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Urie in 2006, photo by s_bukley /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Michael Lorenzo Urie
Place of Birth: Dallas, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 8, 1980
Ethnicity: * father – English, along with Scottish, small amount of Welsh, distant Irish and Belgian * mother – Italian
Michael Urie is an American actor, presenter, director, and producer. His roles include the series Ugly Betty , Mode After Hours , Partners , Modern Family , The Good Wife , Younger , After Forever , The Good Fight , Almost Family , The Bite , Shrinking , American Dad! , and Krapopolis ; the films WTC View , Beverly Hills Chihuahua , The Decoy Bride , Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life , Petunia , He’s Way More Famous Than You , which he also directed; Such Good People , Swan Song , Single All the Way , Maestro (2023), and Goodrich ; and the podcast As the Curtain Rises ; as well as stage performances.
He was raised in Plano, Texas.
Michael’s paternal grandfather was Robert Marvin Urie (the son of Paul Maynard Urie and Mary Lee Moore). Robert was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and had deep roots in the U.S. Paul was the son of George M. Urie and Eliza Crowell. Mary was the daughter of Robert Weston Moore and Mollie Lee Williams.
Michael’s paternal grandmother was Cynthia Anne Gower (the daughter of Jesse McMurtry “Mack” Gower and Annie Daidy Hart). Cynthia was born in Dallas, Texas, and had deep American roots. Jesse was the son of Hillman Frank Gower and Mary C. Lowe. Annie was the daughter of William Pinkney Hart and Cynthia Ann Brown.
Michael’s maternal grandfather was Lorenzo Thomas Bonazzi (the son of Bernadino “Dino” Bonazzi and Maria “Mary” Tenni). Lorenzo was born in New York City, New York, to Italian parents, from Tirano, Sondrio, Lombardy.
Michael’s maternal grandmother was Frances Theresa Nasso (the daughter of Pasquale “Charles Paul” Attanasio/Nasso and Francesca “Frances” Santarpia). Michael’s grandmother Frances was born in Long Island, New York City, to Italian parents, from Campania. Pasquale was from Nocera Superiore, Salerno, the son of Vincenzo Attanasio and Virsanza d’Auria. Michael’s great-grandmother Francesca was from Gragnano, Naples, the daughter of Alfonso Santarpia and Maria Iaccarino.
Source: Genealogy of Michael Urie – https://www.familysearch.org