(Richard Cartwright | ABC via Associated Press) From left, Ed O'Neill, Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara, obscured, Julie Bowen, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson in a scene from "Modern Family." Burrell met his wife, Holly — a Utah native — when he was performing with the Pioneer Theatre Company in 1999. They married in 2000 and bought a home in Salt Lake City in 2008.