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Jeremy Swift
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK
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…
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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.
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2026
Welcome to the Fishbowl
Movie Storm Grandquist
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2026
Sofia the First: Royal Magic
TV show Mr. Muddykins (voice)
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2025
Goodbye June
Movie Dr. David Titford
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2025
Grow
Movie Mr. Gregory
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2025
The Librarians: The Next Chapter
TV show Genie
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2025
Snow White
Movie Doc (voice)
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2024
Sweetpea
TV show Norman
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2024
Descendants: The Rise of Red
Movie Principal Merlin
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2024
10 Lives
Movie Happy (voice)
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2022
The Art Of Love
Movie Ben Parker
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2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Movie Self
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2020
All Creatures Great & Small
TV show Mr. Bosworth
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2020
Ted Lasso
TV show Leslie Higgins
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2018
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie Gooding / Badger (voice)
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2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie Reverend Chasuble
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2018
Wanderlust
TV show Neil Bellows
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2017
Gun Shy
Movie Charlie
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2017
Strike
TV show Owen Quine
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2016
National Treasure
TV show Simon
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2016
Mother
Movie Edwin
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2016
The Durrells
TV show Dennis
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2016
Houdini & Doyle
TV show Dr. Henry Whitaker
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2016
#Starvecrow
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2015
Jupiter Ascending
Movie Vasilliy Bolodnikov
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2014
Downhill
Movie Steve
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2014
The Crimson Field
TV show QMS Reggie Soper
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2013
Count Arthur Strong
TV show Colin
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2012
Room Service
Movie Dennis Meeks
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2011
The Royal Bodyguard
TV show Hotel Manager
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2010
Downton Abbey
TV show Spratt
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2010
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
Movie Deacon
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2010
Canoe Man
Movie DS Twist
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2010
On Expenses
Movie Ben Leapman
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2009
Garrow's Law
TV show William Grove
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2009
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Movie Noddy
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2009
Being Human
TV show Emil
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2009
The Antiques Rogue Show
Movie Shaun Greenhalgh
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2008
Boy A
Movie Dave
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2007
Fred Claus
Movie Bob Elf
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2007
M.I. High
TV show Fenton
