Jim Carter

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

2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Movie · as Charles Carson

2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

Movie · as Self

2023
Wonka poster

Wonka

Movie · as Abacus Crunch

2023
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust poster

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

2022
The Sea Beast poster

The Sea Beast

Movie · as King (voice)

2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era poster

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Movie · as Charles Carson

2020
Turtle Journey

Turtle Journey

Movie · as Grandfather Turtle (voice)

2019
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

Movie · as Charles Carson

2019
The Good Liar poster

The Good Liar

Movie · as Vincent

2019
Inside the Ritz Hotel poster

Inside the Ritz Hotel

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2018
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Earl of Kent

2018
Swimming with Men poster

Swimming with Men

Movie · as Ted

2017
Transformers: The Last Knight poster

Transformers: The Last Knight

Movie · as Cogman (voice)

2017
The Little Vampire 3D poster

The Little Vampire 3D

Movie · as Rookery (voice)

2017
Knightfall poster

Knightfall

TV · as Pope Boniface VIII · 18 eps

2016
Punk Strut: The Movie poster

Punk Strut: The Movie

Movie · as Skippy

2016
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me poster

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

Movie · as Self

2015
Hitler's Supergun poster

Hitler's Supergun

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Flintoff: Lord of the Fries poster

Flintoff: Lord of the Fries

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

2014
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama poster

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

Movie · as Self

2014
One of a Kind

One of a Kind

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons poster

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

2013
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia

Rock 'n' Roll Britannia

Movie · as Self

2011
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb poster

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

2011
My Week with Marilyn poster

My Week with Marilyn

Movie · as Barry

2010
Burlesque Fairytales poster

Burlesque Fairytales

Movie · as The Compere

2010
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as The Executioner (voice)

2010
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

TV · as Charles Carson · 47 eps

2009
Creation poster

Creation

Movie · as Parslow

2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 poster

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Movie · as Harold Angus

2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 poster

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

Movie · as Harold Angus

2009
Return to Cranford

Return to Cranford

TV · as Captain Brown · 2 eps

2008
The Oxford Murders poster

The Oxford Murders

Movie · as Inspector Petersen

2008
Caught in a Trap poster

Caught in a Trap

Movie · as Brian Perkins

2007
The Golden Compass poster

The Golden Compass

Movie · as John Faa

2007
Recovery poster

Recovery

Movie · as Mr. Lockwood

2007
Cassandra's Dream poster

Cassandra's Dream

Movie · as Garage Boss

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Captain Brown · 7 eps

2006
The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows

Movie · as Engine Driver

2006
The Thief Lord poster

The Thief Lord

Movie · as Victor

2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton poster

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

Movie · as Henry Dorling

2006
Aberfan: The Untold Story poster

Aberfan: The Untold Story

Movie · as Lord Robens

2005
The Story of Alton Towers poster

The Story of Alton Towers

Movie · as Narrator/The Earl

2005
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 poster

The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12

Movie · as Narrator

2005
House of 9 poster

House of 9

Movie · as The Watcher

2004
Casablanca Driver poster

Casablanca Driver

Movie · as Joe Mateo, l'agent

2004
Von Trapped

Von Trapped

Movie · as Larry Lavelle

2004
Out of Season poster

Out of Season

Movie · as Michael Philipps

2004
Ella Enchanted poster

Ella Enchanted

Movie · as Nish

2004
Modigliani poster

Modigliani

Movie · as Achilles Hebuterne

2004
London

London

TV · as Henry Fielding · 3 eps

2003
Bright Young Things poster

Bright Young Things

Movie · as Chief Customs Officer

2003
Heartlands poster

Heartlands

Movie · as Geoff

2003
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose poster

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Movie · as Red Rose (voice)

2003
Hornblower: Duty poster

Hornblower: Duty

Movie · as Etheridge

2003
16 Years of Alcohol poster

16 Years of Alcohol

Movie · as Director

2003
Pompeii: The Last Day poster

Pompeii: The Last Day

Movie · as Polybius

2003
Cromwell: Warts and All poster

Cromwell: Warts and All

Movie · as Oliver Cromwell

2003
Blue Murder poster

Blue Murder

TV · as Frank Evans · 1 ep

2003
Strange poster

Strange

TV · as Inspector Stuart · 1 ep

2003
Trevor's World of Sport poster

Trevor's World of Sport

TV · as Sir Frank Luckton · 1 ep

2003
Coming Up poster

Coming Up

TV · as Boyfriend · 1 ep

2002
Dinotopia poster

Dinotopia

Movie · as Mayor Waldo

2002
Discovering Dinotopia poster

Discovering Dinotopia

Movie · as Mayor Waldo

2002
Dinotopia poster

Dinotopia

TV · as Mayor Waldo · 3 eps

2001
According to Beryl poster

According to Beryl

Movie · as Samuel Johnson

2001
Walking With Disc Jockeys

Walking With Disc Jockeys

Movie · as Narrator

2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story poster

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

TV · as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec · 2 eps

2000
The Little Vampire poster

The Little Vampire

Movie · as Rookery

2000
102 Dalmatians poster

102 Dalmatians

Movie · as Detective Armstrong

2000
Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights

TV · as Ja'Far · 2 eps

1999
Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire

Movie · as Geoffrey Bailey

1999
Tube Tales poster

Tube Tales

Movie · as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away"), Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)

1999
The Bass Player

The Bass Player

Movie

1999
Blood on the Carpet poster

Blood on the Carpet

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Scarlet Pimpernel

TV · as General La Forge · 3 eps

1998
Shakespeare in Love poster

Shakespeare in Love

Movie · as Ralph Bashford

1998
Legionnaire poster

Legionnaire

Movie · as Lucien Galgani

1998
Bill's New Frock poster

Bill's New Frock

Movie · as Mr. Platworthy

1998
Vigo poster

Vigo

Movie · as Bonaventure (uncredited)

