Before this fellow with red hair and a spiffy blue bandana turned into an actor, he was just working on his acting skills, while growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico ... and spittin' facts on the speech and debate team ...
After graduating high school in 1994, he moved to New York City and attended The American Musical Dramatic Academy. He has quite the resume with work in theater, but you may recall him best crackin' jokes with his modern family.
Need one more lil' clue? He appeared as a judge on "So You Think You Can Dance!"
Huge congrats to "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet -- the actor just tied the knot with longtime love Lindsay Schweitzer after a four-year engagement!
On Monday, the 54-year-old shared snaps from their Kansas City dream wedding on IG -- including their first dance, serenaded by a squad of acoustic guitarists.
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Eric looked sharp in a navy suit and blue tie, while Lindsay absolutely glowed in classic bridal white.
Sofia Vergara's made a name for herself by flaunting her flawless physique on the small screen ... and you gotta imagine she's piqued the interest of plenty of guys!
Turns out that's a fact, as the "Modern Family" actress has had quite the love life, which has involved both marriage -- marriages, actually -- motherhood, and plenty of boyfriends.
We're going to take a look back at who the performer's been linked to in her past ... as well as the people who've put a ring on her finger -- at least for a while.
Sofia Had A Kid When She Was Just 19
Vergara's love life stretches all the way back to her teenage years, as she married her first husband -- and high school sweetheart -- Joe Gonzalez when she was just 18.
The pair went on to welcome a son named Manolo after the actress turned 19, and she later told People she found the fact she "kind of grew up together with my son" to be a positive thing in her later years.
Vergara and Gonzalez amicably went their separate ways after two years of marriage ... she told Parade her ex-husband would stay at her house during his visits to the United States.
The actress was later linked to nightclub owner Chris Paciello, who she met after she moved from her native Colombia to Miami, Florida.
However, Vergara's romance with the nightlife figure didn't last, and the pair ultimately broke up.
Sofia Had A Legal Battle With Her Former Fiancé
The actress eventually began seeing businessman Nick Loeb, who she started dating in 2010.
The pair dated for two years before they decided to get engaged in 2012, and the actress froze several of her embryos the following year in anticipation of welcoming another child via surrogate.
However, Vergara and Loeb shocked her fans when they abruptly called off their engagement in 2014 ... and they subsequently began a legal dispute regarding the status of the frozen embryos.
According to People, the actress filed a set of legal documents in California, hoping to block her former fiancé from utilizing the embryos if he did not obtain her written consent.
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A request for a permanent injunction was granted, and Loeb was restricted from using the embryos "to create a child without the explicit written permission of the other person," according to court documents.
Vergara Embraced Married Life Again ... For A While
Vergara moved on with actor Joe Manganiello, who she met at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, following her separation from Loeb.
The pair only dated for a few months before they announced their engagement that December, and they went on to make things official in a wedding ceremony in 2015.
Vergara and Manganiello remained together for nearly a decade in July 2023 before they announced they were planning to separate.
Vergara opened up about her split in an interview with Spanish newspaper El País, claiming Manganiello wanted to start a family with her -- but she didn't "want to be an old mom."
Vergara Embraced Being Single ... And Dated A Surgeon
The actress dusted herself off following her divorce and moved on with orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman, with whom she was first spotted in October 2023.
However, Vergara alluded to a split with Saliman while speaking to Access Hollywood at the 2025 Golden Globes ceremony ... she claimed she was manifesting "a boyfriend, or a lover, maybe" for the new year.
The actress set off the rumor mill when she was spotted with Tom Brady in several photos taken during a star-studded yacht trip in Spain in July 2025.
However, our sources told us the pair's connection was apparently just a summer fling ... sorry, folks!
Another hot summer day, and another sexy star celebrating their birthday -- Kick off Sofia Vergara's 53rd birthday with her hot shots ... They're on fuego 🔥!
From her days playing Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on "Modern Family," ... to Griselda Blanco on Netflix's "Griselda," Sofia's stunning looks show out both on the screen and off ...
Look back at this bikini booty the actress shared on social media ... Nothin' but swimwear bottoms and a topless shot to top off her chill vacay look!
Blessing you with another bum shot -- but this angle hits different with a head-on view ... You're quite welcome 😘.
Less is more and our hot shots gallery is where it's at!
"Modern Family" star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is going all out for Pride Month -- proudly coming out as bisexual.
Aubrey picked the perfect way to come out -- lip-syncing to her own iconic "I’m not Vietnamese, I’m gay!" line from the sitcom in a TikTok drop Sunday. Talk about a full-circle moment!
The 18-year-old kept it real in her caption too: "People keep joking about me being gay when I literally am (I’m bi)."
