James Swanton
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1991-01-15
Place of birth: York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
James Swanton is best known for otherworldly characters. He fathered the Antichrist as both Satan in Apartment 7A (2024) and the Jackal in The First Omen (2024), as well as appearing as the Magician in Tarot (2024), the Ash Man in Stopmotion (2023), the Spirit in Host (2020) and the Creature in Frankenstein's Creature (2018). He also played the title roles in two BBC chillers: Lot No. 249 (2023), Mark Gatiss's Ghost Story for Christmas, and The Curse of the Ninth (2024) in the final series of Inside No. 9 (2014). As a stage actor, James has been closely associated with Dickens. He took his acclaimed one-man play "Sikes & Nancy" to the West End's Trafalgar Studios and annually performs "A Christmas Carol" (amongst other ghost stories) at London's Charles Dickens Museum.
Known for
Dashcam
2022The Parasite
Irving Undead
2021Henry Irving
Underground
2023Jedrek / Demon
To Fire You Come at Last
2023Ransley
The Dead of Winter
2023The Figure
Stopmotion
2024Ash Man
Stop Dead
2022The Still Man
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2023The Mummy
The Severed Sun
2025The Beast
Tarot
2024The Hermit / The Magician
The First Omen
2024Jackal Performer
Salt
2018Demon
Frankenstein's Creature
2018The Creature
Black Mass
2019Darkness
A Little More Flesh
2020Stanley Durall
Vampire Virus
2020Father
Host
2020The Spirit
A Werewolf in England
2020Willie
Double Date
2017Daddy