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