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Jeremy Swift

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Jeremy Swift

Born June 27, 1960 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK36 films

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.

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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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Gosford Park posterFirst watchGosford Park20016.8as ArthurIn 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort.View film

Essential films

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Mary Poppins Returns poster6.5Mary Poppins Returns2018Jupiter Ascending poster5.5Jupiter Ascending2015Oliver Twist poster6.8Oliver Twist2005Boy A poster7.1Boy A2008Descendants: The Rise of Red poster6.7Descendants: The Rise of Red202410 Lives poster7.710 Lives2024Fred Claus poster5.9Fred Claus2007Amazing Grace poster6.9Amazing Grace2007

Filmography

36 films as actor
  1. 2026Welcome to the FishbowlStorm Grandquist
  2. 2025Goodbye JuneDr. David Titford
  3. 2025GrowMr. Gregory
  4. 2025Snow WhiteDoc (voice)
  5. 2024Descendants: The Rise of RedPrincipal Merlin
  6. 202410 LivesHappy (voice)
  7. 2022The Art Of LoveBen Parker
  8. 2018Mary Poppins ReturnsGooding / Badger (voice)
  9. 2018The Importance of Being EarnestReverend Chasuble
  10. 2017Gun ShyCharlie
  11. 2016MotherEdwin
  12. 2016#Starvecrow
  13. 2015Jupiter AscendingVasilliy Bolodnikov
  14. 2014DownhillSteve
  15. 2012Room ServiceDennis Meeks
  16. 2010Anton Chekhov's The DuelDeacon
  17. 2010Canoe ManDS Twist
  18. 2010On ExpensesBen Leapman
  19. 2009Red Dwarf: Back to EarthNoddy
  20. 2008Boy ADave
  21. 2007Fred ClausBob Elf
  22. 2007Amazing GraceRichard the Butler
  23. 2006Are You Ready for Love?James
  24. 2005Oliver TwistMr. Bumble
  25. 2003ReversalsOwen Doherty
  26. 2003To Kill a KingThe Earl of Whitby
  27. 2002Bertie and ElizabethRoyal Page
  28. 2001Gosford ParkArthur
  29. 2001Dark Blue WorldCpl. Pierce
  30. 1999A Christmas CarolWilliams
  31. 1999The Tale of the Rat That WroteJ.P. Haddock
  32. 1999Bostock's CupSam Tilton
  33. 1998The Student PrinceShaggy
  34. 1998Winner Takes AllPrisoner / Dealer
  35. 1986Mr. LoveBoy in Projection Room
  36. 1983Fords on WaterSouthern Soldier