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