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
Tarot
2024
as The Hermit / The Magician
The First Omen
2024
as Jackal Performer
Host
2020
as The Spirit
Stopmotion
2024
as Ash Man
Apartment 7A
2024
as Satan
The Jack in the Box: Awakening
2022
as Jack
The Banishing
2021
as Monk
The Severed Sun
2025
as The Beast
The Haunting of the Tower of London
2022
as Solomon
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2021
as Sal-E Sparx
Dashcam
2022
as The Parasite
Werewolf Castle
2022
as Councillor
A Werewolf in England
2020
as Willie
Double Date
2017
as Daddy
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2023
as The Mummy
Vampire Virus
2020
as Father
Salt
2018
as Demon
Underground
2023
as Jedrek / Demon
The Dead of Winter
2023
as The Figure
Stop Dead
2022
as The Still Man