Raised in Geneva, Switzerland, Swell grew up within a conventional family surrounded by cheese, chocolate and Patek Philippe... His career path was atypical.
He first studied and graduated from the distinguished EHL Hospitality Business School, in Lausanne, Switzerland. He then worked in an influential private Swiss bank where he realized early enough that his aspirations were lying more on the artistic end.
While searching for his true calling, he participated in a Creative Swiss contest created by a well known "soda" company, which he eventually won against thousands of participants. He also got to work on a French reality TV show in Paris. These two experiences allowed him to have a first taste of the commercial and set world as an actor.
His growing passion for the acting scene pushed him ultimately to take his first theatre class in Switzerland. Soon enough, he moved to Los Angeles and studied full time in Hollywood at The Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre.
One of his major accomplishments was to write and act in his own film, Alone. The film was screened in Cannes film festival, Awarded in Madrid International film festival and Shortlisted for the Academy Awards.