Cast & creator
James Barriscale
Best known for Outlander, Casualty, Spooks
James Barriscale is an English/Irish actor and voiceover artist, who is best known for his starring role as Desk Sergeant John Swift.in WPC 56.
Movies
8
film credits
Series
20
television credits
Career
28
1986–2026 · acting roles
Credit score
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (28)
Showing 28 of 28 credits
Series
★ 8.2
Outlander
Farquard Campbell
2014
Series
★ 6.2
Casualty
Brian Godard
1986
Series
★ 7.7
Spooks
John
2002
Series
★ 7.6
A Touch of Frost
PC Haliday
1992
Series
★ 6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
Charley Frostrick
1996
Series
★ 6.8
Grace
Carl Smith
2021
Series
★ 7.5
Hijack
Simon
2023
Series
★ 7.1
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Ian / Dave Merchant
2018
Movie
★ 6.4
Terminator: Dark Fate
US Border X-Ray Officer
2019
Series
★ 7.4
Miss Scarlet
James Bamford
2020
Series
★ 7.5
The Alienist
Sergeant Kelly
2018
Series
★ 7.9
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Mr Renley
2019
Series
★ 5.6
The Vice
Gil
1999
Series
★ 7.6
Murphy's Law
Turner
2001
Series
★ 6.0
Ragdoll
Copley
2021
Series
★ 6.3
The Coroner
Dick Hamilton
2015
Series
★ 6.1
The Good Ship Murder
Captain Richard Marlowe
2023
Movie
★ 7.0
The Death of Stalin
Army General
2017
Series
★ 5.5
WPC 56
Desk Sergeant Swift
2013
Movie
★ 5.7
The Hurricane Heist
Deputy Michaels
2018
Series
Rockface
Andy Clarke
2002A
Series
★ 5.8
Attachments
Danny McCowan
2000
Series
★ 7.0
Benidorm Is Murder
Frank Mann
2026
Movie
★ 6.0
The Heart Surgeon
Scrub Nurse
1997
Movie
★ 7.1
Diana: Last Days of a Princess
Kez Wingfield
2007
Movie
★ 6.3
Like Father Like Son
P.C. Barriscale
2005
Movie
★ 5.5
Tu£sday
Det. Hardy
2008
Movie
★ 8.0
Cherished
Tom Sedley
2005