Jeremy Swift
Introduction '''Jeremy Paul Swift''' (born 27 June 1960) is an English actor. 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 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 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'' for his portrayal of Leslie Higgins.
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'' 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.
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. They have two adopted children.
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=== Title Year RoleNotes 1991 ''Paul Merton: The Series'' Shoplifting Customer Episode: "#1.3" 1991 ''An Actor's Life For Me'' Waldemar Krystoff Episode: "Night of the Living Dead" 1995–1996 ''Next of Kin'' Ant 4 episodes 1996 ''Dalziel and Pascoe'' Dave Fernie Episode: "A Clubbable Woman" 1997–1998 ''Blind Men'' Graham Holdcroft Main role 1997, 1998 ''The Grand'' David Jeffries 2 episodes 1998 ''Roger Roger'' Vicar Episode: "There Are No Minicabs in Heaven" 1998 ''The Bill'' Graham Thornley Episode: "Solicitous" 1998 ''Vanity Fair'' Jon Sedley Miniseries4 episodes 1999 ''Miami 7'' Stewart Episode: "Take Off" 1999 ''Bostock's Cup'' Sam Tilton Television film 1999 ''A Christmas Carol'' Mr. Williams Television film 2000 ''The 10th Kingdom'' Ball Guest MiniseriesEpisode: "#1.9" 2001 ''Barbara'' Eric Episode: "Wedding" 2002 ''Bertie and Elizabeth'' Royal Page Television film 2004 ''The Alan Clark Diaries'' Nigel Lawson Episode: "Defence of the Realm" 2004–2005 ''The Smoking Room'' Barry Main role 2004; 2017 ''Casualty'' Noah FitchLionel Withers 2 episodes 2005 ''55 Degrees North'' Jeremy Fenwick Episode: "#2.3" 2006–2019 ''Doctors'' Various Recurring role 2007–2009 ''M.I. High'' Silas Fenton 2 episodes 2009 ''Red Dwarf'' Noddy Episode: "Back to Earth (Part Two)" 2009 ''EastEnders'' Adrian 2 episodes 2009 ''Garrow's Law'' William Grove Episode: "#1.1" 2010 ''On Expenses'' Ben Leapman Television film 2011 ''Holby City'' Jim Fortune Episode: "Wise Men" 2012 ''The Royal Bodyguard'' Hotel Manager Episode: "A Watery Grave" 2012 ''One Night'' Dominic MiniseriesEpisode: "Carol" 2013 ''Being Human'' Emil Episode: "The Trinity" 2013 ''Count Arthur Strong'' Colin Episode: "The Radio Play" 2013–2015 ''Foyle's War'' Glenvil Harris Recurring role 2013–2015 ''Downton Abbey'' Septimus Spratt Recurring role 2014 ''The Crimson Field'' Quartermaster Sergeant Reggie Soper Miniseries 2015 ''Inspector George Gently'' Stuart MacMillan Episode: "Gently with the Women" 2016 ''Houdini & Doyle'' Dr. Henry Whitaker Episode: "The Curse of Korzha" 2016 ''The Durrells'' Dennis 4 episodes 2016 ''National Treasure'' Simon 2 episodes 2016 ''The Moonstone'' Dr. Candy Miniseries4 episodes 2017 ''Strike'' Owen Quine 2 episodes 2018 ''Plebs'' Antonius Episode: "The Marathon" 2018 ''Wanderlust'' Neil Bellows Miniseries4 episodes 2019 ''Doc Martin'' Miles Green Episode: "The Shock of the New" 2020–2023 ''Ted Lasso'' Leslie Higgins Main role
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef. 2017Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series''Downton Abbey'' 2019CinEuphoria AwardsBest Ensemble - International Competition''Mary Poppins Returns''2021Hollywood Critics Association TV AwardsBest Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy''Ted Lasso''Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series  2022   2023
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