
Jim Carter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 19, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
James Edward Carter (born August 19, 1948) 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
Filmography

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie · as Charles Carson

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Movie · as Self

Wonka
Movie · as Abacus Crunch

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

The Sea Beast
Movie · as King (voice)

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie · as Charles Carson
Turtle Journey
Movie · as Grandfather Turtle (voice)

Downton Abbey
Movie · as Charles Carson

The Good Liar
Movie · as Vincent

Inside the Ritz Hotel
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

King Lear
Movie · as Earl of Kent

Swimming with Men
Movie · as Ted

Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie · as Cogman (voice)

The Little Vampire 3D
Movie · as Rookery (voice)

Knightfall
TV · as Pope Boniface VIII · 18 eps

Punk Strut: The Movie
Movie · as Skippy

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Movie · as Self

Hitler's Supergun
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Flintoff: Lord of the Fries
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Movie · as Self
One of a Kind
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
Movie · as Self

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

My Week with Marilyn
Movie · as Barry

Burlesque Fairytales
Movie · as The Compere

Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as The Executioner (voice)

Downton Abbey
TV · as Charles Carson · 47 eps

Creation
Movie · as Parslow

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Movie · as Harold Angus

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Movie · as Harold Angus
Return to Cranford
TV · as Captain Brown · 2 eps

The Oxford Murders
Movie · as Inspector Petersen

Caught in a Trap
Movie · as Brian Perkins

The Golden Compass
Movie · as John Faa

Recovery
Movie · as Mr. Lockwood

Cassandra's Dream
Movie · as Garage Boss

Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Cranford
TV · as Captain Brown · 7 eps

The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Engine Driver

The Thief Lord
Movie · as Victor

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Movie · as Henry Dorling

Aberfan: The Untold Story
Movie · as Lord Robens

The Story of Alton Towers
Movie · as Narrator/The Earl

The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
Movie · as Narrator

House of 9
Movie · as The Watcher

Casablanca Driver
Movie · as Joe Mateo, l'agent
Von Trapped
Movie · as Larry Lavelle

Out of Season
Movie · as Michael Philipps

Ella Enchanted
Movie · as Nish

Modigliani
Movie · as Achilles Hebuterne
London
TV · as Henry Fielding · 3 eps

Bright Young Things
Movie · as Chief Customs Officer

Heartlands
Movie · as Geoff

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Movie · as Red Rose (voice)

Hornblower: Duty
Movie · as Etheridge

16 Years of Alcohol
Movie · as Director

Pompeii: The Last Day
Movie · as Polybius

Cromwell: Warts and All
Movie · as Oliver Cromwell

Blue Murder
TV · as Frank Evans · 1 ep

Strange
TV · as Inspector Stuart · 1 ep

Trevor's World of Sport
TV · as Sir Frank Luckton · 1 ep

Coming Up
TV · as Boyfriend · 1 ep

Dinotopia
Movie · as Mayor Waldo

Discovering Dinotopia
Movie · as Mayor Waldo

Dinotopia
TV · as Mayor Waldo · 3 eps

According to Beryl
Movie · as Samuel Johnson
Walking With Disc Jockeys
Movie · as Narrator

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
TV · as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec · 2 eps

The Little Vampire
Movie · as Rookery

102 Dalmatians
Movie · as Detective Armstrong

Arabian Nights
TV · as Ja'Far · 2 eps
Trial by Fire
Movie · as Geoffrey Bailey

Tube Tales
Movie · as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away"), Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
The Bass Player
Movie

Blood on the Carpet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV · as General La Forge · 3 eps

Shakespeare in Love
Movie · as Ralph Bashford

Legionnaire
Movie · as Lucien Galgani

Bill's New Frock
Movie · as Mr. Platworthy

Vigo
Movie · as Bonaventure (uncredited)

Hornblower
TV · as Etheridge · 1 ep

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Movie · as Erskine

The Missing Postman
Movie · as DS Lawrence Pitman

Bright Hair
Movie · as Norman Devenish

The Chest
Movie · as Roland Blood

Harpur and Iles: Protection
Movie · as Tenderness Mellick

The Missing Postman
TV · as DS Lawrence Pitman · 2 eps

Ain't Misbehavin'
TV · as Maxie Morrell · 3 eps

The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Nathan Green · 1 ep

Brassed Off
Movie · as Harry

Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Ted Lowry · 1 ep

Richard III
Movie · as Lord Hastings

The Grotesque
Movie · as George Lecky

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Movie · as Inspector
It Might Be You
Movie · as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley

Dangerfield
TV · as Stephen Millwood · 1 ep

The Madness of King George
Movie · as Fox

Black Beauty
Movie · as John Manly

Midnight Movie
Movie · as Henry Harris

In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie · as Father

Open Fire
Movie · as DCS Young

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie · as Executioner (uncredited)

Julius Caesar
Movie · as Mark Antony

Pie in the Sky
TV · as Alec Bailey · 1 ep

The Hour of the Pig
Movie · as Mathieu

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie · as Commander
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Movie · as Grabianski

Cracker
TV · as Kenneth Trant · 3 eps

A Year in Provence
TV · as Ted Hopkins · 1 ep

Blame It on the Bellboy
Movie · as Rossi

Stalin
Movie · as Sergo

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie · as Meinertzhagen

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV · as Mark Antony (voice) · 1 ep

Hancock
Movie · as Ray Galton
Incident in Judaea
Movie

Soldier Soldier
TV · as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP · 1 ep

Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Roy Redfern, General Alberto, Frank Phillips · 1 ep
The Fool
Movie · as Mr. Blackthorn

The Witches
Movie · as Head Chef
Crimestrike
Movie · as The Detective

A Sense of Guilt
TV · as Richard Murray · 7 eps

The Gravy Train
TV · as Personip · 4 eps

The Rainbow
Movie · as Mr. Harby

Here Is the News
Movie · as News Editor

Erik the Viking
Movie · as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)

Precious Bane
Movie · as Sarn

Soursweet
Movie · as Mr. Constantinides

The Tenth Man
Movie · as Pierre

The Raggedy Rawney
Movie · as The Soldier

The First Kangaroos
Movie · as Arthur Hughes
Star Trap
Movie · as Dr. Wax
Duck
Movie
Thompson
TV · 1 ep
Christabel
TV · as Bausch · 2 eps

The American Way
Movie · as Castro

A Month in the Country
Movie · as Ellerbeck

Harry's Kingdom
Movie · as Bill

Haunted Honeymoon
Movie · as Montego

The Monocled Mutineer
TV · 1 ep

Casualty
TV · as Matthew Charlton · 1 ep

Lost Empires
TV · as Inspector Crabb · 7 eps

The Singing Detective
TV · as Mr Marlow · 5 eps

Rustlers' Rhapsody
Movie · as Blackie

The Mysteries
TV · as Mak / Fourth Soldier · 3 eps

Screen Two
TV · as Father, Henry Harris · 1 ep

Top Secret!
Movie · as Déjà Vu

A Private Function
Movie · as Inspector Noble

The Company of Wolves
Movie · as Second Husband (uncredited)

Hiawatha
Movie · as Nawadaha - The Story Teller

December Flower
Movie · as Dentist

The Oresteia
Movie · as Agamemnon

Widows
TV · as D.I. Frinton · 2 eps
Fox
Movie · as Cliff Ryan

Fox
TV · as Cliff Ryan · 2 eps

Not the Nine O'Clock News
TV · 1 ep

Minder
TV · as Tomkins · 2 eps

I, Claudius
TV · as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited) · 1 ep

NOVA
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep