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Ty Burrell Joins Cast of The Switch Film

Ty Burrell
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Ty Burrell
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell will join Oscar nominee John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) in Dan Schechter’s film adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s crime novel The Switch, according to EW.com.


Burrell appeared opposite Kelsey Grammer in Macbeth on Broadway. His other stage credits include Burn This, Richard III, and Show People.

He can currently be seen as Phil Dunphy on ABC’s Modern Family, for which he received the Emmy Award. Among his many film credits are Leaves of Grass, The Incredible Hulk, and In Good Company.