Jeremy Swift
Acting • Born 1960-06-27
Biography
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
68 credits
Oliver Twist
Movie • 2005
Mr. Bumble
10 Lives
Movie • 2024
Happy (voice)
Descendants: The Rise of Red
Movie • 2024
Principal Merlin
Fred Claus
Movie • 2007
Bob Elf
Amazing Grace
Movie • 2006
Richard the Butler
Fords on Water
Movie • 1983
Southern Soldier
Downhill
Movie • 2014
Steve
The Art Of Love
Movie • 2022
Ben Parker
Are You Ready for Love?
Movie • 2006
James
Jupiter Ascending
Movie • 2015
Vasilliy Bolodnikov
Dark Blue World
Movie • 2001
Cpl. Pierce
The Antiques Rogue Show
Movie • 2009
Shaun Greenhalgh
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Movie • 2009
Noddy
The Student Prince
Movie • 1998
Shaggy
On Expenses
Movie • 2010
Bertie and Elizabeth
Movie • 2002
Royal Page
Gosford Park
Movie • 2001
Arthur
Winner Takes All
Movie • 1998
Prisoner / Dealer
Bostock's Cup
Movie • 1999
Sam Tilton
Reversals
Movie • 2003
Owen Doherty
Boy A
Movie • 2008
Dave
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1999
Williams
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Gooding / Badger (voice)
To Kill a King
Movie • 2003
The Earl of Whitby
Gun Shy
Movie • 2017
Charlie
Canoe Man
Movie • 2010
DS Twist
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 2018
Reverend Chasuble
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
Movie • 2010
Deacon
The Tale of the Rat That Wrote
Movie • 1999
J.P. Haddock
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
Mr. Love
Movie • 1986
Boy in Projection Room
#Starvecrow
Movie • 2016
Mother
Movie • 2016
Edwin
Snow White
Movie • 2025
Doc (voice)
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Movie • 2022
Self
Room Service
Movie • 2012
Dennis Meeks
Grow
Movie • 2025
Mr. Gregory
Goodbye June
Movie • 2025
Dr. David Titford
The Bill
TV • 1984
The Smoking Room
TV • 2004
Barry
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
TV • 2006
Red Dwarf
TV • 1988
Noddy
Blind Men
TV • 1997
The Crimson Field
TV • 2014
QMS Reggie Soper
Garrow's Law
TV • 2009
William Grove
Doc Martin
TV • 2004
Miles Green
Count Arthur Strong
TV • 2013
Colin
The Royal Bodyguard
TV • 2011
Paul Merton: The Series
TV • 1991
An Actor's Life For Me
TV • 1991
Houdini & Doyle
TV • 2016
Dr. Henry Whitaker
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Dave Fernie
Downton Abbey
TV • 2010
Spratt
Strike
TV • 2017
Owen Quine
Casualty
TV • 1986
Noah Fitch
National Treasure
TV • 2016
Simon
Sweetpea
TV • 2024
Norman
S Club 7
TV • 1999
Stewart
Ted Lasso
TV • 2020
Leslie Higgins
The Durrells
TV • 2016
Dennis
Being Human
TV • 2009
Emil
All Creatures Great & Small
TV • 2020
Mr. Bosworth
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Glenvil Harris
The Alan Clark Diaries
TV • 2004
Nigel Lawson
55 Degrees North
TV • 2004
Jeremy Fenwick
M.I. High
TV • 2007
Fenton
Vanity Fair
TV • 1998
Jos Sedley
The Grand
TV • 1997
David Jeffries