Brian Swardstrom

Brian Swardstrom (born 1962) is an American talent agent and manager. He is known for his long-standing working relationship with Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Bill Paxton, and Damian Lewis. Since 2023, Swardstrom has worked solely as Timothée Chalamet's manager, after serving as his agent for 10 years. He began his career as an agent at William Morris, where he represented actors such as Alan Arkin, Elijah Wood, and Brendan Fraser.

He became a manager at Brillstein-Grey and later at his own companies, Banner Entertainment, founded with Mikey Liddell, and InHouse Entertainment with Marc Epstein. Swardstrom left the management business and joined Endeavor as partner and agent in 1998. He ran the talent department until 2009, when Endeavor merged with the William Morrris Agency.

He moved to the United Talent Agency as a partner and agent in 2014. Swardstrom's list of clients over the years has included: Patrick Stewart, Michael Douglas, Elijah Wood, Cynthia Erivo, Claire Danes, Claire Foy, John Lithgow, Matthew Macfadyen, Léa Seydoux, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Kevin Kline, Sally Field, Jamie Bell, Ben Foster, Luca Guadagnino, Rupert Wyatt, and Michael C.

Hall. In 2023, he left UTA to focus on producing and retired as an agent, leaving most of his roster at the agency. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Swardstrom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.