Jim Carter

Known for: Acting

Born: 1948-08-19 (age 77)

From: Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

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).

Filmography (156)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
as Charles Carson
MOVIE★ 2.5
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wonka
2023
as Abacus Crunch
TV
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
2023
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Sea Beast
2022
as King (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Charles Carson
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Good Liar
2019
as Vincent
MOVIE★ 7.1
Downton Abbey
2019
as Charles Carson
TV
Inside the Ritz Hotel
2019
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
Swimming with Men
2018
as Ted
MOVIE★ 6.1
King Lear
2018
as Earl of Kent
TV★ 7.0
Knightfall
2017
as Pope Boniface VIII
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
as Rookery (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Cogman (voice)
MOVIE
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
as Self
MOVIE
Punk Strut: The Movie
2016
as Skippy
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hitler's Supergun
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Flintoff: Lord of the Fries
2015
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014
as Self
MOVIE
One of a Kind
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
2013
as Narrator (Voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Barry
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
2011
as Narrator (Voice)
TV★ 8.1
Downton Abbey
2010
as Charles Carson
MOVIE★ 6.6
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as The Executioner (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as The Compere
MOVIE★ 6.9
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
as Harold Angus
MOVIE★ 7.0
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
as Harold Angus
MOVIE★ 6.4
Creation
2009
as Parslow
MOVIE★ 6.0
Caught in a Trap
2008
as Brian Perkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Oxford Murders
2008
as Inspector Petersen
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Golden Compass
2007
as John Faa
TV★ 8.1
Cranford
2007
as Captain Brown
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cassandra's Dream
2007
as Garage Boss
TV★ 7.8
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Recovery
2007
as Mr. Lockwood
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Engine Driver
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006
as Henry Dorling
MOVIE★ 5.0
Aberfan: The Untold Story
2006
as Lord Robens
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Thief Lord
2006
as Victor
MOVIE
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
2005
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.1
House of 9
2005
as The Watcher
MOVIE
The Story of Alton Towers
2005
as Narrator/The Earl
MOVIE★ 4.8
Out of Season
2004
as Michael Philipps
MOVIE★ 6.5
Von Trapped
2004
as Larry Lavelle
MOVIE★ 5.8
Casablanca Driver
2004
as Joe Mateo, l'agent
MOVIE★ 7.0
Modigliani
2004
as Achilles Hebuterne
TV★ 10.0
London
2004
as Henry Fielding
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ella Enchanted
2004
as Nish
MOVIE
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
as Red Rose (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Cromwell: Warts and All
2003
as Oliver Cromwell
MOVIE★ 6.8
Pompeii: The Last Day
2003
as Polybius
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bright Young Things
2003
as Chief Customs Officer
TV★ 7.0
Trevor's World of Sport
2003
as Sir Frank Luckton
TV★ 7.8
Strange
2003
as Inspector Stuart
TV★ 6.7
Blue Murder
2003
as Frank Evans
MOVIE★ 5.6
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
as Director
MOVIE★ 6.0
Heartlands
2003
as Geoff
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Etheridge
TV★ 6.5
Dinotopia
2002
as Mayor Waldo
MOVIE★ 6.4
Discovering Dinotopia
2002
as Mayor Waldo
MOVIE★ 8.2
Dinotopia
2002
as Mayor Waldo
TV★ 6.8
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
MOVIE
According to Beryl
2001
as Samuel Johnson
MOVIE
Walking With Disc Jockeys
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Little Vampire
2000
as Rookery
MOVIE★ 5.5
102 Dalmatians
2000
as Detective Armstrong
TV★ 6.8
Arabian Nights
2000
as Ja'Far
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tube Tales
1999
as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
MOVIE
The Bass Player
1999
MOVIE★ 8.0
Trial by Fire
1999
as Geoffrey Bailey
TV★ 7.7
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as General La Forge
TV★ 10.0
