Swen Temmel

Swen Temmel (born August 25, 1991, in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian–American actor and producer. He is best known for roles in the films After, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023), and Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025). As a producer, he earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Drama Series for the soap opera The Bay in 2020.

Early life Temmel was born in Graz, Austria. His father Charly Temmel, a restaurateur who managed Arnold Schwarzenegger's restaurant Schatzi on Main in Santa Monica, California. The family relocated to the United States in 1997. He attended Santa Monica Elementary School and graduated from Malibu High School. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 2018. He currently resides in Brentwood, Los Angeles, with his wife, Vanessa Temmel.

Education and training Temmel completed a two-year acting program at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in West Hollywood, CA, studied improvisation and comedic performance at The Groundlings in Hollywood, and attended a Shakespeare course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.

Career

Stage Temmel began his performance career on stage. He appeared in productions including The Laugh Lines, Master Harold...and the Boys and The Sunshine Boys sharing the stage with Dick Van Dyke in the latter production at the Malibu Stage Company, the musical Legally Blonde at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre.

Filmography

As film actor

As television actor Year Title Role Notes 2010 The Young and the Restless Teenage Victor1 episode 2013 Castle Young Frank Henson 2019–2023 The Bay Logan 11 episodes

Awards and nominations

46th Daytime Emmy Awards (2019)—Nominated Outstanding Digital Drama Series, The Bay (as executive producer)

47th Daytime Emmy Awards (2020)—Winner Outstanding Digital Drama Series, The Bay (as executive producer)

48th Daytime Emmy Awards (2021)—Nominated Outstanding Digital Drama Series, The Bay (as executive producer)

Septimius Awards (2022) — Nominated Best American Actor for American Traitor:The Trial of Axis Sally