John Schwab

For the American librarian, see John Christopher Schwab.

John Schwab
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Durham University
Occupations	Actor producer musician
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 .

Career

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 voiced 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]

Music

Schwab played the harmonica in the TV show The Hit Factory: The Pete Waterman Story (2001).

Producing

Schwab, alongside Christopher Granier-Deferre, produced the film The Hide , which was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for producing in 2010.

Personal life

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2024	Blood Star	Sheriff Bilstein	[6]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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 film
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	Larry Conrad, CAPCOM	Television film; documentary
2005	Hope & Faith	Announcer	Episodes: "Wife Swap"
2005	Doctor Who	Owen Bywater	Episode: "Dalek" [7]
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 film
2007	Soviet War Scare 1987	Narrator	Television film; documentary
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 film
2011–2012	Transformers: Prime	Additional voices	12 episodes
2012	Top Secret Weapons Revealed	Narrator	Episode: "Weapons of the Superspies"
2013	The Vatican	Reporter	Television film
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 film
2016	Prisoner Zero	Additional voices	Voice, episode: "Rogue"
2016	Thomas & Friends	Stanley	Voice, episode: "Pouty James" [8]
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
2019–2021	Fast & Furious Spy Racers	Additional voices	12 episodes
2019	The Mallorca Files	Abe Steiner	Episode: "Number One Fan"
2020	The Queen's Gambit	Mr. Booth	Episode: "End Game" Television miniseries [9]
2022–2023	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan	Thomas Miller	6 episodes [10]
2023	Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix	Raymond "T-Bone" Kenney, additional voices [5]	Recurring cast
2024	Masters of the Air	Lt. Col. James W. Lann	Episode: "Part Nine" Television miniseries [11]
2024	A Very Royal Scandal	Andrew Brettler	Television miniseries Credited as John Schwabb

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Vietcong	Additional voices
2002	Prisoner of War	Additional voices	Also in special thanks
2002	Simple 2000 Series, Vol. 16: The Sniper 2	Harry Spencer [5]
2004	Shrek 2	Writer
2004	Vietcong: Fist Alpha	Additional voices
2004	Vietcong: Purple Haze	Additional voices
2004	Killzone	ISA Troops [5]
2006	Pursuit Force	Additional voices
2006	Killzone: Liberation	ISA Demolition Guy, ISA Demolition Man [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	ISA Troops [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 Soldier [5]
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
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Additional Voices	[12]
2023	Dead Island 2	Trent, Luther, Zephron	[13]
2023	Atomic Heart	Victor Petrov	English version [14]

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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 [15]
2021	Hennikay	Don [16] [17]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

References

1. "John Schwab Theater Profile". Curtain Call Online. Archived from the original on August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
2. "Actor Portraying Dandelion in Netflix's Witcher Series Talks About the Biggest Differences Between the Show and Game". www.gonintendo.com. GoNintendo. December 21, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
3. "Dark Money cast: who stars in the new BBC One series, and what time it's on tonight". www.inews.co.uk. July 16, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
4. "News". Dunelm. November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
5. "John Schwab (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved August 17, 2019.
6. "Dark Survival Thriller BLOOD STAR Heading To Grimmfest". www.horrorsociety.com. Horror Society. September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
7. Writer: Robert Shearman; Director: Joe Ahearne; Producer: Phil Collinson (30 April 2005). "Dalek". Doctor Who. BBC. BBC Three.
8. Schwab, John (November 17, 2016). "Yes, that's me. Thanks for watching". Twitter. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
9. Newby, Jake (November 17, 2020). "Pensacola actor John Schwab talks Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' after appearing in show". www.pnj.com. Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
10. Frederick, Brittany (June 30, 2023). "Who Plays Thomas Miller in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan?". www.cbr.com. CBR. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
11. Heyssel, Patricia (December 12, 2022). "Masters Of The Air's Biggest Casting Is So Much More Exciting Now". www.screenrant.com. ScreenRant. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
12. Wilson, Kyle (December 5, 2022). "Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga character voice actors and cast". www.theloadout.com. The Loadout. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
13. Testa, Grant (April 21, 2023). "Dead Island 2 Voice Actors: Full Cast Listed". www.primagames.com. Prima Games. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
14. "Atomic Heart Voice Actors: Here's the entire cast and information on whether Jensen Ackles is in the game". www.indiatodaygaming.com. India Today Gaming. February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
15. Lyons, Steve (September 17, 2019). "255. Doctor Who: Harry Houdini's War". www.bigfinish.com. Big Finish Radio. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
16. "Bill Bailey leads new comedy special on BBC Radio 4". www.radiotoday.co.uk. Radio Today. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
17. Dessau, Bruce (June 9, 2021). "Bill Bailey, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Elizabeth Carling Star in Radio 4 Comedy Hennikay". www.beyondthejoke.co.uk. Beyond the Joke. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

External links

• John Schwab at the British Film Institute
• John Schwab at IMDb