James Swanton
Birthday: 1991-01-15
Place of Birth: York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography: James Swanton is best known for otherworldly characters. He fathered the Antichrist as both Satan in Apartment 7A (2024) and the Jackal in The First Omen (2024), as well as appearing as the Magician in Tarot (2024), the Ash Man in Stopmotion (2023), the Spirit in Host (2020) and the Creature in Frankenstein's Creature (2018). He also played the title roles in two BBC chillers: Lot No. 249 (2023), Mark Gatiss's Ghost Story for Christmas, and The Curse of the Ninth (2024) in the final series of Inside No. 9 (2014). As a stage actor, James has been closely associated with Dickens. He took his acclaimed one-man play "Sikes & Nancy" to the West End's Trafalgar Studios and annually performs "A Christmas Carol" (amongst other ghost stories) at London's Charles Dickens Museum.
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Dashcam
At the start of the pandemic, an indulgent and self-deluded livestreaming improv musician abandons L...
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Irving Undead
Henry Irving is dead. Join Irving’s restless spirit as he tells the story of how he transformed hims...
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Underground
After a wild bachelorette party, a group of young women find themselves trapped in an underground bu...
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To Fire You Come at Last
In rural 17th-century England, a group of men gather to carry a coffin on the long walk to the local...
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The Dead of Winter
After an affluent man leaves a rough sleeper to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, he's haunted by a ...
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Stopmotion
Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearin...
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Stop Dead
When a workaholic city police officer and her laid-back partner try to stop a dishevelled girl stagg...
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
It’s 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. Abercrombie Smith i...
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The Severed Sun
Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is mur...
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Tarot
When a group of friends recklessly violate the sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unknowingly unlea...
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The First Omen
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters...
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Salt
Each night, a mother must defend her sickly daughter from a demonic force. Her only weapon: a circle...
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Frankenstein's Creature
Imagine if David Lynch made plays instead of films, that's FRANKENSTEIN’S CREATURE. You've never see...
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Black Mass
The story of a bereaved family, a father and his two adopted daughters, as they try to come to terms...
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A Little More Flesh
Stanley Durall, the notorious director of a series of intense erotic dramas, is returning to his deb...
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Vampire Virus
A young woman contracts a deadly virus after an unusual sexual encounter, and soon develops a taste ...
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Host
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than the...
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A Werewolf in England
In Victorian-Era England, a Parish Councillor and criminal take refuge from a storm, at a remote cou...
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The Banishing
In the 1930s, a young reverend and his family are forced to confront their worst fears when they dis...
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Double Date
Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls, and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night befor...
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The Thing That Ate the Birds
On the North Yorkshire Moors, Abel, Head Gamekeeper, discovers the thing that is eating his grouse....
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The Jack in the Box: Awakening
When a vintage Jack-in-the-box is opened by a dying woman, she enters into a deal with the demon wit...
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Walking Against the Rain
Two strangers, Blair and Tommy, are navigating their way across a barren landscape in a desperate at...
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Broadcast Signal Intrusion
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obses...
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Werewolf Castle
When a pack of werewolves attack a medieval village, Thorfinn, whose lover perished in the attack, j...
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The Haunting of the Tower of London
The Two Princes, imprisoned and allegedly murdered in the Bloody Tower within the Tower Of London by...
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Apartment 7A
A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected olde...
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The Fairy Moon
In a small English town, a man’s life unravels after a troubling roadside encounter with a sinister ...
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