John Schwab | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Durham University |
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Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse | Tamsin Schwab (m. 1994) |
Children | 2 |
John Schwab is an American actor, TV producer and musician who resides in London. He produced The Hide with Christopher Granier-Deferre, which was nominated for a BIFA 2010.
He is best known for his film and television roles, such as lawyer Travis Tygart in the 2015 drama film The Program (2015), baseball player Lefty Grove in the 2018 biographical drama film The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) and television producer Jotham Starr in the television miniseries Dark Money (2019).
He has worked on British television series such as Doctor Who , Clone , My Dad's the Prime Minister , Hotel Babylon and The Mallorca Files .
His voice work in animation and video games include Dane in Crysis: Warhead , Zeck in Boo, Zino & the Snurks , Vinnie in Thomas & Friends: The Great Race , Timo in Gladiators of Rome , Jin in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country , Dandelion in The Witcher video games, Tony Stark / Iron Man in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 and the Guardian, Black Sinja and the Blue Sinja in Trials of the Blood Dragon .
Schwab made his first appearance in 1997 as the US voice of a voice trumpet in the British iconic children's series Teletubbies . In 2005, he played Owen Bywater, a commander of the base who guards the Metaltron Cage with his subordinate, De Maggio (Jana Carpenter), in the episode of Doctor Who , "Dalek".
His other television roles include Rescue Heroes , My Dad's the Prime Minister , Noel's House Party , Hotel Babylon , Trust , Ultimate Force , Undercover , America's War on Drugs and Monarch of the Glen .
Schwab served as the narrator of the Discovery Channel documentary television series Weaponology from 2007 through 2008. Schwab provides the voice of Tristan Jackson in the Canadian animated series Elemental Dragons with fellow voice actors Samuel Vincent, Clancy Brown, Andrew Francis, Chiara Zanni, Keith David and Daniel Bacon.
Schwab auditioned to provide the US narration for Thomas & Friends after Michael Brandon and Michael Angelis left the series, but Mark Moraghan was chosen to narrate it instead in the US and UK dubs. Three years later, he joined the voice cast in the series taking on the role of Stanley in the US dub, replacing Rob Rackstraw and from Series 20 onwards. The same year, he voices Vinnie, a tough confederation locomotive in the feature film Thomas & Friends: The Great Race . Following the success of The Great Race, Schwab voiced some characters in the 2017 feature film Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor .
He played an umpire in the comedy film Mr. 3000 (2004), featuring the comedic actor Bernie Mac. His film credits include Back to Gaya , The Fifth Estate , Zero Dark Thirty , The Anomaly , The Current War , The Program , Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Annihilation . [1]
He provides voices in video games, such as Kinect Disneyland Adventures , ' Battlefield 1 , Killzone 2 and many others. In 2011, Schwab provided the voice of Dandelion, starting with the video game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings . [2]
Schwab appears as baseball player Lefty Grove in the biographical film The Catcher Was a Spy (2018), featuring Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti. [1]
He provided the English voice of Timo in the animated film Gladiators of Rome .
In 2019, he appeared as Jotham Starr, a filmmaker who molested Isaac (Max Fincham) in the BBC One television miniseries Dark Mon£y . [3]
Schwab played the harmonica in the TV show The Hit Factory: The Pete Waterman Story (2001).
Schwab, alongside Christopher Granier-Deferre, produced the film The Hide , a movie that was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for producing in 2010.
