I'm a professional actor, musician, and writer. Modeled for School of Visual Arts in NYC and various magazines in LA since '99. I want to meet exciting, talented photographers who want to collaborate to create some great images that'll benefit both our careers.

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Donn Swaby graduated from the Boston University School of Theatre Arts with a BFA in acting.

His film credits include the Ridley Scott film G.I. Jane with Demi Moore, Raw Nerve with Mario Van Peebles, Nora's Hair Salon with Jenifer Lewis, Tamala Jones, Tatyana Ali, Bobby Brown, Li’l Kim, and Li'l J,  Open Window with Robin Tunney,  Bud's For Life with Eugene Bird, Eddie Griffin Jr., Cathy Doe, and Chyrstee Pharris, for which he wrote the original screenplay, and Nora‘s Hair Salon II with Bobby Brown, Stacey Dash, Ananda Lewis, Mekhi Pfeiffer, and Tatyana Ali.

His television credits include The Sopranos, Judging Amy, Crossing Jordan, The Parkers,  Half & Half,  Surface, Charmed,  and the NBC soap opera, Passions, where he played Chad Harris, the intense, aspiring music producer. He has been nominated for two Soap Opera Digest Awards (Outstanding Male Newcomer and Outstanding Younger Lead Actor) and one TV Soap Golden Boomerang Award  (Most Popular Supporting Male Star.)

His theatre credits include Seeking the Genesis at the Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway), A Raisin in the Sun (Williamstown Theatre Festival), A Preface to the Alien Garden (Trinity Rep), Fear Itself (Crossroads Theatre), two productions of Romeo and Juliet (Mermaid Theatre and the Colonial Theatre), A View From the Bridge (Source Theatre), My Children! My Africa! (New Rep Theatre), The Colored Museum (Strand Theatre), The Offering (Rip Rap Productions), Mother Courage (Boston Court Theatre), Searching for Willie Lynch (L.A. African-American Repertory Theatre Co.), and WEBEIME (L.A. African-American Repertory Theatre Co.).

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