
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.

Tarot
2024 · as The Hermit / The Magician

The First Omen
2024 · as Jackal Performer

Host
2020 · as The Spirit

Apartment 7A
2024 · as Satan

The Banishing
2021 · as Monk

Stopmotion
2024 · as Ash Man

The Jack in the Box: Awakening
2022 · as Jack

Vampire Virus
2020 · as Father

Werewolf Castle
2022 · as Councillor

A Werewolf in England
2020 · as Willie

The Haunting of the Tower of London
2022 · as Solomon

The Severed Sun
2025 · as The Beast

Dashcam
2022 · as The Parasite

Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2021 · as Sal-E Sparx

Double Date
2017 · as Daddy

Underground
2023 · as Jedrek / Demon

Salt
2018 · as Demon

The Fairy Moon
2025 · as Syd