Blood on the Carpet
1999
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Ralph Bashford
MOVIE★ 5.8
Legionnaire
1998
as Lucien Galgani
TV★ 7.8
Hornblower
1998
as Etheridge
MOVIE★ 4.9
Vigo
1998
as Bonaventure (uncredited)
MOVIE
Bill's New Frock
1998
as Mr. Platworthy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
as Erskine
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Ain't Misbehavin'
1997
as Maxie Morrell
MOVIE
The Chest
1997
as Roland Blood
TV★ 7.5
The Missing Postman
1997
as DS Lawrence Pitman
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Missing Postman
1997
as DS Lawrence Pitman
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Nathan Green
MOVIE★ 4.1
Bright Hair
1997
as Norman Devenish
MOVIE★ 7.5
Harpur and Iles: Protection
1997
as Tenderness Mellick
MOVIE★ 7.0
Brassed Off
1996
as Harry
MOVIE★ 6.8
Richard III
1995
as Lord Hastings
MOVIE
It Might Be You
1995
as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Grotesque
1995
as George Lecky
MOVIE
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995
as Inspector
TV★ 7.0
Dangerfield
1995
as Stephen Millwood
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Madness of King George
1994
as Fox
MOVIE★ 3.7
Midnight Movie
1994
as Henry Harris
MOVIE
Julius Caesar
1994
as Mark Antony
MOVIE★ 7.3
Open Fire
1994
as DCS Young
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Executioner (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Black Beauty
1994
as John Manly
MOVIE
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
as Father
TV★ 8.3
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Alec Bailey
TV★ 6.6
Cracker
1993
as Kenneth Trant
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Mathieu
MOVIE
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
as Grabianski
MOVIE
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
as Commander
TV★ 6.0
A Year in Provence
1993
as Ted Hopkins
MOVIE★ 5.3
Stalin
1992
as Sergo
TV★ 6.4
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Mark Antony (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
as Meinertzhagen
MOVIE★ 5.4
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
as Rossi
TV★ 6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Roy Redfern
MOVIE
Hancock
1991
as Ray Galton
TV★ 6.9
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
MOVIE
Incident in Judaea
1991
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Blackthorn
MOVIE★ 7.0
Crimestrike
1990
as The Detective
TV★ 8.3
The Gravy Train
1990
as Personip
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Witches
1990
as Head Chef
TV★ 4.2
A Sense of Guilt
1990
as Richard Murray
MOVIE★ 5.9
Erik the Viking
1989
as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Rainbow
1989
as Mr. Harby
MOVIE
Here Is the News
1989
as News Editor
MOVIE★ 7.5
Precious Bane
1989
as Sarn
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Tenth Man
1988
as Pierre
TV★ 6.0
Christabel
1988
as Bausch
TV★ 5.0
Thompson
1988
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Raggedy Rawney
1988
as The Soldier
MOVIE★ 6.0
Soursweet
1988
as Mr. Constantinides
MOVIE★ 7.0
The First Kangaroos
1988
as Arthur Hughes
MOVIE★ 7.0
Star Trap
1988
as Dr. Wax
MOVIE
Duck
1988
MOVIE★ 6.2
The American Way
1987
as Castro
MOVIE★ 6.6
A Month in the Country
1987
as Ellerbeck
MOVIE
Harry's Kingdom
1987
as Bill
TV★ 7.5
The Singing Detective
1986
as Mr Marlow
TV★ 5.8
Lost Empires
1986
as Inspector Crabb
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Matthew Charlton
TV★ 7.7
The Monocled Mutineer
1986
MOVIE★ 5.4
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
as Montego
TV
The Mysteries
1985
as Mak / Fourth Soldier
MOVIE★ 5.6
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
as Blackie
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Father
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hiawatha
1984
as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
MOVIE
December Flower
1984
as Dentist
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Private Function
1984
as Inspector Noble
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Company of Wolves
1984
as Second Husband (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Top Secret!
1984
as Déjà Vu
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Oresteia
1983
as Agamemnon
TV★ 7.4
Widows
1983
as D.I. Frinton
MOVIE★ 1.0
Fox
1980
as Cliff Ryan
TV★ 6.5
Fox
1980
as Cliff Ryan
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Tomkins
TV★ 7.3
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
TV★ 7.8
I, Claudius
1976
as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
TV★ 7.0
NOVA
1974
as Narrator