Jim Carter
August 19, 1948 (76 years old) in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
James Edward Carter is an English actor. He is best known for his role in Downton Abbey (2010–2015) playing Mr Carson, a role that has earned him four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2012–2015). He reprised his role in the feature film Downton Abbey (2019).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Downton Abbey 3 as Charles Carson
- 2023 · Wonka as Abacus Crunch
- 2023 · Hidden Treasures of the National Trust as Narrator
- 2022 · The Sea Beast as King (voice)
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Charles Carson
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Dad Turtle
- 2019 · The Good Liar as Vincent
- 2019 · Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
- 2018 · Swimming with Men as Ted
- 2018 · King Lear as Earl of Kent
- 2017 · Knightfall as Pope Boniface VIII
- 2017 · The Little Vampire 3D as Rookery (voice)
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Cogman (voice)
- 2016 · Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me as Self
- 2016 · Punk Strut: The Movie as Skippy
- 2015 · Hitler's Supergun as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2014 · One of a Kind as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Rock 'n' Roll Britannia as Self
- 2013 · Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons as Narrator (Voice)
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Abacus Crunch (archive footage)
- 2011 · My Week with Marilyn as Barry
- 2011 · Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb as Narrator (Voice)
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
- 2010 · Burlesque Fairytales as The Compere
- 2009 · Creation as Parslow
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Harold Angus
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as Harold Angus
- 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Inspector Petersen
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as John Faa
- 2007 · Cranford as Self/Captain Brown
- 2007 · Cranford as Captain Brown
- 2007 · Cassandra's Dream as Garage Boss
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · Recovery as Mr. Lockwood
- 2006 · The Wind in the Willows as Engine Driver
- 2006 · The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton as Henry Dorling
- 2006 · Aberfan: The Untold Story as Lord Robens
- 2006 · The Thief Lord as Victor
- 2005 · The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 as Narrator
- 2005 · House of 9 as The Watcher
- 2005 · The Story of Alton Towers as Narrator/The Earl
- 2004 · Out of Season as Michael Philipps
- 2004 · Von Trapped as Larry Lavelle
- 2004 · Casablanca Driver as Joe Mateo, l'agent
- 2004 · Modigliani as Achilles Hebuterne
- 2004 · London as Henry Fielding
- 2004 · Ella Enchanted as Nish
- 2003 · Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Red Rose (voice)
- 2003 · Cromwell: Warts and All as Oliver Cromwell
- 2003 · Pompeii: The Last Day as Polybius
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chief Customs Officer
- 2003 · Trevor's World of Sport as Sir Frank Luckton
- 2003 · Strange as
- 2003 · Blue Murder as Frank Evans
- 2003 · 16 Years of Alcohol as Director
- 2003 · Heartlands as Geoff
- 2003 · Hornblower: Duty as Etheridge
- 2002 · Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
- 2002 · Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
- 2001 · Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
- 2001 · According to Beryl as Samuel Johnson
- 2000 · The Little Vampire as Rookery
- 2000 · 102 Dalmatians as Detective Armstrong
- 2000 · Arabian Nights as Ja'Far
- 1999 · Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
- 1999 · Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
- 1999 · Trial by Fire as Geoffrey Bailey
- 1999 · The Scarlet Pimpernel as General La Forge
- 1999 · Blood on the Carpet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Shakespeare in Love as Ralph Bashford
- 1998 · Legionnaire as Lucien Galgani
- 1998 · Hornblower as Etheridge
- 1998 · Vigo as Bonaventure (uncredited)
- 1998 · Bill's New Frock as Mr. Platworthy
- 1997 · Keep the Aspidistra Flying as Erskine
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Ain't Misbehavin' as Maxie Morrell
- 1997 · The Chest as Roland Blood
- 1997 · The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
- 1997 · The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Nathan Green
- 1997 · Bright Hair as Norman Devenish
- 1997 · Harpur and Iles: Protection as Tenderness Mellick
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Harry
- 1995 · Richard III as Lord Hastings
- 1995 · Coogan's Run as Fraser
- 1995 · The Grotesque as George Lecky
- 1995 · Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Inspector
- 1995 · Dangerfield as Stephen Millwood
- 1994 · The Madness of King George as Fox
- 1994 · Midnight Movie as Henry Harris
- 1994 · Open Fire as DCS Young
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Executioner (uncredited)
- 1994 · Black Beauty as John Manly
- 1994 · In The Cold Light Of Day as Father
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Alec Bailey
- 1993 · Cracker as Kenneth Trant
- 1993 · The Hour of the Pig as Mathieu
- 1993 · Resnick: Rough Treatment as Grabianski
- 1993 · Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as Commander
- 1993 · A Year in Provence as Ted Hopkins
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Inspector
- 1992 · Stalin as Sergo
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Mark Antony (voice)
- 1992 · A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as Meinertzhagen
- 1992 · Blame It on the Bellboy as Rossi
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as General Alberto
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Roy Redfern
- 1991 · Hancock as Ray Galton
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
- 1990 · The Fool as Mr. Blackthorn
- 1990 · Crimestrike as The Detective
- 1990 · The Gravy Train as Personip
- 1990 · The Witches as Head Chef
- 1990 · A Sense of Guilt as Richard Murray
- 1989 · Erik the Viking as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
- 1989 · The Rainbow as Mr. Harby
- 1989 · Here Is the News as News Editor
- 1989 · Precious Bane as Sarn
- 1988 · The Tenth Man as Pierre
- 1988 · Thompson as
- 1988 · The Raggedy Rawney as The Soldier
- 1988 · Soursweet as Mr. Constantinides
- 1988 · The First Kangaroos as Arthur Hughes
- 1988 · Star Trap as Dr. Wax
- 1988 · Duck as
- 1987 · A Month in the Country as Ellerbeck
- 1987 · The American Way as Castro
- 1986 · The Singing Detective as Mr. Marlow
- 1986 · Lost Empires as Inspector Crabb
- 1986 · Casualty as Matthew Charlton
- 1986 · The Monocled Mutineer as
- 1986 · Haunted Honeymoon as Montego
- 1985 · The Mysteries as Mak / Fourth Soldier
- 1985 · Rustlers' Rhapsody as Blackie
- 1984 · A Private Function as Inspector Noble
- 1984 · The Company of Wolves as Second Husband (uncredited)
- 1984 · Top Secret! as Déjà Vu
- 1983 · The Oresteia as Agamemnon
- 1983 · Widows as D.I. Frinton
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Commander
- 1980 · Fox as Cliff Ryan
- 1980 · Fox as Cliff Ryan
- 1979 · Minder as Tomkins
- 1979 · Not the Nine O'Clock News as
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator