James Swanton

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 Frankensteins Creature 2018 He also played the title roles in two BBC chillers Lot No 249 2023 Mark Gatisss 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 oneman play Sikes Nancy to the West Ends Trafalgar Studios and annually performs A Christmas Carol amongst other ghost stories at Londons Charles Dickens Museum