Jeremy Swift
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.
69 acting credits
Acting · 69
Casualty
1986
Downton Abbey
2010
Ted Lasso
2020
Red Dwarf
1988
Foyle's War
2002
The Bill
1984
Doc Martin
2004
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
Snow White
2025
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Strike
2017
Being Human
2009
M.I. High
2007
Jupiter Ascending
2015
The Durrells
2016
Descendants: The Rise of Red
2024
S Club 7
1999
Sweetpea
2024
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Garrow's Law
2009
Gosford Park
2001
Count Arthur Strong
2013
The Grand
1997
Oliver Twist
2005
National Treasure
2016
The Crimson Field
2014
Wanderlust
2018
10 Lives
2024
55 Degrees North
2004
Fred Claus
2007
Vanity Fair
1998
Paul Merton: The Series
1991
The Smoking Room
2004
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004
Goodbye June
2025
Amazing Grace
2006
A Christmas Carol
1999
The Royal Bodyguard
2011
Gun Shy
2017
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
An Actor's Life for Me
1991
Boy A
2008
Dark Blue World
2001
To Kill a King
2003
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010
Grow
2025
Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
2006
Reversals
2003
On Expenses
2010
Blind Men
1997
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
2009
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
Mother
2016
Mr. Love
1986
Are You Ready for Love?
2006
The Student Prince
1998
Canoe Man
2010
Bostock's Cup
1999
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
Downhill
2014
The Importance of Being Earnest
2018
#Starvecrow
2016
The Art Of Love
2022
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
Fords on Water
1983
Winner Takes All
1998
The Tale of the Rat That Wrote
1999
Room Service
2012