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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Tarot (2024) — The Hermit / The Magician
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The First Omen (2024) — Jackal Performer
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Host (2020) — The Spirit
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Apartment 7A (2024) — Satan
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The Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022) — Jack
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Inside No. 9 (2014) — The Curse
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Stopmotion (2024) — Ash Man
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The Banishing (2021) — Monk
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Dashcam (2022) — The Parasite
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Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021) — Sal-E Sparx
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A Werewolf in England (2020) — Willie
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Double Date (2017) — Daddy
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The Haunting of the Tower of London (2022) — Solomon
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Vampire Virus (2020) — Father
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Werewolf Castle (2022) — Councillor
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The Severed Sun (2025) — The Beast
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 (2023) — The Mummy
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Salt (2018) — Demon
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A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) — The Mummy
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Walking Against the Rain (2022) — The Forsaken
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The Thing That Ate the Birds (2021) — The Thing That Ate the Birds
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Frankenstein's Creature (2018) — The Creature
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A Little More Flesh (2020) — Stanley Durall
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Underground (2023) — Jedrek / Demon
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Stop Dead (2022) — The Still Man
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Irving Undead (2021) — Henry Irving
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The Dead of Winter (2023) — The Figure
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The Fairy Moon (2025) — Syd
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To Fire You Come at Last (2023) — Ransley
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Black Mass (2019) — Darkness