Basil was born in Zurich, Switzerland on January the 9th 1993 and started out by taking singing lessons at the Zurich Music Conservatory before embarking on a two year course at the European Actor School. Having started his career in a German comedy film 'Let's Get a Divorce' in 2009, for two years he was a leading actor in Swiss youth sitcom 'Best Friends' before dividing his time between Zurich and London from where he graduated with an acting degree from the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in 2013. In 2016 he made his British television debut in costume drama 'Victoria'.