Ty Burrell

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Ty Burrell

Born	August 22, 1967 Grants Pass, Oregon

Ty Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American film and television actor. He recently had a small role in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets. He currently stars in the sitcom Back to You on Fox. On the show, created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, Burrell plays a field reporter in broadcast news.

Before that, he was cast as Oliver Barnes, a shallow but well-meaning plastic surgeon, on the CBS sitcom Out of Practice (2006), also created by Christopher Lloyd. The show was canceled with episodes unaired in spring 2007. After that show's cancellation, he played Allan Arbus in the film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus.

Previous work includes appearances in the movies Black Hawk Down, the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, and appearances in several stage performances (like 2000's Broadway production of Macbeth, and the off-broadway plays Corners, The Blue Demon, and Burn This). Burrell's stage work also includes writing and working in the off-Broadway play Babble with his brother Duncan. He has also made an appearance as a probation officer in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Burrell is also in the upcoming Marvel adaptation of the comic, The Incredible Hulk, in which he will play Doc Samson.He's gone on record saying he does not get his powers in this movie but hopes to in later movies in various interviews.