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