Jim Carter
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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
Credits
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as The Executioner (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
as Cogman (voice)
The Sea Beast (2022)
as King (voice)
Wonka (2023)
as Abacus Crunch
The Golden Compass (2007)
as John Faa
102 Dalmatians (2000)
as Detective Armstrong
Ella Enchanted (2004)
as Nish
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
as Charles Carson
Downton Abbey (2019)
as Charles Carson
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Charles Carson
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Ralph Bashford
The Good Liar (2019)
as Vincent
The Witches (1990)
as Head Chef
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Executioner (uncredited)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
as Barry
Top Secret! (1984)
as Déjà Vu
The Little Vampire (2000)
as Rookery
The Company of Wolves (1984)
as Second Husband (uncredited)
Black Beauty (1994)
as John Manly
King Lear (2018)
as Earl of Kent
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
as Garage Boss
Erik the Viking (1989)
as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
The Little Vampire 3D (2017)
as Rookery (voice)
Richard III (1995)
as Lord Hastings
The Madness of King George (1994)
as Fox
The Oxford Murders (2008)
as Inspector Petersen
Legionnaire (1998)
as Lucien Galgani
The Thief Lord (2006)
as Victor
Brassed Off (1996)
as Harry
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
as Montego
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
as Harold Angus
Swimming with Men (2018)
as Ted
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Mathieu
Tube Tales (1999)
as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
Creation (2009)
as Parslow
A Month in the Country (1987)
as Ellerbeck
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
as Rossi
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
as Harold Angus
House of 9 (2005)
as The Watcher
Modigliani (2004)
as Achilles Hebuterne
The Tenth Man (1988)
as Pierre
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
as Erskine
Stalin (1992)
as Sergo
A Private Function (1984)
as Inspector Noble
Bright Young Things (2003)
as Chief Customs Officer
Fox (1980)
as Cliff Ryan
Caught in a Trap (2008)
as Brian Perkins
16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
as Director
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)
as Meinertzhagen
Harpur and Iles: Protection (1997)
as Tenderness Mellick
Dinotopia (2002)
as Mayor Waldo
The Wind in the Willows (2006)
as Engine Driver
Precious Bane (1989)
as Sarn
The Rainbow (1989)
as Mr. Harby
Aberfan: The Untold Story (2006)
as Lord Robens
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025)
as Self
Here Is the News (1989)
as News Editor
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre (1995)
as Inspector
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (1993)
as Commander
Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
as Blackie
The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
as The Soldier
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me (2016)
as Self
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia (2013)
as Self
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (2006)
as Henry Dorling
Recovery (2007)
as Mr. Lockwood
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama (2014)
as Self
Hiawatha (1984)
as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
In The Cold Light Of Day (1994)
as Father
Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
as Polybius
The Missing Postman (1997)
as DS Lawrence Pitman
Star Trap (1988)
as Dr. Wax
The Fool (1990)
as Mr. Blackthorn
The Grotesque (1995)
as George Lecky
Heartlands (2003)
as Geoff
It Might Be You (1995)
as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley
Out of Season (2004)
as Michael Philipps
Bill's New Frock (1998)
as Mr. Platworthy
Cromwell: Warts and All (2003)
as Oliver Cromwell
The First Kangaroos (1988)
as Arthur Hughes
Vigo (1998)
as Bonaventure (uncredited)
The Oresteia (1983)
as Agamemnon
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003)
as Red Rose (voice)
Punk Strut: The Movie (2016)
as Skippy
Hitler's Supergun (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
as Etheridge
Discovering Dinotopia (2002)
as Mayor Waldo
Casablanca Driver (2004)
as Joe Mateo, l'agent
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
as The Compere
Bright Hair (1997)
as Norman Devenish
Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
as Grabianski
Soursweet (1988)
as Mr. Constantinides
Walking With Disc Jockeys (2001)
as Narrator
The American Way (1987)
as Castro
Julius Caesar (1994)
as Mark Antony
Open Fire (1994)
as DCS Young
Harry's Kingdom (1987)
as Bill
One of a Kind (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Duck (1988)
Actor
The Bass Player (1999)
Actor
December Flower (1984)
as Dentist
The Story of Alton Towers (2005)
as Narrator/The Earl
The Chest (1997)
as Roland Blood
Hancock (1991)
as Ray Galton
Incident in Judaea (1991)
Actor
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb (2011)
as Narrator (Voice)
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons (2013)
as Narrator (Voice)
Midnight Movie (1994)
as Henry Harris
Trial by Fire (1999)
as Geoffrey Bailey
Crimestrike (1990)
as The Detective
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 (2005)
as Narrator
According to Beryl (2001)
as Samuel Johnson
Von Trapped (2004)
as Larry Lavelle