Jeremy Swift
Acting
1960-06-27 · Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK
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
TheatersWelcome to the Fishbowl
2026 · Movie
Sofia the First: Royal Magic
2026 · Series
Goodbye June
2025 · Movie
Grow
2025 · Movie
Snow White
2025 · Movie
Sweetpea
2024 · Series
Descendants: The Rise of Red
2024 · Movie
10 Lives
2024 · Movie
The Art Of Love
2022 · Movie
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022 · Movie
All Creatures Great & Small
2020 · Series
Ted Lasso
2020 · Series
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · Movie
The Importance of Being Earnest
2018 · Movie
Wanderlust
2018 · Series
Gun Shy
2017 · Movie
Strike
2017 · Series
National Treasure
2016 · Series
Mother
2016 · Movie
The Durrells
2016 · Series
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · Series
#Starvecrow
2016 · Movie
Jupiter Ascending
2015 · Movie
Downhill
2014 · Movie
The Crimson Field
2014 · Series
Count Arthur Strong
2013 · Series
Room Service
2012 · Movie
The Royal Bodyguard
2011 · Series
Downton Abbey
2010 · Series
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010 · Movie
Canoe Man
2010 · Movie
On Expenses
2010 · Movie
Garrow's Law
2009 · Series
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
2009 · Movie
Being Human
2009 · Series
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009 · Movie
Boy A
2008 · Movie
Fred Claus
2007 · Movie
M.I. High
2007 · Series
Are You Ready for Love?
2006 · Movie
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
2006 · Series
Amazing Grace
2006 · Movie
Oliver Twist
2005 · Movie
Doc Martin
2004 · Series
55 Degrees North
2004 · Series
The Smoking Room
2004 · Series
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004 · Series
Reversals
2003 · Movie
To Kill a King
2003 · Movie
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Movie
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002 · Movie
Gosford Park
2001 · Movie
Dark Blue World
2001 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
1999 · Movie
The Tale of the Rat That Wrote
1999 · Movie
Bostock's Cup
1999 · Movie
S Club 7
1999 · Series
The Student Prince
1998 · Movie
Vanity Fair
1998 · Series
Winner Takes All
1998 · Movie
Blind Men
1997 · Series
The Grand
1997 · Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Series
An Actor's Life for Me
1991 · Series
Paul Merton: The Series
1991 · Series
Red Dwarf
1988 · Series
Casualty
1986 · Series
Mr. Love
1986 · Movie
The Bill
1984 · Series
Fords on Water
1983 · Movie