theatrical Arts and Yale University.
Career:
Norton started out his acting career with New York's Signature Theatre Company. He gravitated to film and received an Oscar nomination for his first movie, Primal Fear, in 1996. He then landed parts in Everyone Says I Love You and The People vs Larry Flynt. He gained another Academy Award nod for American History X in 1998 and starred in David Fincher's critically acclaimed Fight Club a year later. In 2000 he produced, directed and starred in Keeping the Faith. In 2002 he worked on the screenplay for and appeared in Frida. Films since include Red Dragon, The 25th Hour, a remake of The Italian Job, Moonrise Kingdom, The Incredible Hulk and The Bourne Legacy.
Quote:
'Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided, it should be faced.'
Trivia:
In 2012, he played football in charity event Soccer Aid to raise money for UNICEF.