He met his wife, Tamsin, in Seoul after graduation and studied at Durham University (English Literature, 1993–96). [4] He and Tasmin married in 1994 and settled in the United Kingdom. He has two sons.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Nothing to Declare | Pilot | Voice |
2002 | Spartans | Alcheus | Voice, direct-to-video |
2003 | The Order | American Bureaucrat | |
2003 | Brother Bear | Additional voices | |
2004 | Boo, Zino & the Snurks | Zeck [5] | Voice |
2004 | Mr. 3000 | Umpire | |
2005 | Foster | Older Zach | Also associate producer |
2005 | Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | Tolmekian Soldier | Voice, English dub |
2007 | Davros Connections | Owen Bywater | Direct-to-video Archival footage Documentary film |
2010 | Shooting Earth | Moe | Short film |
2012 | Gladiators of Rome | Timo [5] | Voice, English version |
2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Deputy National Security Advisor | |
2013 | The Fifth Estate | White House Staffer | |
2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Detective | |
2013 | The Trap | Dog Cop | |
2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | New York DWP Worker | |
2014 | The Angola Deception | Advisor | Short film |
2014 | Beyond | National Space Agency Spokesperson | |
2014 | The Anomaly | Harrison Samuel | |
2015 | The Program | Travis Tygart | |
2016 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | Vinnie | Voice |
2016 | Soldier | Voiceover | Short film |
2016 | Storks | Additional voices | |
2017 | Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown | Dapper Jack Rogers | Voice |
2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Knight of Iacon | Voice |
2017 | The Current War | Rudolph Young | |
2017 | Journey Beyond Sodor | Ulli and an unnamed Bridlington Diesel | Voice |
2018 | Annihilation | Paramedic | |
2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Lefty Grove | |
2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Tech Operator | |
2019 | Toy Story 4 | Additional voices | |
2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Motorbike Bird | Voice |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997–2001 | Teletubbies | Male Voice Trumpet | 365 episodes USA version |
1998–present | The Magical World of Walt Disney | Tom | 450 episodes |
1998 | Noel's House Party | Episode: #7.18 | |
2000–2002 | Rescue Heroes | Additional Voices | 14 episodes |
2001 | Hotel! | Agent Imefine | |
2002 | Fireheart | Blake Voss | Television movie |
2002–2005 | Ginger's Egg-scellent Adventures | Rocky Rhodes | Voice, US version |
2003 | My Dad's the Prime Minister | American Businessman | Episode: "Homework" |
2004–2010 | Wife Swap | Narrator | 107 episodes |
2004 | Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets | Larry Conrad, CAPCOM | Television documentary movie |
2005 | Hope & Faith | Announcer | Episodes: "Wife Swap" |
2005 | Doctor Who | Owen Bywater | Episode: "Dalek" [6] |
2005–2006 | Transformers: Cybertron | Additional Voices | 51 episodes |
2005 | Monarch of the Glen | Bill | Episode: "Episode #7.4" |
2005 | Broken News | Miles Anderton | 4 episodes |
2006 | Ultimate Force | Lt. Pincher | Episode: "Dividing Line" |
2006 | The Only Boy for Me | NY Colleague | Television movie |
2007 | Soviet War Scare 1987 | Narrator | Television documentary movie |
2007 | Inside Brookhaven Obesity Clinic | Narrator | 6 episodes |
2007–2008 | Weaponology | Narrator | Documentary series |
2007–2009 | Storm Hawks | Various Cyclonian Talons | 45 episodes |
2007 | Hotel Babylon | Texan Cliff Barnes | Episode: "Episode #2.1" |
2008 | Clone | American Golfer | Episode: "The Line" |
2008 | Zorro Generation Z | Additional Voices | 26 episodes |
2008 | Dork Hunters from Outer Space | Additional voices | Episode: "The Falcon" |
2010 | The Special Relationship | Reporter | Television movie |
2011–2012 | Transformers: Prime | Additional voices | 12 episodes |
2012 | Top Secret Weapons Revealed | Narrator | Episode: "Weapons of the Superspies" |
2013 | The Vatican | Reporter | Television movie |
2013–2016 | Officer Blue | Officer Cade McDonough | Lead role 96 episodes |
2013 | Nixon's the One | Bill Headline | Episode: "TV" |
2014 | Obsession: Dark Desires | Alan | Episode: "Screams in the Desert" |
2014 | CIA Declassified | Narrator | Episode: "Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi" |
2014 | The Assets | Interviewee #1 | Episode: "Avenger" |
2015–2017 | Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet | Narrator | 22 episodes |
2016 | Undercover | Dr. Francis | Episode: "#1.1" |
2016 | Amazing Animal Selfies | Narrator | Television movie |
2016 | Prisoner Zero | Additional voices | Voice, episode: "Rogue" |
2016 | Thomas & Friends | Stanley | Voice, episode: "Pouty James" [7] |
2017 | America's War on Drugs | Rob Maheu | Episode: "Cocaine, Cartels, and Crackdowns" |
2017 | Spider-Man | A.I.M. Soldier #3 | Voice, episode: "Symbiotic Relationship" |
2017 | Sheriff Callie's Wild West | Calamity Caleb | Voice |
2018 | Trust | Lang Jeffries | 5 episodes |
2019 | Dark Mon£y | Jotham Starr | 4 episodes Television miniseries |
2019–present | Fast & Furious Spy Racers | Additional voices | 12 episodes |
2019 | The Mallorca Files | Abe Steiner | Episode: "Number One Fan" |
2020 | The Queen's Gambit [8] | Mr. Booth | Episode: "End Game" Television miniseries |
2021 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Thomas Miller | 2 episodes |
2024 | Masters of the Air | Lt. Col. James W. Lann | Post-production Television miniseries [9] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Vietcong | Additional voices | |
2002 | Prisoner of War | Additional voices | Also in special thanks |
2002 | Simple 2000 Series, Vol. 16: The Sniper 2 | Harry C. Spencer [5] | |
2004 | Shrek 2 | Writer | |
2004 | Vietcong: Fist Alpha | Additional voices | |
2004 | Vietcong: Purple Haze | Additional voices | |
2004 | Killzone | Additional voices [5] | |
2006 | Pursuit Force | Additional voices | |
2006 | Killzone: Liberation | ISA Demolition Guy, ISA Generic [5] | |
2007 | Crysis | Crewman 1 | |
2008 | Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures | Additional voices | |
2008 | Crysis Warhead | Dane | |
2008 | Mirror's Edge | Generic SWAT #2 Male | |
2009 | Killzone 2 | Additional ISA Voices [5] | |
2011 | Operation Flashpoint: Red River | Additional voices | |
2011 | The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | Dandelion [5] | English version |
2011 | Kinect Disneyland Adventures | Additional voices | |
2013 | Crysis 3 | Teammate #7 | |
2013 | Lego City Undercover | Additional voices | |
2013 | Grid 2 | Additional voices | |
2013 | Company of Heroes 2 | The Western Front Armies DLC, Ardennes Assault DLC | |
2013 | Killzone: Shadow Fall | VSA | |
2014 | Alien: Isolation | Additional voices | |
2015 | Grey Goo | Additional voices | |
2015 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Dandelion [5] | English version |
2015 | Star Wars: Battlefront | Additional voices | |
2016 | Quantum Break | Additional voices [5] | |
2016 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine | Dandelion | English version |
2016 | Battlefield 1 | Additional voices | |
2016 | Trials of the Blood Dragon | The Guardian, Black Sinja, Blue Sinja | |
2017 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Walla Walla | |
2017 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Jin [5] | English version |
2017 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | Iron Man / Tony Stark [5] | |
2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game | Additional voices | |
2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | Additional voices | |
2018 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country | Jin [5] | English version |
2019 | Jumanji: The Video Game | Additional voices | |
2020 | Cyberpunk 2077 | Brick | |
2023 | Atomic Heart | Victor Petrov | English version [10] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Doctor Who: The Nowhere Place | EXO Moore | |
2006 | Doctor Who: The Reaping | Lieutenant Doyle | |
2007 | Doctor Who: Phobos | Hayd | |
2008 | Stargate SG-1: Gift of the Gods | Lt. Hunter | |
2019 | Doctor Who: Harry Houdini's War | Harry Houdini [11] | |
2021 | Hennikay | Don [12] [13] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Picasso: Art is Crime | Stanley | |
2006 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Understudy | |
2008 | Speed the Plow | Bobby (Understudy) | |
2010 | True West | Saul Kimmer | |
2013 | Yellow Face | Rocco Palmierei, Senator John Kerry, others | |
2013 | Our Ajax | Menelaus | |
2014 | Yellow Face | Rocco Palmierei, Senator John Kerry, Various | |
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