Jim Carter

male

Born on August 19, 1948 (77 years old)

From Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

Known for Acting

Biography

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).

Cast Credits

2025
- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
  as
  Charles Carson
  2025
- Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
  as
  Self
  2025
2023
- Wonka
  as
  Abacus Crunch
  2023
- Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
  as
  Narrator
  2023
2022
- The Sea Beast
  as
  King (voice)
  2022
- Downton Abbey: A New Era
  as
  Charles Carson
  2022
2020
- Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
  as
  Dad Turtle
  2020
2019
- Downton Abbey
  as
  Charles Carson
  2019
- The Good Liar
  as
  Vincent
  2019
- Inside the Ritz Hotel
  as
  Narrator
  2019
2018
- King Lear
  as
  Earl of Kent
  2018
- Swimming with Men
  as
  Ted
  2018
2017
- Transformers: The Last Knight
  as
  Cogman (voice)
  2017
- The Little Vampire 3D
  as
  Rookery (voice)
  2017
- Knightfall
  as
  Pope Boniface VIII
  2017
2016
- Punk Strut: The Movie
  as
  Skippy
  2016
- Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
  as
  Self
  2016
2015
- Hitler's Supergun
  as
  Narrator (voice)
  2015
2014
- Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
  as
  Self
  2014
- no image
  One of a Kind
  as
  Narrator (voice)
  2014
2013
- Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
  as
  Narrator (Voice)
  2013
- no image
  Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
  as
  Self
  2013
2011
- Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
  as
  Narrator (Voice)
  2011
- My Week with Marilyn
  as
  Barry
  2011
2010
- Burlesque Fairytales
  as
  The Compere
  2010
- Alice in Wonderland
  as
  The Executioner (voice)
  2010
- Downton Abbey
  as
  Charles Carson
  2010
2009
- Creation
  as
  Parslow
  2009
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
  as
  Harold Angus
  2009
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
  as
  Harold Angus
  2009
2008
- The Oxford Murders
  as
  Inspector Petersen
  2008
- no image
  Caught in a Trap
  as
  Brian Perkins
  2008
2007
- The Golden Compass
  as
  John Faa
  2007
- Recovery
  as
  Mr. Lockwood
  2007
- Cassandra's Dream
  as
  Garage Boss
  2007
- Would I Lie to You?
  as
  Self
  2007
- Cranford
  as
  Captain Brown
  2007
2006
- The Wind in the Willows
  as
  Engine Driver
  2006
- The Thief Lord
  as
  Victor
  2006
- The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
  as
  Henry Dorling
  2006
- Aberfan: The Untold Story
  as
  Lord Robens
  2006
2005
- The Story of Alton Towers
  as
  Narrator/The Earl
  2005
- The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
  as
  Narrator
  2005
- House of 9
  as
  The Watcher
  2005
2004
- Casablanca Driver
  as
  Joe Mateo, l'agent
  2004
- no image
  Von Trapped
  as
  Larry Lavelle
  2004
- Out of Season
  as
  Michael Philipps
  2004
- Ella Enchanted
  as
  Nish
  2004
- Modigliani
  as
  Achilles Hebuterne
  2004
- no image
  London
  as
  Henry Fielding
  2004
2003
- Bright Young Things
  as
  Chief Customs Officer
  2003
- Heartlands
  as
  Geoff
  2003
- Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
  as
  Red Rose (voice)
  2003
- Hornblower: Duty
  as
  Etheridge
  2003
- 16 Years of Alcohol
  as
  Director
  2003
- Pompeii: The Last Day
  as
  Polybius
  2003
- Cromwell: Warts and All
  as
  Oliver Cromwell
  2003
- Blue Murder
  as
  Frank Evans
  2003
- Strange
  as
  Inspector Stuart
  2003
- Trevor's World of Sport
  as
  Sir Frank Luckton
  2003
2002
- Dinotopia
  as
  Mayor Waldo
  2002
- Discovering Dinotopia
  as
  Mayor Waldo
  2002
- Dinotopia
  as
  Mayor Waldo
  2002
2001
- According to Beryl
  as
  Samuel Johnson
  2001
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
  as
  Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
  2001
2000
- The Little Vampire
  as
  Rookery
  2000
- 102 Dalmatians
  as
  Detective Armstrong
  2000
- Arabian Nights
  as
  Ja'Far
  2000
1999
- no image
  Trial by Fire
  as
  Geoffrey Bailey
  1999
- Tube Tales
  as
  Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
  1999
- Tube Tales
  as
  Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
  1999
- no image
  The Bass Player
  1999
- Blood on the Carpet
  as
  Self - Narrator (voice)
  1999
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
  as
  General La Forge
  1999
1998
- Shakespeare in Love
  as
  Ralph Bashford
  1998
- Legionnaire
  as
  Lucien Galgani
  1998
- Bill's New Frock
  as
  Mr. Platworthy
  1998
- Vigo
  as
  Bonaventure (uncredited)
  1998
- Hornblower
  as
  Etheridge
  1998
1997
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  as
  Erskine
  1997
- The Missing Postman
  as
  DS Lawrence Pitman
  1997
- Bright Hair
  as
  Norman Devenish
  1997
- The Chest
  as
  Roland Blood
  1997
- Harpur and Iles: Protection
  as
  Tenderness Mellick
  1997
- The Missing Postman
  as
  DS Lawrence Pitman
  1997
- Ain't Misbehavin'
  as
  Maxie Morrell
  1997
- The View
  as
  Self
  1997
- Midsomer Murders
  as
  Nathan Green
  1997
1996
- Brassed Off
  as
  Harry
  1996
1995
- Richard III
  as
  Lord Hastings
  1995
- The Grotesque
  as
  George Lecky
  1995
- Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
  as
  Inspector
  1995
- Coogan's Run
  as
  Fraser
  1995
- no image
  Dangerfield
  as
  Stephen Millwood
  1995
1994
- The Madness of King George
  as
  Fox
  1994
- Black Beauty
  as
  John Manly
  1994
- Midnight Movie
  as
  Henry Harris
  1994
- In The Cold Light Of Day
  as
  Father
  1994
- Open Fire
  as
  DCS Young
  1994
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  as
  Executioner (uncredited)
  1994
- Julius Caesar
  as
  Mark Antony
  1994
- Pie in the Sky
  as
  Alec Bailey
  1994
1993
- The Hour of the Pig
  as
  Mathieu
  1993
- Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
  as
  Commander
  1993
- no image
  Resnick: Rough Treatment
  as
  Grabianski
  1993
- A Year in Provence
  as
  Ted Hopkins
  1993
- Cracker
  as
  Kenneth Trant
  1993
- Lipstick on Your Collar
  as
  Inspector
  1993
1992
- Blame It on the Bellboy
  as
  Rossi
  1992
- Stalin
  as
  Sergo
  1992
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
  as
  Meinertzhagen
  1992
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
  as
  Mark Antony (voice)
  1992
1991
- Hancock
  as
  Ray Galton
  1991
- Murder Most Horrid
  as
  General Alberto
  1991
- Murder Most Horrid
  as
  Roy Redfern
  1991
- Soldier Soldier
  as
  Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
  1991
1990
- no image
  The Fool
  as
  Mr. Blackthorn
  1990
- The Witches
  as
  Head Chef
  1990
- no image
  Crimestrike
  as
  The Detective
  1990
- A Sense of Guilt
  as
  Richard Murray
  1990
- The Gravy Train
  as
  Personip
  1990
1989
- The Rainbow
  as
  Mr. Harby
  1989
- Here Is the News
  as
  News Editor
  1989
- Erik the Viking
  as
  Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
  1989
- Precious Bane
  as
  Sarn
  1989
1988
- Soursweet
  as
  Mr. Constantinides
  1988
- The Tenth Man
  as
  Pierre
  1988
- The Raggedy Rawney
  as
  The Soldier
  1988
- The First Kangaroos
  as
  Arthur Hughes
  1988
- no image
  Star Trap
  as
  Dr. Wax
  1988
- no image
  Duck
  1988
- no image
  Thompson
  1988
1987
- The American Way
  as
  Castro
  1987
- A Month in the Country
  as
  Ellerbeck
  1987
- Harry's Kingdom
  as
  Bill
  1987
1986
- Haunted Honeymoon
  as
  Montego
  1986
- The Monocled Mutineer
  1986
- Casualty
  as
  Matthew Charlton
  1986
- Lost Empires
  as
  Inspector Crabb
  1986
- The Singing Detective
  as
  Mr Marlow
  1986
1985
- Rustlers' Rhapsody
  as
  Blackie
  1985
- The Mysteries
  as
  Mak / Fourth Soldier
  1985
1984
- Top Secret!
  as
  Déjà Vu
  1984
- A Private Function
  as
  Inspector Noble
  1984
- The Company of Wolves
  as
  Second Husband (uncredited)
  1984
- Hiawatha
  as
  Nawadaha - The Story Teller
  1984
1983
- The Oresteia
  as
  Agamemnon
  1983
- Widows
  as
  D.I. Frinton
  1983
1980
- no image
  Fox
  as
  Cliff Ryan
  1980
- Fox
  as
  Cliff Ryan
  1980
1979
- Not the Nine O'Clock News
  1979
- Minder
  as
  Tomkins
  1979
1976
- I, Claudius
  as
  Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
  1976
1974
- NOVA
  as
  Narrator
  1974

