James Swanton
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.
Acting
Movie
Tarot
as The Hermit / The Magician
2024
Movie
The First Omen
as Jackal Performer
2024
Movie
Host
as The Spirit
2020
Movie
Apartment 7A
as Satan
2024
Movie
The Jack in the Box: Awakening
as Jack
2022
TV
Inside No. 9
as The Curse
2014
Movie
Stopmotion
as Ash Man
2024
Movie
The Banishing
as Monk
2021
Movie
Dashcam
as The Parasite
2022
Movie
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
as Sal-E Sparx
2021
Movie
A Werewolf in England
as Willie
2020
Movie
Double Date
as Daddy
2017
Movie
The Haunting of the Tower of London
as Solomon
2022
Movie
Vampire Virus
as Father
2020
Movie
Werewolf Castle
as Councillor
2022
Movie
The Severed Sun
as The Beast
2025
Movie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
as The Mummy
2023
Movie
Salt
as Demon
2018
TV
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as The Mummy
1971
Movie
Walking Against the Rain
as The Forsaken
2022
Movie
The Thing That Ate the Birds
as The Thing That Ate the Birds
2021
Movie
Frankenstein's Creature
as The Creature
2018
Movie
A Little More Flesh
as Stanley Durall
2020
Movie
Underground
as Jedrek / Demon
2023
