Gavin Swift

Bristolian, half-Hungarian nineties boy who vomited the first time he went to a theatre [it was a panto with Jim Davidson in]. The second experience - 'The Bacchae' a Kneehigh show - made hi ...Show More

Bristolian, half-Hungarian nineties boy who vomited the first time he went to a theatre [it was a panto with Jim Davidson in]. The second experience - 'The Bacchae' a Kneehigh show - made him want to be an actor, so it all worked out hey.Post training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School [an...interesting....experience] has worked solely and consistently in theatre, bar one exception [playing the boyfriend of troubled lead Radka in 'The Fold'].Adores films - particularly those of Wes Anderson, Ingmar Bergman and Hitchcock. Other standouts would be Rififi, The Great Dictator, Singing in the Rain, Whiplash, Three Colours Red, Cinema Paradiso, The Idiots, The Pianist, Manhattan and School of the Holy Beast [off the top of his head]. Has an immense love for cinema of all varieties: good films are a consistent and wonderful friend.Has traveled a lot of big world, having lived in Japan on a government run scholarship whilst a teen as well as having toured America and South Africa extensively with various shows. Loves traveling and will one day take a year out to do London to Sydney in a 1973 Porsche 911 Carerra with dog and girlfriend.An extremely versatile musician who plays an ever expanding number of instruments [right now about 12] - downtime is often spent composing or writing songs. If very grumpy then poetry. If uninspired tennis. If uninspired but also grumpy probably just smashing things with a kettlebell and swearing.Fizzing but also terrified for Twin Peaks series 3.Other talents include writing biogs in the third person which he recognises as a necessary evil in an industry where self promotion is key, but nonetheless makes his tonsils taste of stomach acid. Hide