Jim Carter
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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)
Wonka (2023)
as Abacus Crunch
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
as Cogman (voice)
The Sea Beast (2022)
as King (voice)
The Golden Compass (2007)
as John Faa
Ella Enchanted (2004)
as Nish
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Ralph Bashford
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
as Charles Carson
Top Secret! (1984)
as Déjà Vu
102 Dalmatians (2000)
as Detective Armstrong
The Witches (1990)
as Head Chef
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Charles Carson
Downton Abbey (2019)
as Charles Carson
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
as Barry
The Company of Wolves (1984)
as Second Husband (uncredited)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
as Executioner (uncredited)
The Little Vampire 3D (2017)
as Rookery (voice)
Legionnaire (1998)
as Lucien Galgani
The Good Liar (2019)
as Vincent
Erik the Viking (1989)
as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
as Garage Boss
Creation (2009)
as Parslow
King Lear (2018)
as Earl of Kent
The Oxford Murders (2008)
as Inspector Petersen
Black Beauty (1994)
as John Manly
The Little Vampire (2000)
as Rookery
The Madness of King George (1994)
as Fox
The Tenth Man (1988)
as Pierre
The Thief Lord (2006)
as Victor
Bright Young Things (2003)
as Chief Customs Officer
Richard III (1995)
as Lord Hastings
Harpur and Iles: Protection (1997)
as Tenderness Mellick
Brassed Off (1996)
as Harry
Incident in Judaea (1991)
Actor
Modigliani (2004)
as Achilles Hebuterne
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
as Erskine
The Wind in the Willows (2006)
as Engine Driver
Swimming with Men (2018)
as Ted
A Month in the Country (1987)
as Ellerbeck
House of 9 (2005)
as The Watcher
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Mathieu
Stalin (1992)
as Sergo
A Private Function (1984)
as Inspector Noble
Discovering Dinotopia (2002)
as Mayor Waldo
Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
as Polybius
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
as Etheridge
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
as Montego
Hiawatha (1984)
as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
as Rossi
Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
as Grabianski
Hitler's Supergun (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
as The Soldier
Tube Tales (1999)
as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
Fox (1980)
as Cliff Ryan
Dinotopia (2002)
as Mayor Waldo
Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
as Blackie
Caught in a Trap (2008)
as Brian Perkins
Precious Bane (1989)
as Sarn
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)
as Meinertzhagen
The Grotesque (1995)
as George Lecky
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
as Harold Angus
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
as Harold Angus
Heartlands (2003)
as Geoff
The Bass Player (1999)
Actor
The Rainbow (1989)
as Mr. Harby
16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
as Director
Star Trap (1988)
as Dr. Wax
Casablanca Driver (2004)
as Joe Mateo, l'agent
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
as The Compere
Harry's Kingdom (1987)
as Bill
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre (1995)
as Inspector
Punk Strut: The Movie (2016)
as Skippy
Out of Season (2004)
as Michael Philipps
Duck (1988)
Actor
In The Cold Light Of Day (1994)
as Father
Soursweet (1988)
as Mr. Constantinides
The Fool (1990)
as Mr. Blackthorn
Midnight Movie (1994)
as Henry Harris
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me (2016)
as Self
Vigo (1998)
as Bonaventure (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (2006)
as Henry Dorling
Walking With Disc Jockeys (2001)
as Narrator
Open Fire (1994)
as DCS Young
Cromwell: Warts and All (2003)
as Oliver Cromwell
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale (2025)
as Self
The First Kangaroos (1988)
as Arthur Hughes
Aberfan: The Untold Story (2006)
as Lord Robens
Trial by Fire (1999)
as Geoffrey Bailey
The American Way (1987)
as Castro
Here Is the News (1989)
as News Editor
Julius Caesar (1994)
as Mark Antony
December Flower (1984)
as Dentist
The Missing Postman (1997)
as DS Lawrence Pitman
Recovery (2007)
as Mr. Lockwood
Bill's New Frock (1998)
as Mr. Platworthy
Von Trapped (2004)
as Larry Lavelle
It Might Be You (1995)
as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley
Bright Hair (1997)
as Norman Devenish
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama (2014)
as Self
One of a Kind (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
The Story of Alton Towers (2005)
as Narrator/The Earl
According to Beryl (2001)
as Samuel Johnson
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (1993)
as Commander
Crimestrike (1990)
as The Detective
The Chest (1997)
as Roland Blood
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons (2013)
as Narrator (Voice)
Hancock (1991)
as Ray Galton
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003)
as Red Rose (voice)
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia (2013)
as Self
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 (2005)
as Narrator
The Oresteia (1983)
as Agamemnon
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb (2011)
as Narrator (Voice)