Jeremy Swift
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Sofia the First: Royal Magic
2026
Goodbye June
2025
Grow
2025
Snow White
2025
Sweetpea
2024
Descendants: The Rise of Red
2024
10 Lives
2024
The Art Of Love
2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
Ted Lasso
2020
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
2018
Wanderlust
2018
Gun Shy
2017
Strike
2017
National Treasure
2016
Mother
2016
The Durrells
2016
Houdini & Doyle
2016
#Starvecrow
2016
Jupiter Ascending
2015
Downhill
2014
The Crimson Field
2014
Count Arthur Strong
2013
Room Service
2012
The Royal Bodyguard
2011
Downton Abbey
2010
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010
Canoe Man
2010
On Expenses
2010
Garrow's Law
2009
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
2009
Being Human
2009
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
Boy A
2008
Fred Claus
2007
M.I. High
2007
Are You Ready for Love?
2006
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
2006
Amazing Grace
2006
Oliver Twist
2005
Doc Martin
2004
55 Degrees North
2004
The Smoking Room
2004
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004
Reversals
2003
To Kill a King
2003
Foyle's War
2002
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
Gosford Park
2001
Dark Blue World
2001
A Christmas Carol
1999
The Tale of the Rat That Wrote
1999
Bostock's Cup
1999
S Club 7
1999
The Student Prince
1998
Vanity Fair
1998
Winner Takes All
1998
Blind Men
1997
The Grand
1997
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
An Actor's Life for Me
1991
Paul Merton: The Series
1991
Red Dwarf
1988
Casualty
1986
Mr. Love
1986
The Bill
1984
Fords on Water
1983