Name
Jeremy Swift
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-06-27 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK
Biography
Jeremy Paul Swift (born 27 June 1960) is an English actor. He studied drama at Guildford School of Acting from 1978 to 1981. He worked almost exclusively in theatre throughout the 1980s, working with companies such as Deborah Warner's Kick Theatre and comedy performance-art group The People Show. During this period, he also appeared in numerous television commercials. In the 1990s, he acted at the National Theatre alongside David Tennant and Richard Wilson in Phyllida Lloyd's What the Butler Saw production.
Swift has acted in films such as Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park (2001), Michael Apted's historical drama Amazing Grace (2006), and the family adventure film Mary Poppins Returns (2018). He also appeared in Vanity Fair (1998), Foyle's War (2013-2015), Downton Abbey (2013-2015), The Durrells (2016), and National Treasure (2016). In 2021, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in Ted Lasso for his portrayal of Leslie Higgins. In 2025, he appears as Mr Bosworth in the 5th series of All Creatures Great and Small.
Known For
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In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of ...
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Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them...
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Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the wors...
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Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reco...
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- 2005 Oliver Twist as Mr. Bumble
- 2024 10 Lives as Happy (voice)
- 2024 Descendants: The Rise of Red as Principal Merlin
- 2007 Fred Claus as Bob Elf
- 2006 Amazing Grace as Richard the Butler
- 1983 Fords on Water as Southern Soldier
- 2014 Downhill as Steve
- 2022 The Art Of Love as Ben Parker
- 2006 Are You Ready for Love? as James
- 2015 Jupiter Ascending as Vasilliy Bolodnikov
- 2001 Dark Blue World as Cpl. Pierce
- 2009 The Antiques Rogue Show as Shaun Greenhalgh
- 2009 Red Dwarf: Back to Earth as Noddy
- 1998 The Student Prince as Shaggy
- 2010 On Expenses as Ben Leapman
- 2002 Bertie and Elizabeth as Royal Page
- 2001 Gosford Park as Arthur
- 1998 Winner Takes All as Prisoner / Dealer
- 1999 Bostock's Cup as Sam Tilton
- 2003 Reversals as Owen Doherty
- 2008 Boy A as Dave
- 1999 A Christmas Carol as Williams
- 2018 Mary Poppins Returns as Gooding / Badger (voice)
- 2003 To Kill a King as The Earl of Whitby
- 2017 Gun Shy as Charlie
- 2010 Canoe Man as DS Twist
- 2018 The Importance of Being Earnest as Reverend Chasuble
- 2010 Anton Chekhov's The Duel as Deacon
- 1999 The Tale of the Rat That Wrote as J.P. Haddock
- 2002 The Making of Gosford Park as Self (uncredited)
- 1986 Mr. Love as Boy in Projection Room
- 2016 #Starvecrow
- 2016 Mother as Edwin
- 2025 Snow White as Doc (voice)
- 2022 The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration as Self
- 2012 Room Service as Dennis Meeks
- 2025 Grow as Mr. Gregory
- 2025 Goodbye June as Dr. David Titford
- 2026 Welcome to the Fishbowl as Storm Grandquist
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 2004 The Smoking Room ( 16 episodes ) as Barry
- 2006 Live! Girls! Present Dogtown ( 1 episode )
- 1988 Red Dwarf ( 1 episode ) as Noddy
- 1997 Blind Men ( 6 episodes )
- 2014 The Crimson Field ( 6 episodes ) as QMS Reggie Soper
- 2009 Garrow's Law ( 2 episodes ) as William Grove
- 2004 Doc Martin ( 1 episode ) as Miles Green
- 2013 Count Arthur Strong ( 1 episode ) as Colin
- 1991 Paul Merton: The Series ( 1 episode )
- 2016 Houdini & Doyle ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Henry Whitaker
- 2010 Downton Abbey ( 13 episodes ) as Spratt
- 2017 Strike ( 2 episodes ) as Owen Quine
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Noah Fitch
- 2016 National Treasure ( 4 episodes ) as Simon
- 2024 Sweetpea ( 6 episodes ) as Norman
- 1999 S Club 7 ( 1 episode ) as Stewart
- 2020 Ted Lasso ( 44 episodes ) as Leslie Higgins
- 2016 The Durrells ( 4 episodes ) as Dennis
- 2009 Being Human ( 1 episode ) as Emil
- 2020 All Creatures Great & Small ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Bosworth
- 2002 Foyle's War ( 6 episodes ) as Glenvil Harris
- 2004 The Alan Clark Diaries ( 1 episode ) as Nigel Lawson
- 2004 55 Degrees North ( 1 episode ) as Jeremy Fenwick
- 2007 M.I. High ( 1 episode ) as Fenton
- 1998 Vanity Fair ( 4 episodes ) as Jos Sedley
- 1997 The Grand ( 2 episodes ) as David Jeffries
- 1991 An Actor's Life for Me ( 1 episode ) as Waldemar Krystoff
- 2018 Wanderlust ( 2 episodes ) as Neil Bellows
- 1996 Dalziel and Pascoe ( 1 episode ) as Dave Fernie
- 2026 Sofia the First: Royal Magic ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Muddykins (voice)
- 2011 The Royal Bodyguard ( 1 episode ) as Hotel Manager
