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

• Sofia the First: Royal Magic — Mr. Muddykins (voice)
• 2026Welcome to the Fishbowl — Storm Grandquist
• 2025Goodbye June — Dr. David Titford
• 2025Grow — Mr. Gregory
• 2025Snow White — Doc (voice)
• The Librarians: The Next Chapter — Genie
• 202410 Lives — Happy (voice)
• 2024Descendants: The Rise of Red — Principal Merlin
• Sweetpea — Norman
• 2022The Art Of Love — Ben Parker
• All Creatures Great & Small — Mr. Bosworth
• Ted Lasso — Leslie Higgins
• 2018Mary Poppins Returns — Gooding / Badger (voice)
• 2018The Importance of Being Earnest — Reverend Chasuble
• Wanderlust — Neil Bellows
• 2017Gun Shy — Charlie
• Strike — Owen Quine
• 2016#Starvecrow
• Houdini & Doyle — Dr. Henry Whitaker
• 2016Mother — Edwin
• National Treasure — Simon
• The Durrells — Dennis
• 2015Jupiter Ascending — Vasilliy Bolodnikov
• 2014Downhill — Steve
• The Crimson Field — QMS Reggie Soper
• Count Arthur Strong — Colin
• 2012Room Service — Dennis Meeks
• The Royal Bodyguard — Hotel Manager
• 2010Anton Chekhov's The Duel — Deacon
• 2010Canoe Man — DS Twist
• Downton Abbey — Spratt
• 2010On Expenses — Ben Leapman
• Being Human — Emil
• Garrow's Law — William Grove
• 2009Red Dwarf: Back to Earth — Noddy
• 2009The Antiques Rogue Show — Shaun Greenhalgh
• 2008Boy A — Dave
• 2007Amazing Grace — Richard the Butler
• 2007Fred Claus — Bob Elf
• M.I. High — Fenton
• 2006Are You Ready for Love? — James
• Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
• 2005Oliver Twist — Mr. Bumble
• 55 Degrees North — Jeremy Fenwick
• Doc Martin — Miles Green
• The Alan Clark Diaries — Nigel Lawson
• The Smoking Room — Barry
• 2003Reversals — Owen Doherty
• 2003To Kill a King — The Earl of Whitby
• 2002Bertie and Elizabeth — Royal Page
• Foyle's War — Glenvil Harris
• 2001Dark Blue World — Cpl. Pierce
• 2001Gosford Park — Arthur
• 1999A Christmas Carol — Williams
• 1999Bostock's Cup — Sam Tilton
• S Club 7 — Stewart
• 1999The Tale of the Rat That Wrote — J.P. Haddock
• 1998The Student Prince — Shaggy
• Vanity Fair — Jos Sedley
• 1998Winner Takes All — Prisoner / Dealer
• Blind Men
• The Grand — David Jeffries
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Dave Fernie
• An Actor's Life for Me — Waldemar Krystoff
• Paul Merton: The Series
• Red Dwarf — Noddy
• Casualty — Noah Fitch
• 1986Mr. Love — Boy in Projection Room
• The Bill
• 1983Fords on Water — Southern Soldier

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration — Self
• 2002The Making of Gosford Park — Self (uncredited)