Jim Carter

Biography

Cast Credits

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

Wonka

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust

The Sea Beast

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans

Downton Abbey

The Good Liar

Inside the Ritz Hotel

King Lear

Swimming with Men

Transformers: The Last Knight

The Little Vampire 3D

Knightfall

Punk Strut: The Movie

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

Hitler's Supergun

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

One of a Kind

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

Rock 'n' Roll Britannia

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

My Week with Marilyn

Burlesque Fairytales

Alice in Wonderland

Downton Abbey

Creation

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

The Oxford Murders

Caught in a Trap

The Golden Compass

Recovery

Cassandra's Dream

Would I Lie to You?

Cranford

The Wind in the Willows

The Thief Lord

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

Aberfan: The Untold Story

The Story of Alton Towers

The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12

House of 9

Casablanca Driver

Von Trapped

Out of Season

Ella Enchanted

Modigliani

London

Bright Young Things

Heartlands

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Hornblower: Duty

16 Years of Alcohol

Pompeii: The Last Day

Cromwell: Warts and All

Blue Murder

Strange

Trevor's World of Sport

Dinotopia

Discovering Dinotopia

Dinotopia

According to Beryl

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

The Little Vampire

102 Dalmatians

Arabian Nights

Trial by Fire

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

The Bass Player

Blood on the Carpet

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Shakespeare in Love

Legionnaire

Bill's New Frock