Donn Swaby (born August 20, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Chad Harris-Crane on the television soap opera Passions.

Career

He attended and graduated from Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York, then attended Boston University, receiving a degree. He played the role of Chad on Passions from the show's debut in July 1999 until September 2002, when he was replaced by Charles Divins.

Filmography

Film

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

|-

| 1997

| G.I. Jane

| Yeoman Davis

|

|-

| 1999

| Raw Nerve

| Glasses

|

|-

|rowspan=2| 2004

| Nora's Hair Salon

| Delicious

|

|-

| Buds for Life

| Dante Jones

|

|-

| 2006

| Open Window

| Greg

|

|-

| 2007

| Before and After

| Re-DickU-Lust

| Short

|-

|rowspan=2| 2008

| Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above

| Delicious

|

|-

| Somebody's Gonna Pay

| Pool Guy

| Short

|-

| 2010

| ATM

| Nathan

| Short

|-

| 2011

| The Bachelor Party

| Chris

| Video

|-

| 2015

| Wedding

| Johnny

| Short

|-

| 2016

| The Real Man

| Casting Director #2

| Short

|-

|rowspan=4| 2017

| People You May Know

| Perfect Buyer

|

|-

| The Two Professors

| Prof. Randall Harding

| Short

|-

| Star Wars: The Mission

| Lido Calrissean

| Short

|-

| Guns in the Poster

| Dan

| Short

|-

|rowspan=3| 2018

| The Date

| Harry

| Short

|-

| The Forum

| Phil

| Short

|-

| Marry My Ex Dot Com

| John

| Short

|-

| 2020

| Demon Within

| Newscaster

| Short

|}

Television

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

|-

| 1999

| The Sopranos

| Guy on Bridge

| Episode: "Pax Soprana"

|-

| 1999–2002

| Passions

| Chad Harris

| Regular Cast

|-

|rowspan=3| 2003

| The Parkers

| Charlie

| Episode: "The Hold Up"

|-

| Judging Amy

| Willie Edwards

| Episode: "Wild Card"

|-

| Half & Half

| Jason

| Episode: "The Big Much I Do About Nothing Episode"

|-

|rowspan=2| 2005

| Crossing Jordan

| Reggie Duplaix

| Episode: "Family Affair"

|-

| Surface

| Andy Cline

| Episode: "Episode #1.1"

|-

| 2006

| Charmed

| Zohar

| Episode: "Kill Billie: Vol. 2"

|-

| 2009

| Monk

| Paramedic

| Episode: "Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs"

|-

| 2010

| Gigantic

| Hugh

| Recurring cast

|-

| 2011

| Happily Divorced

| Lounge Bartender

| Episode: "Anniversary"

|-

| 2016

| How to Get Away with Murder

| Nurse

| Episode: "There's My Baby"

|}

Awards and nominations

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Year

! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Result

! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Award

! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Category

! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Work

|-

| 2009

|

|NAACP Theatre Award

| Best Ensemble

| Black Angels Over Tuskegee

|-

|-

| 2005

|

|The Golden Boomerang Award

| Most Popular Supporting Male Star

| Passions

|-

|-

| 2001

|

|NAACP Theatre Award

| Best Ensemble

| Slow Dance on the Killing Ground

|-

|-

| 2001

|

|Soap Opera Digest Awards

| Outstanding Younger Lead Actor

| Passions

|-

| rowspan=3 |2000

|

|Soap Opera Digest Awards

| Outstanding Male Newcomer

| rowspan=3|Passions

|}

References

  • Official Website (archived)
  • Another Passions Hunk to Exit