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Jeremy Swift
Born
Jeremy Paul Swift

(1960-06-27) 27 June 1960 (age 64)
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present
SpouseMary Roscoe
Children2

Jeremy Paul Swift (born 27 June 1960) is an English actor.[1] He studied drama at Guildford School of Acting from 1978 to 1981 and worked almost exclusively in theatre throughout the 1980s, working with companies such as Deborah Warner's Kick Theatre company and comedy performance-art group The People Show. During this period Swift also worked on numerous television commercials. In the 1990s, he acted at the National Theatre working alongside David Tennant and Richard Wilson in Phyllida Lloyd's production of What the Butler Saw.

Swift 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 on Apple TV+.

Life and career

Swift was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. In the 2000s, Swift appeared in Gosford Park playing the footman Arthur, and Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist as Mr. Bumble. For BBC3, he played Barry in the cult hit The Smoking Room and had a theatrical hit with Abigail's Party, the last production at the old Hampstead Theatre and their longest running West End transfer.

In 2009, he played the lead in the true story of art forger Shaun Greenhalgh in The Antiques' Rogue Show[2] for BBC2 with Liz Smith and Peter Vaughn, The Deacon in a film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's short story The Duel and featured in Canoe Man, a 2010 TV drama based on the John Darwin disappearance case.

He starred in the independent British feature film Downhill, which is a comedy about four men attempting Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk which was released in 2014 and co-stars Ned Dennehy, Karl Theobald and Richard Lumsden. The film was directed by James Rouse and the screenplay was written by Torben Betts.

Swift is also a composer and his work includes the score for Werewolves: The Dark Survivors (Wide-eyed Entertainment) for the Discovery channel and ITV global.

On ITV, Swift played Septimus Spratt, the butler of the Dowager Countess, in Downton Abbey for three seasons and has been seen as Dennis, manservant to Countess Mavrodaki (Leslie Caron) in Episodes 3-6 of The Durrells. He also played election agent Glenvil Harris in the last two series of Foyle's War. He played Gooding in Mary Poppins Returns, which was released in 2018.

In 2020, he played the role of Leslie Higgins in Apple TV+'s show, Ted Lasso, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2021.[3][4]

Personal life

Swift is married to actress Mary Roscoe (who plays his wife, Julie Higgins, on Ted Lasso), whom he met while working on a play, and together they have two children who were both adopted.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Mr. Love Boy in Projection Room
2001 Dark Blue World Cpl. Pierce
Gosford Park Arthur
2003 To Kill a King Earl of Whitby
2005 Oliver Twist Mr. Bumble
2006 Amazing Grace Richard the Butler
Are You Ready for Love? James
2007 Boy A Dave
Fred Claus Bob Elf
2010 The Duel Deacon
2014 Downhill Steve
2015 Jupiter Ascending Vassily Bolotnikov
2017 Gun Shy Charlie
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Gooding / Badger (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Paul Merton: The Series Shoplifter 1 episode
1991 An Actor's Life For Me Waldemar Krystoff 1 episode
1995-1996 Next of Kin Ant 4 episodes
1996 Dalziel and Pascoe Dave Fernie 1 episode
1997-1998 Blind Men Graham Holdcroft Main role, 6 episodes
1997-1998 The Grand David Jeffries 2 episodes
1998 Roger Roger Vicar 1 episode
1998 The Bill Graham Thornley 1 episode
1998 Vanity Fair Jon Sedley Miniseries, 4 episodes
1999 Miami 7 Stewart 1 episode
1999 Bostock's Cup Sam Tilton Television film
1999 A Christmas Carol Mr. Williams Television film
2000 The 10th Kingdom Ball Guest Miniseries, 1 episode
2001 Barbara Eric 1 episode
2002 Bertie and Elizabeth Royal Page Television film
2004 The Alan Clark Diaries Nigel Lawson 1 episode
2004-2005 The Smoking Room Barry Main role, 17 episodes
2004; 2017 Casualty Noah Fitch / Lionel Withers 2 episodes
2005 55 Degrees North Jeremy Fenwick 1 episode
2006-2019 Doctors Various Recurring role, 8 episodes
2007-2009 M.I. High Silas Fenton 2 episodes
2009 Red Dwarf Noddy 1 episode
2009 EastEnders Adrian 2 episodes
2009 Garrow's Law William Grove 1 episode
2010 On Expenses Ben Leapman Television film
2011 Holby City Jim Fortune 1 episode
2012 The Royal Bodyguard Hotel Manager 1 episode
2012 One Night Dominic Miniseries, 1 episode
2013 Being Human Emil 1 episode
2013 Count Arthur Strong Colin 1 episode
2013-2015 Foyle's War Glenvil Harris Recurring role, 6 episodes
2013-2015 Downton Abbey Septimus Spratt Recurring role, 16 episodes
2014 The Crimson Field Quartermaster Sergeant Reggie Soper Miniseries, 6 episodes
2015 Inspector George Gently Stuart MacMillan 1 episode
2016 Houdini & Doyle Dr. Henry Whitaker 1 episode
2016 The Durrells Dennis 4 episodes
2016 National Treasure Simon 2 episodes
2016 The Moonstone Dr. Candy Miniseries, 4 episodes
2017 Strike Owen Quine 2 episodes
2018 Plebs Antonius 1 episode
2018 Wanderlust Neil Bellows Miniseries, 4 episodes
2019 Doc Martin Miles Green 1 episode
2020-present Ted Lasso Leslie Higgins Main role, 22 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Downton Abbey Nominated [5]
2019 CinEuphoria Awards Best Ensemble - International Competition Mary Poppins Returns Nominated [6]
2021 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy Ted Lasso Nominated [7]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated [8]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated

References

  1. ^ Sandford, Christopher (24 November 2009). Polanski: A Biography. Macmillan. pp. 344–. ISBN 978-0-230-61176-4. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  2. ^ "The Antiques Rogue Show". IMDb.
  3. ^ Robertson, Chris (13 July 2021). "Emmys 2021: The Crown and The Mandalorian lead nominations with 24 nods - as British talent shines". Sky News. Sky.
  4. ^ Robertson, Chris (13 July 2021). "Emmy Awards 2021: The full list of nominations - with The Crown, Pose, Lovecraft County and Black-ish dominating". Sky News. Sky.
  5. ^ "Olivier Winners 2013". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ "SAG Awards: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' 'Minari' Top Film Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. ^ Davis, Clayton (7 March 2021). "Critics Choice Awards 2021 Full Winners: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Continues Its Reign on Awards Season". Variety. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ^ "HCA TV Awards Nominations: 'Ted Lasso' Leads Programs For Inaugural Honors; NBC, HBO & Netflix Lead Nets". Deadline Hollywod. Penske Media Corporation. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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