Jeremy Swift

Jeremy Paul Swift (born 27 June 1960) is an English actor. He studied drama at Guildford School of Acting from 1978 to 1981. He worked almost exclusively in theatre throughout the 1980s, working with companies such as Deborah Warner's Kick Theatre and comedy performance-art group The People Show. During this period, he also appeared in numerous television commercials. In the 1990s, he acted at the National Theatre alongside David Tennant and Richard Wilson in Phyllida Lloyd's What the Butler Saw production. Swift has acted in films such as Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park (2001), Michael Apted's historical drama Amazing Grace (2006), and the family adventure film Mary Poppins Returns (2018). He also appeared in Vanity Fair (1998), Foyle's War (2013-2015), Downton Abbey (2013-2015), The Durrells (2016), and National Treasure (2016). In 2021, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in Ted Lasso for his portrayal of Leslie Higgins. In 2025, he appears as Mr Bosworth in the 5th series of All Creatures Great and Small.

Known For: Acting

Born: Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK, 1960-06-27

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Fords on Water	Southern Soldier	0
2	1986	Mr. Love	Boy in Projection Room	52
3	1998	Winner Takes All	Prisoner / Dealer	50
4	1998	The Student Prince	Shaggy	43
5	1999	Bostock's Cup	Sam Tilton	50
6	1999	The Tale of the Rat That Wrote	J.P. Haddock	60
7	1999	A Christmas Carol	Williams	69
8	2001	Dark Blue World	Cpl. Pierce	70
9	2001	Gosford Park	Arthur	68
10	2002	Bertie and Elizabeth	Royal Page	56
11	2002	The Making of 'Gosford Park'	Self (uncredited)	50
12	2003	To Kill a King	The Earl of Whitby	57
13	2003	Reversals	Owen Doherty	60
14	2005	Oliver Twist	Mr. Bumble	67
15	2006	Amazing Grace	Richard the Butler	69
16	2006	Are You Ready for Love?	James	0
17	2007	Boy A	Dave	71
18	2007	Fred Claus	Bob Elf	58
19	2009	The Antiques Rogue Show	Shaun Greenhalgh	0
20	2009	Red Dwarf: Back to Earth	Noddy	0
21	2010	On Expenses		0
22	2010	Canoe Man	DS Twist	40
23	2010	Anton Chekhov's The Duel	Deacon	62
24	2012	Room Service	Dennis Meeks	0
25	2014	Downhill	Steve	80
26	2015	Jupiter Ascending	Vasilliy Bolodnikov	55
27	2016	#Starvecrow		0
28	2016	Mother	Edwin	0
29	2017	Gun Shy	Charlie	46
30	2018	The Importance of Being Earnest	Reverend Chasuble	83
31	2018	Mary Poppins Returns	Gooding / Badger (voice)	65
32	2022	The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration	Self	80
33	2022	The Art Of Love	Ben Parker	46
34	2024	10 Lives	Happy (voice)	78
35	2024	Descendants: The Rise of Red	Principal Merlin	69
36	2025	Snow White	Doc (voice)	43
37		Grow		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	The Bill		67
2	1986	Casualty	Noah Fitch	61
3	1988	Red Dwarf	Noddy	81
4	1991	Paul Merton: The Series		40
5	1991	An Actor's Life For Me		60
6	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe	Dave Fernie	64
7	1997	The Grand		50
8	1997	Blind Men		0
9	1998	Vanity Fair	Jos Sedley	77
10	1999	S Club 7	Stewart	74
11	2002	Foyle's War	Glenvil Harris	79
12	2004	The Alan Clark Diaries		65
13	2004	The Smoking Room	Barry	81
14	2004	55 Degrees North		78
15	2004	Doc Martin	Miles Green	82
16	2006	Live!Girls! present Dogtown		0
17	2009	Being Human	Emil	70
18	2009	Garrow's Law	William Grove	73
19	2010	Downton Abbey	Spratt	81
20	2011	The Royal Bodyguard		41
21	2013	Count Arthur Strong	Colin	69
22	2014	The Crimson Field	QMS Reggie Soper	75
23	2016	Houdini & Doyle	Dr. Henry Whitaker	65
24	2016	The Durrells	Dennis	75
25	2016	National Treasure	Simon	66
26	2017	Strike	Owen Quine	71
27	2020	Ted Lasso	Leslie Higgins	84
28	2020	All Creatures Great & Small	Mr. Bosworth	82
29	2024	Sweetpea	Norman	76

Jeremy Swift

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