John Schwab

Last updated
John Schwab
Nationality American
Alma mater Durham University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • musician
Years active1997–present
SpouseTamsin Schwab (m. 1994)
Children2

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.

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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 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]

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 , a movie that 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Nothing to Declare PilotVoice
2002SpartansAlcheusVoice, 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 ZachAlso associate producer
2005 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Tolmekian SoldierVoice, English dub
2007Davros ConnectionsOwen BywaterDirect-to-video
Archival footage
Documentary film
2010 Shooting Earth MoeShort 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 AdvisorShort film
2014 Beyond National Space Agency Spokesperson
2014 The Anomaly Harrison Samuel
2015 The Program Travis Tygart
2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race VinnieVoice
2016 Soldier VoiceoverShort film
2016 Storks Additional voices
2017 Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown Dapper Jack RogersVoice
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Knight of IaconVoice
2017 The Current War Rudolph Young
2017 Journey Beyond Sodor Ulli and an unnamed Bridlington DieselVoice
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 BirdVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997–2001 Teletubbies Male Voice Trumpet365 episodes
USA version
1998–presentThe Magical World of Walt DisneyTom450 episodes
1998 Noel's House Party Episode: #7.18
2000–2002 Rescue Heroes Additional Voices14 episodes
2001 Hotel! Agent Imefine
2002FireheartBlake VossTelevision movie
2002–2005Ginger's Egg-scellent AdventuresRocky RhodesVoice, US version
2003 My Dad's the Prime Minister American BusinessmanEpisode: "Homework"
2004–2010 Wife Swap Narrator107 episodes
2004 Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets Larry Conrad, CAPCOMTelevision documentary movie
2005 Hope & Faith AnnouncerEpisodes: "Wife Swap"
2005 Doctor Who Owen BywaterEpisode: "Dalek" [6]
2005–2006 Transformers: Cybertron Additional Voices51 episodes
2005 Monarch of the Glen BillEpisode: "Episode #7.4"
2005 Broken News Miles Anderton4 episodes
2006 Ultimate Force Lt. PincherEpisode: "Dividing Line"
2006 The Only Boy for Me NY ColleagueTelevision movie
2007Soviet War Scare 1987NarratorTelevision documentary movie
2007Inside Brookhaven Obesity ClinicNarrator6 episodes
2007–2008 Weaponology NarratorDocumentary series
2007–2009 Storm Hawks Various Cyclonian Talons45 episodes
2007 Hotel Babylon Texan Cliff BarnesEpisode: "Episode #2.1"
2008 Clone American GolferEpisode: "The Line"
2008 Zorro Generation Z Additional Voices26 episodes
2008Dork Hunters from Outer SpaceAdditional voicesEpisode: "The Falcon"
2010 The Special Relationship ReporterTelevision movie
2011–2012 Transformers: Prime Additional voices12 episodes
2012 Top Secret Weapons Revealed NarratorEpisode: "Weapons of the Superspies"
2013The VaticanReporterTelevision movie
2013–2016Officer BlueOfficer Cade McDonoughLead role
96 episodes
2013 Nixon's the One Bill HeadlineEpisode: "TV"
2014 Obsession: Dark Desires AlanEpisode: "Screams in the Desert"
2014 CIA Declassified NarratorEpisode: "Killing Mad Dog Gaddafi"
2014 The Assets Interviewee #1Episode: "Avenger"
2015–2017 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Narrator22 episodes
2016 Undercover Dr. FrancisEpisode: "#1.1"
2016 Amazing Animal Selfies NarratorTelevision movie
2016 Prisoner Zero Additional voicesVoice, episode: "Rogue"
2016 Thomas & Friends StanleyVoice, episode: "Pouty James" [7]
2017 America's War on Drugs Rob MaheuEpisode: "Cocaine, Cartels, and Crackdowns"
2017 Spider-Man A.I.M. Soldier #3Voice, episode: "Symbiotic Relationship"
2017 Sheriff Callie's Wild West Calamity CalebVoice
2018 Trust Lang Jeffries5 episodes
2019 Dark Mon£y Jotham Starr4 episodes
Television miniseries
2019–present Fast & Furious Spy Racers Additional voices12 episodes
2019 The Mallorca Files Abe SteinerEpisode: "Number One Fan"
2020 The Queen's Gambit [8] Mr. BoothEpisode: "End Game"
Television miniseries
2021 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Thomas Miller2 episodes
2024 Masters of the Air Lt. Col. James W. LannPost-production
Television miniseries [9]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Vietcong Additional voices
2002 Prisoner of War Additional voicesAlso in special thanks
2002Simple 2000 Series, Vol. 16: The Sniper 2Harry 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 DandelionEnglish 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
2019Jumanji: The Video GameAdditional voices
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Brick
2023 Atomic Heart Victor PetrovEnglish version [10]

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2019Doctor Who: Harry Houdini's War Harry Houdini [11]
2021HennikayDon [12] [13]

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Picasso: Art is CrimeStanley
2006Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksUnderstudy
2008Speed the PlowBobby (Understudy)
2010True WestSaul Kimmer
2013Yellow FaceRocco Palmierei, Senator John Kerry, others
2013Our AjaxMenelaus
2014Yellow FaceRocco Palmierei, Senator John Kerry, Various

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