Eric Stonestreet has received tremendous critical acclaim for his performance in Modern Family and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role. Eric Stonestreet was born on September 9, 1971, in Kansas City, Kansas, the USA as Eric Allen Stonestreet. He is an actor and writer, known for The Loft (2014), Modern Family (2009), and Almost Famous (2000).