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