James Swanton
Known for Acting · 30 credits
- Born
- 1991-01-15 (age 35)
- 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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (28)
Tarot
2024
as The Hermit / The Magician
The First Omen
2024
as Jackal Performer
Host
2020
as The Spirit
Apartment 7A
2024
as Satan
The Jack in the Box: Awakening
2022
as Jack
Stopmotion
2024
as Ash Man
The Banishing
2021
as Monk
The Severed Sun
2025
as The Beast
Dashcam
2022
as The Parasite
The Haunting of the Tower of London
2022
as Solomon
Werewolf Castle
2022
as Councillor
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2021
as Sal-E Sparx
Vampire Virus
2020
as Father
Frankenstein's Creature
2018
as The Creature
Walking Against the Rain
2022
as The Forsaken
A Werewolf in England
2020
as Willie
Salt
2018
as Demon
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2023
as The Mummy
Double Date
2017
as Daddy
Black Mass
2019
as Darkness
To Fire You Come at Last
2023
as Ransley
Stop Dead
2022
as The Still Man
Underground
2023
as Jedrek / Demon
The Dead of Winter
2023
as The Figure
A Little More Flesh
2020
as Stanley Durall
Irving Undead
2021
as Henry Irving
The Thing That Ate the Birds
2021
as The Thing That Ate the Birds
The Fairy Moon
2025
as Syd
About James Swanton
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 be… With 30 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, James Swanton has appeared in 28 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Swanton Movies
- Tarot (2024) — as The Hermit / The Magician
- The First Omen (2024) — as Jackal Performer
- Host (2020) — as The Spirit
- Apartment 7A (2024) — as Satan
- The Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022) — as Jack
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