He had a leading role in Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension and he also performed in Sabrina: The Animated Series.
Switzer attended his first audition and won his first role, in a Shari Lewis special, when he was a teenager.
[3] Switzer was noticed for his starring role in Mr. Rice's Secret (2000), in which he played a young cancer patient.
[4] The Vancouver Province wrote, "[T]here's an appealing freshness to the young cast of this Vancouver-filmed movie, especially Switzer in the lead role".
[7] Switzer, who lived in Tsawwassen at the time Mr. Rice's Secret was in production, was reported to be a good swimmer and baseball player in his youth.