Born 1991 (age 35) · York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Appears in 30 titles

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

Tarot
6.4
Tarot
2024
as The Hermit / The Magician
The First Omen
6.8
The First Omen
2024
as Jackal Performer
Host
6.6
Host
2020
as The Spirit
Apartment 7A
6.2
Apartment 7A
2024
as Satan
The Jack in the Box: Awakening
Stopmotion
6.2
Stopmotion
2024
as Ash Man
The Banishing
5.2
The Banishing
2021
as Monk
Dashcam
4.9
Dashcam
2022
as The Parasite
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
5.6
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2021
as Sal-E Sparx
A Werewolf in England
5.7
A Werewolf in England
2020
as Willie
Double Date
5.4
Double Date
2017
as Daddy
The Haunting of the Tower of London
Vampire Virus
4.9
Vampire Virus
2020
as Father
Werewolf Castle
5.1
Werewolf Castle
2022
as Councillor
The Severed Sun
6.0
The Severed Sun
2025
as The Beast
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Salt
6.1
Salt
2018
as Demon
Walking Against the Rain
4.0
Walking Against the Rain
2022
as The Forsaken
The Thing That Ate the Birds
6.5
The Thing That Ate the Birds
2021
as The Thing That Ate the Birds
Frankenstein's Creature
8.3
Frankenstein's Creature
2018
as The Creature