James Swanton
Known For
Acting
Born
1991-01-15 in 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.
Most Known For
Inside No. 9
as The Curse
Tarot
as The Hermit / The Magician
Host
as The Spirit
The First Omen
as Jackal Performer
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as The Mummy
Salt
as Demon
Apartment 7A
as Satan
Stopmotion
as Ash Man
The Banishing
as Monk
Vampire Virus
as Father
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
as The Mummy
The Severed Sun
as The Beast
The Jack in the Box: Awakening
as Jack
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as The Mummy
Underground
as Jedrek / Demon
A Werewolf in England
as Willie
The Haunting of the Tower of London
as Solomon
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
as Sal-E Sparx
Dashcam
as The Parasite
Double Date
as Daddy