1998
Hornblower poster

Hornblower

TV · as Etheridge · 1 ep

1997
Keep the Aspidistra Flying poster

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Movie · as Erskine

1997
The Missing Postman poster

The Missing Postman

Movie · as DS Lawrence Pitman

1997
Bright Hair poster

Bright Hair

Movie · as Norman Devenish

1997
The Chest poster

The Chest

Movie · as Roland Blood

1997
Harpur and Iles: Protection poster

Harpur and Iles: Protection

Movie · as Tenderness Mellick

1997
The Missing Postman poster

The Missing Postman

TV · as DS Lawrence Pitman · 2 eps

1997
Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin'

TV · as Maxie Morrell · 3 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Nathan Green · 1 ep

1996
Brassed Off poster

Brassed Off

Movie · as Harry

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Ted Lowry · 1 ep

1995
Richard III poster

Richard III

Movie · as Lord Hastings

1995
The Grotesque poster

The Grotesque

Movie · as George Lecky

1995
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre poster

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

Movie · as Inspector

1995
It Might Be You

It Might Be You

Movie · as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley

1995
Dangerfield poster

Dangerfield

TV · as Stephen Millwood · 1 ep

1994
The Madness of King George poster

The Madness of King George

Movie · as Fox

1994
Black Beauty poster

Black Beauty

Movie · as John Manly

1994
Midnight Movie poster

Midnight Movie

Movie · as Henry Harris

1994
In The Cold Light Of Day poster

In The Cold Light Of Day

Movie · as Father

1994
Open Fire poster

Open Fire

Movie · as DCS Young

1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poster

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Movie · as Executioner (uncredited)

1994
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

Movie · as Mark Antony

1994
Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky

TV · as Alec Bailey · 1 ep

1993
The Hour of the Pig poster

The Hour of the Pig

Movie · as Mathieu

1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown poster

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Movie · as Commander

1993
Resnick: Rough Treatment

Resnick: Rough Treatment

Movie · as Grabianski

1993
Cracker poster

Cracker

TV · as Kenneth Trant · 3 eps

1993
A Year in Provence poster

A Year in Provence

TV · as Ted Hopkins · 1 ep

1992
Blame It on the Bellboy poster

Blame It on the Bellboy

Movie · as Rossi

1992
Stalin poster

Stalin

Movie · as Sergo

1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia poster

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

Movie · as Meinertzhagen

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Mark Antony (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Hancock poster

Hancock

Movie · as Ray Galton

1991
Incident in Judaea

Incident in Judaea

Movie

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

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

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Roy Redfern, General Alberto, Frank Phillips · 1 ep

1990
The Fool

The Fool

Movie · as Mr. Blackthorn

1990
The Witches poster

The Witches

Movie · as Head Chef

1990
Crimestrike

Crimestrike

Movie · as The Detective

1990
A Sense of Guilt poster

A Sense of Guilt

TV · as Richard Murray · 7 eps

1990
The Gravy Train poster

The Gravy Train

TV · as Personip · 4 eps

1989
The Rainbow poster

The Rainbow

Movie · as Mr. Harby

1989
Here Is the News poster

Here Is the News

Movie · as News Editor

1989
Erik the Viking poster

Erik the Viking

Movie · as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)

1989
Precious Bane poster

Precious Bane

Movie · as Sarn

1988
Soursweet poster

Soursweet

Movie · as Mr. Constantinides

1988
The Tenth Man poster

The Tenth Man

Movie · as Pierre

1988
The Raggedy Rawney poster

The Raggedy Rawney

Movie · as The Soldier

1988
The First Kangaroos poster

The First Kangaroos

Movie · as Arthur Hughes

1988
Star Trap

Star Trap

Movie · as Dr. Wax

1988
Duck

Duck

Movie

1988
Thompson

Thompson

TV · 1 ep

1988
Christabel

Christabel

TV · as Bausch · 2 eps

1987
The American Way poster

The American Way

Movie · as Castro

1987
A Month in the Country poster

A Month in the Country

Movie · as Ellerbeck

1987
Harry's Kingdom poster

Harry's Kingdom

Movie · as Bill

1986
Haunted Honeymoon poster

Haunted Honeymoon

Movie · as Montego

1986
The Monocled Mutineer poster

The Monocled Mutineer

TV · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Matthew Charlton · 1 ep

1986
Lost Empires poster

Lost Empires

TV · as Inspector Crabb · 7 eps

1986
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

TV · as Mr Marlow · 5 eps

1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody poster

Rustlers' Rhapsody

Movie · as Blackie

1985
The Mysteries poster

The Mysteries

TV · as Mak / Fourth Soldier · 3 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Father, Henry Harris · 1 ep

1984
Top Secret! poster

Top Secret!

Movie · as Déjà Vu

1984
A Private Function poster

A Private Function

Movie · as Inspector Noble

1984
The Company of Wolves poster

The Company of Wolves

Movie · as Second Husband (uncredited)

1984
Hiawatha poster

Hiawatha

Movie · as Nawadaha - The Story Teller

1984
December Flower poster

December Flower

Movie · as Dentist

1983
The Oresteia poster

The Oresteia

Movie · as Agamemnon

1983
Widows poster

Widows

TV · as D.I. Frinton · 2 eps

1980
Fox

Fox

Movie · as Cliff Ryan

1980
Fox poster

Fox

TV · as Cliff Ryan · 2 eps

1979
Not the Nine O'Clock News poster

Not the Nine O'Clock News

TV · 1 ep

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Tomkins · 2 eps

1976
I, Claudius poster

I, Claudius

TV · as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited) · 1 ep

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep