Actor
· Acting
Jim Carter
Born 1948-08-19
📍 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 140
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Charles Carson
2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
2025
Wonka
as Abacus Crunch
2023
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
as Narrator
2023
The Sea Beast
as King (voice)
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Charles Carson
2022
The Good Liar
as Vincent
2019
Downton Abbey
as Charles Carson
2019
Inside the Ritz Hotel
as Narrator
2019
Swimming with Men
as Ted
2018
King Lear
as Earl of Kent
2018
Knightfall
as Pope Boniface VIII
2017
The Little Vampire 3D
as Rookery (voice)
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Cogman (voice)
2017
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
2016
Punk Strut: The Movie
as Skippy
2016
Hitler's Supergun
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
as Self
2014
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
as Narrator (Voice)
2013
My Week with Marilyn
as Barry
2011
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
as Narrator (Voice)
2011
Downton Abbey
as Charles Carson
2010
Alice in Wonderland
as The Executioner (voice)
2010
Burlesque Fairytales
as The Compere
2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Harold Angus
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as Harold Angus
2009
Creation
as Parslow
2009
The Oxford Murders
as Inspector Petersen
2008
The Golden Compass
as John Faa
2007
Cranford
as Captain Brown
2007
Cassandra's Dream
as Garage Boss
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
Recovery
as Mr. Lockwood
2007
The Wind in the Willows
as Engine Driver
2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
as Henry Dorling
2006
Aberfan: The Untold Story
as Lord Robens
2006
The Thief Lord
as Victor
2006
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
as Narrator
2005
House of 9
as The Watcher
2005
The Story of Alton Towers
as Narrator/The Earl
2005
Out of Season
as Michael Philipps
2004
Casablanca Driver
as Joe Mateo, l'agent
2004
Modigliani
as Achilles Hebuterne
2004
Ella Enchanted
as Nish
2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Red Rose (voice)
2003
Cromwell: Warts and All
as Oliver Cromwell
2003
Pompeii: The Last Day
as Polybius
2003
Bright Young Things
as Chief Customs Officer
2003
Trevor's World of Sport
as Sir Frank Luckton
2003
Strange
as Inspector Stuart
2003
Blue Murder
as Frank Evans
2003
16 Years of Alcohol
as Director
2003
Heartlands
as Geoff
2003
Hornblower: Duty
as Etheridge
2003
Dinotopia
as Mayor Waldo
2002
Discovering Dinotopia
as Mayor Waldo
2002
Dinotopia
as Mayor Waldo
2002
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
2001
According to Beryl
as Samuel Johnson
2001
Walking With Disc Jockeys
as Narrator
2001
The Little Vampire
as Rookery
2000
102 Dalmatians
as Detective Armstrong
2000
Arabian Nights
as Ja'Far
2000
Tube Tales
as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
1999
Tube Tales
as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as General La Forge
1999
Blood on the Carpet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1999
Shakespeare in Love
as Ralph Bashford
1998
Legionnaire
as Lucien Galgani
1998
Hornblower
as Etheridge
1998
Vigo
as Bonaventure (uncredited)
1998
Bill's New Frock
as Mr. Platworthy
1998
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Erskine
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Maxie Morrell
1997
The Chest
as Roland Blood
1997
The Missing Postman
as DS Lawrence Pitman
1997
The Missing Postman
as DS Lawrence Pitman
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Nathan Green
1997
Bright Hair
as Norman Devenish
1997
Harpur and Iles: Protection
as Tenderness Mellick
1997
Brassed Off
as Harry
1996
Richard III
as Lord Hastings
1995
Coogan's Run
as Fraser
1995
The Grotesque
as George Lecky
1995
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
as Inspector
1995
Dangerfield
as Stephen Millwood
1995
The Madness of King George
as Fox
1994
Midnight Movie
as Henry Harris
1994
Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony
1994
Open Fire
as DCS Young
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Executioner (uncredited)
1994
Black Beauty
as John Manly
1994
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Father
1994
Pie in the Sky
as Alec Bailey
1994
Cracker
as Kenneth Trant
1993
The Hour of the Pig
as Mathieu
1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
as Commander
1993
A Year in Provence
as Ted Hopkins
1993
Stalin
as Sergo
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Mark Antony (voice)
1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Meinertzhagen
1992
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rossi
1992
Murder Most Horrid
as Roy Redfern
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as General Alberto
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Frank Phillips
1991
Hancock
as Ray Galton
1991
Soldier Soldier
as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
1991
The Gravy Train
as Personip
1990
The Witches
as Head Chef
1990
A Sense of Guilt
as Richard Murray
1990
Erik the Viking
as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
1989
The Rainbow
as Mr. Harby
1989
Here Is the News
as News Editor
1989
Precious Bane
as Sarn
1989
The Tenth Man
as Pierre
1988
The Raggedy Rawney
as The Soldier
1988
Soursweet
as Mr. Constantinides
1988
The First Kangaroos
as Arthur Hughes
1988
The American Way
as Castro
1987
A Month in the Country
as Ellerbeck
1987
Harry's Kingdom
as Bill
1987
The Singing Detective
as Mr Marlow
1986
Lost Empires
as Inspector Crabb
1986
Casualty
as Matthew Charlton
1986
The Monocled Mutineer
1986
Haunted Honeymoon
as Montego
1986
The Mysteries
as Mak / Fourth Soldier
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Blackie
1985
Hiawatha
as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
1984
A Private Function
as Inspector Noble
1984
The Company of Wolves
as Second Husband (uncredited)
1984
Top Secret!
as Déjà Vu
1984
The Oresteia
as Agamemnon
1983
Widows
as D.I. Frinton
1983
Fox
as Cliff Ryan
1980
Minder
as Tomkins
1979
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
I, Claudius
as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
1976
NOVA
as Narrator
1974