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.

Snow White

Doc (voice)

Ted Lasso

Leslie Higgins

Red Dwarf

Noddy

Downton Abbey

Spratt

Doc Martin

Miles Green

Casualty

Noah Fitch

Foyle's War

Glenvil Harris

The Bill

All Creatures Great & Small

Mr. Bosworth

S Club 7

Stewart

Strike

Owen Quine

The Durrells

Dennis

Being Human

Emil

Houdini & Doyle

Dr. Henry Whitaker

Sweetpea

Norman

Descendants: The Rise of Red

Principal Merlin

Dalziel & Pascoe

Dave Fernie

Vanity Fair

Jos Sedley

Count Arthur Strong

Colin

National Treasure

Simon

Jupiter Ascending

Vasilliy Bolodnikov

The Royal Bodyguard

10 Lives

Happy (voice)

Paul Merton: The Series

The Crimson Field

QMS Reggie Soper

55 Degrees North

Live!Girls! present Dogtown

Blind Men

The Smoking Room

Barry

The Grand

An Actor's Life For Me

Garrow's Law

William Grove

The Alan Clark Diaries

Mary Poppins Returns

Gooding / Badger (voice)

Gosford Park

Arthur

Oliver Twist

Mr. Bumble

Fred Claus

Bob Elf

Amazing Grace

Richard the Butler

A Christmas Carol

Williams

Gun Shy

Charlie

Boy A

Dave

Dark Blue World

Cpl. Pierce

To Kill a King

The Earl of Whitby

Bertie and Elizabeth

Royal Page

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

Self (uncredited)

Anton Chekhov's The Duel

Deacon

The Importance of Being Earnest

Reverend Chasuble

The Student Prince

Shaggy

The Art Of Love

Ben Parker

Grow

Are You Ready for Love?

James

Mr. Love

Boy in Projection Room

On Expenses

Canoe Man

DS Twist

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

Self

Fords on Water

Southern Soldier

Reversals

Owen Doherty

Red Dwarf: Back to Earth