Before this precious baby girl turned into an American actress, she was just too cute in her little plaid dress, growin' up and walking around the East Village, and attending the Professional Performing Arts School in The Big Apple ...
At just 7 years old, she booked her first role playing Howard Stern's daughter in the movie "Private Parts" back in 1997. About a decade later, she landed on a popular television show with Julie Bowenand Jesse Tyler Ferguson. In 2017, she found love with a "Bachelorette" contestant.
Need one more clue? She hosted a popular reality show.
Comedian Jeff Dye's taking a blowtorch to Sarah Hyland's family-friendly image -- 'cause he says the sitcom star's the worst -- and, he went out of his way to ruin her big moment on a movie set.
Dye sat down for an interview on "The George Janko Show" ... and, he talked about his time on "The Wedding Year" -- a 2019 rom-com starring Hyland, Tyler James Williams, Jenna Dewan and Anna Camp.
In the movie, Dye plays Camp's character's husband ... a role he says landed him on set for all of 30 seconds -- long enough to see Sarah's worst parts, Jeff claims.
Two "Modern Family" stars had Thanksgiving day emergencies, and in both cases one of their kids ended up in the ER.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson rushed one of his sons to a New York City hospital on Turkey Day. He posted a pic of him plopped down on a hospital bed with his son lying on his chest, with medical gadgets covering the area.
It's unclear which son had the emergency since you only see the back of his head. He has 2 sons -- 4-year-old Beckett and 2-year-old Sully. The good news, the kids are fine, according to Jesse.
Sarah Hyland is cutting out her former manager from his cut of her "Modern Family" paychecks ... at least according to a new lawsuit.
The "Modern Family" star is being sued by Richard Konigsberg, who claims he served as her personal and professional manager for 15 years and helped her land her breakthrough role on the hit sitcom.
In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Richard says Sarah unceremoniously fired him in April in what he believes is an attempt to get out of paying him his 10% commission on a couple lucrative projects he helped Sarah land.
Scary moment for Sarah Hyland -- cops say her home recently got hit by intruders after she says she saw a couple men in masks leaving on her security cameras.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the "Modern Family" star's Los Angeles area home was burglarized last Saturday night -- right around sunset, mind you, while it was still daylight out -- and the suspects ended up smashing a glass window to gain entry into her crib.
Luckily, our sources tell us Sarah was out of town at the time of the incident -- but she was still involved. We're told she actually ended up seeing the dudes who broke in with her own eyes.
Julie Bowen acknowledges she helped her "Modern Family" costar Sarah Hyland leave an abusive relationship in the past ... and also says she didn't even think twice about it.
The actress talked about Sarah's 2014 breakup on Monday's episode of "The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast," and when it was pointed out to her that SH had shouted her out for helping her at the time, Julie made it seem like it was a no-brainer and NBD.
Julie explained her intervention was the obvious thing to do, just a case of "a responsible adult that happened to be around at the right time." She says she was sure others would have done the same.
Sarah Hyland seems to have a new trick to pull out in the bedroom with her hubby ... 'cause she totally turned him on when she whipped out a new snazzy off-Broadway accent.
The actress told the raunchy tale on "Live with Kelly and Mark" Friday ... saying she's going with a somewhat toned-down version for her 'Little Shop of Horrors' character Audrey, who normally has a strong New York accent -- something she's been working on for her new gig.
That said, she's still got a bit of Brooklynese mixed up in her speech, and she gave her hubby Wells Adams a sneak peek to surprising results ... and he found real hot, apparently.
Matt Prokop -- a former child actor who was the subject of a restraining order for allegedly abusing Sarah Hyland -- has been arrested in Texas, TMZ has learned.
Victoria PD Sergeant Dailey tells TMZ ... Prokop and his girlfriend were out together Saturday when she allegedly told someone Matt assaulted her. Police were called to the location, but say the two were gone when they arrived.
About an hour later, cops say they received a call about a disturbance at another spot in Victoria ... where they say they found Matt and his girlfriend.
Ariana Madix está extendiendo sus alas en el mundo de los realities show, ahora como anfitriona de "Love Island USA", luego de la salida de Sarah Hyland de la franquicia.
Fuentes con conocimiento directo le dicen a TMZ que la estrella de "Vanderpump Rules" se convertirá en la nueva anfitriona de "Love Island USA" en su próxima temporada, lo que significa que va a sustituir a Sarah, quien ha estado como conductora durante las últimas dos temporadas (Temporada 4 y 5).
En términos de por qué ocurre este cambio, nuestras fuentes dicen que Sarah se va porque optó por otra oportunidad que estaba buscando y dio la casualidad de que ese proyecto estaba agendado para ser filmado en el mismo período que "Love Island USA".
