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Jim Carter

Acting · Born 1948-08-19 · 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

2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleCharles Carson
2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleSelf
2023WonkaAbacus Crunch
2023Hidden Treasures of the National TrustNarrator
2022The Sea BeastKing (voice)
2022Downton Abbey: A New EraCharles Carson
2019The Good LiarVincent
2019Downton AbbeyCharles Carson
2019Inside the Ritz HotelNarrator
2018Swimming with MenTed
2018King LearEarl of Kent
2017KnightfallPope Boniface VIII
2017The Little Vampire 3DRookery (voice)
2017Transformers: The Last KnightCogman (voice)
2016Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and MeSelf
2016Punk Strut: The MovieSkippy
2015Hitler's SupergunNarrator (voice)
2015Flintoff: Lord of the FriesNarrator
2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi DramaSelf
2014One of a KindNarrator (voice)
2013Rock 'n' Roll BritanniaSelf
2013Secrets of the Stonehenge SkeletonsNarrator (Voice)
2011My Week with MarilynBarry
2011Dambusters: Building the Bouncing BombNarrator (Voice)
2010Downton AbbeyCharles Carson
2010Alice in WonderlandThe Executioner (voice)
2010Burlesque FairytalesThe Compere
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Harold Angus
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983Harold Angus
2009CreationParslow
2008Caught in a TrapBrian Perkins
2008The Oxford MurdersInspector Petersen
2007The Golden CompassJohn Faa
2007CranfordCaptain Brown
2007Cassandra's DreamGarage Boss
2007Would I Lie to You?Self
2007RecoveryMr. Lockwood
2006The Wind in the WillowsEngine Driver
2006The Secret Life of Mrs. BeetonHenry Dorling
2006Aberfan: The Untold StoryLord Robens
2006The Thief LordVictor
2005The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12Narrator
2005House of 9The Watcher
2005The Story of Alton TowersNarrator/The Earl
2004Out of SeasonMichael Philipps
2004Von TrappedLarry Lavelle
2004Casablanca DriverJoe Mateo, l'agent
2004ModiglianiAchilles Hebuterne
2004LondonHenry Fielding
2004Ella EnchantedNish
2003Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the RoseRed Rose (voice)
2003Cromwell: Warts and AllOliver Cromwell
2003Pompeii: The Last DayPolybius
2003Bright Young ThingsChief Customs Officer
2003Trevor's World of SportSir Frank Luckton
2003StrangeInspector Stuart
2003Blue MurderFrank Evans
200316 Years of AlcoholDirector
2003HeartlandsGeoff
2003Hornblower: DutyEtheridge
2002DinotopiaMayor Waldo
2002Discovering DinotopiaMayor Waldo
2002DinotopiaMayor Waldo
2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StoryOdin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
2001According to BerylSamuel Johnson
2001Walking With Disc JockeysNarrator
2000The Little VampireRookery
2000102 DalmatiansDetective Armstrong
2000Arabian NightsJa'Far
1999Tube TalesTicket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
1999The Bass Player
1999Trial by FireGeoffrey Bailey
1999The Scarlet PimpernelGeneral La Forge
1999Blood on the CarpetSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998Shakespeare in LoveRalph Bashford
1998LegionnaireLucien Galgani
1998HornblowerEtheridge
1998VigoBonaventure (uncredited)
1998Bill's New FrockMr. Platworthy
1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingErskine
1997The ViewSelf
1997Ain't Misbehavin'Maxie Morrell
1997The ChestRoland Blood
1997The Missing PostmanDS Lawrence Pitman
1997The Missing PostmanDS Lawrence Pitman
1997Midsomer MurdersNathan Green
1997Bright HairNorman Devenish
1997Harpur and Iles: ProtectionTenderness Mellick
1996Brassed OffHarry
1995Richard IIILord Hastings
1995It Might Be YouWally 'Lottery' Whaley
1995The GrotesqueGeorge Lecky
1995Mrs Hartley and the Growth CentreInspector
1995DangerfieldStephen Millwood
1994The Madness of King GeorgeFox
1994Midnight MovieHenry Harris
1994Julius CaesarMark Antony
1994Open FireDCS Young
1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinExecutioner (uncredited)
1994Black BeautyJohn Manly
1994In The Cold Light Of DayFather
1994Pie in the SkyAlec Bailey
1993CrackerKenneth Trant
1993The Hour of the PigMathieu
1993Resnick: Rough TreatmentGrabianski
1993Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous BreakdownCommander
1993A Year in ProvenceTed Hopkins
1992StalinSergo
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesMark Antony (voice)
1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaMeinertzhagen
1992Blame It on the BellboyRossi
1991Murder Most HorridRoy Redfern
1991HancockRay Galton
1991Soldier SoldierSnr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
1991Incident in Judaea
1990The FoolMr. Blackthorn
1990CrimestrikeThe Detective
1990The Gravy TrainPersonip
1990The WitchesHead Chef
1990A Sense of GuiltRichard Murray
1989Erik the VikingJennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
1989The RainbowMr. Harby
1989Here Is the NewsNews Editor
1989Precious BaneSarn
1988The Tenth ManPierre
1988ChristabelBausch
1988Thompson
1988The Raggedy RawneyThe Soldier
1988SoursweetMr. Constantinides
1988The First KangaroosArthur Hughes
1988Star TrapDr. Wax
1988Duck
1987The American WayCastro
1987A Month in the CountryEllerbeck
1987Harry's KingdomBill
1986The Singing DetectiveMr Marlow
1986Lost EmpiresInspector Crabb
1986CasualtyMatthew Charlton
1986The Monocled Mutineer
1986Haunted HoneymoonMontego
1985The MysteriesMak / Fourth Soldier
1985Rustlers' RhapsodyBlackie
1985Screen TwoFather
1984HiawathaNawadaha - The Story Teller
1984December FlowerDentist
1984A Private FunctionInspector Noble
1984The Company of WolvesSecond Husband (uncredited)
1984Top Secret!Déjà Vu
1983The OresteiaAgamemnon
1983WidowsD.I. Frinton
1980FoxCliff Ryan
1980FoxCliff Ryan
1979MinderTomkins
1979Not the Nine O'Clock News
1976I, ClaudiusRoman Senate Senator (uncredited)
1974NOVANarrator

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