How to cast object to type described by Type class?

Question

I have a object:

ExampleClass ex = new ExampleClass();

And:

Type TargetType

I would like to cast ex to ty

Answer 1

if (ex is ExampleClass) 
{
  ExampleClass myObject = (ExampleClass)ex;
}

That would do it but I guess the question is what are you trying to achieve and why? I often find that if something seems really, really difficult then I'm probably doing it wrong.