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