Bobby Cannavale Set to Guest Star on ABC's MODERN FAMILY

As first reported on TVLine.com, actor Bobby Cannavale is set to appear on the ABC comedy MODERN FAMILY.

The Emmy winning star will play the role of 'Louis', the previous partner of Cam's 'alter ego' Fizbo the Clown. Further details of the episode's plot have not yet been revealed but it is expected to air sometime in early 2012. Cannavale will soon be seen in a multi-episode arc on the upcoming Season 4 of Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie'.  

Cannavale made his Broadway debut in 2007 in Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius, for which he received a Tony Award nomination and last season, starred in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Motherf**ker with the Hat, for which he received a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award. He received rave reviews in the 2005 Off-Broadway revival of Hurlyburly. Cannavale's many television appearances include NBC's "Will & Grace" (Emmy Award), Showtime's "Nurse Jackie," HBO's "Six Feet Under" and the starring role in ABC's "Cupid." His film credits include The Station Agent (Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival; SAG Award nomination), the Sundance Film Festival hit, Win Win (which reunited him with Station Agent writer/director Tom McCarthy), The Other Guys, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, Diminished Capacity, Fast Food Nation, The Night Listener, Haven, Shall We Dance, Happy Endings, Romance & Cigarettes, Gloria, The Bone Collector and Washington Heights. 

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