Jeremy Swift
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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Films (39)
Welcome to the Fishbowl
2026 · Storm Grandquist
Au revoir June
2025 · Dr. David Titford
Grow
2025 · Mr. Gregory
Blanche Neige
2025 · Doc (voice)
Descendants : L’Ascension de Red
2024 · Principal Merlin
Croquette le chat merveilleux
2024 · Happy (voice)
The Art Of Love
2022 · Ben Parker
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022 · Self
Le retour de Mary Poppins
2018 · Gooding / Badger (voice)
The Importance of Being Earnest
2018 · Reverend Chasuble
Perdido en la fama
2017 · Charlie
Mother
2016 · Edwin
#Starvecrow
2016
Jupiter : Le Destin de l'univers
2015 · Vasilliy Bolodnikov
Downhill
2014 · Steve
Room Service
2012 · Dennis Meeks
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010 · Deacon
Canoe Man
2010 · DS Twist
On Expenses
2010 · Ben Leapman
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
2009 · Noddy
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009 · Shaun Greenhalgh
Boy A
2008 · Dave
Frère Noël
2007 · Bob Elf
Amazing Grace
2007 · Richard the Butler
Are You Ready for Love?
2006 · James
Oliver Twist
2005 · Mr. Bumble
Reversals
2003 · Owen Doherty
La Mort d'un Roi
2003 · The Earl of Whitby
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self (uncredited)
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002 · Royal Page
Un week-end à Gosford Park
2001 · Arthur
Dark Blue World
2001 · Cpl. Pierce
A Christmas Carol
1999 · Williams
The Tale of the Rat That Wrote
1999 · J.P. Haddock
Bostock's Cup
1999 · Sam Tilton
The Student Prince
1998 · Shaggy
Winner Takes All
1998 · Prisoner / Dealer
Mr. Love
1986 · Boy in Projection Room
Fords on Water
1983 · Southern Soldier
Séries (34)
The Witch Farm
2026 · Eddie Burks
Princesse Sofia : Apprentie magicienne
2026 · Mr. Muddykins (voice)
The Librarians : L’héritage de Flynn Carson
2025 · Genie
Sweetpea
2024 · Norman
James Herriot, chroniques d'un jeune vétérinaire
2020 · Mr. Bosworth
Ted Lasso
2020 · Leslie Higgins
Wanderlust
2018 · Neil Bellows
C.B. Strike
2017 · Owen Quine
Monstre sacré
2016 · Simon
La folle aventure des Durrell
2016 · Dennis
Les Mystères de Londres
2016 · Dr. Henry Whitaker
The Crimson Field
2014 · QMS Reggie Soper
Count Arthur Strong
2013 · Colin
The Royal Bodyguard
2011 · Hotel Manager
Downton Abbey
2010 · Spratt
Garrow's Law
2009 · William Grove
Being Human : La Confrérie de l'étrange
2009 · Emil
M.I. High
2007 · Fenton
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
2006
Doc Martin
2004 · Miles Green
55 degrés nord
2004 · Jeremy Fenwick
The Smoking Room
2004 · Barry
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004 · Nigel Lawson
Les enquêtes de Foyle
2002 · Glenvil Harris
S Club 7
1999 · Stewart
Vanity Fair
1998 · Jos Sedley
Blind Men
1997
The Grand
1997 · David Jeffries
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Dave Fernie
An Actor's Life for Me
1991 · Waldemar Krystoff
Paul Merton: The Series
1991
Red Dwarf
1988 · Noddy
Casualty
1986 · Noah Fitch
The Bill
1984