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