Jim Carter
Acting • Born 1948-08-19
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).
Filmography
156 credits
The Golden Compass
Movie • 2007
John Faa
Shakespeare in Love
Movie • 1998
Ralph Bashford
Legionnaire
Movie • 1998
Lucien Galgani
Hitler's Supergun
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Creation
Movie • 2009
Parslow
The Madness of King George
Movie • 1994
Fox
The Little Vampire
Movie • 2000
Rookery
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Movie • 2014
Self
Richard III
Movie • 1995
Lord Hastings
Top Secret!
Movie • 1984
Déjà Vu
The Oxford Murders
Movie • 2008
Inspector Petersen
Brassed Off
Movie • 1996
Harry
Blame It on the Bellboy
Movie • 1992
Rossi
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
Movie • 2013
Narrator (Voice)
The American Way
Movie • 1987
Castro
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 2006
Engine Driver
Black Beauty
Movie • 1994
John Manly
The Rainbow
Movie • 1989
Mr. Harby
Bright Young Things
Movie • 2003
Chief Customs Officer
A Month in the Country
Movie • 1987
Ellerbeck
Casablanca Driver
Movie • 2004
Joe Mateo, l'agent
The Grotesque
Movie • 1995
George Lecky
The Story of Alton Towers
Movie • 2005
Narrator/The Earl
The Hour of the Pig
Movie • 1993
Mathieu
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
Movie • 2011
Narrator (Voice)
Heartlands
Movie • 2003
Geoff
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Movie • 1997
Erskine
Stalin
Movie • 1992
Sergo
My Week with Marilyn
Movie • 2011
Barry
Burlesque Fairytales
Movie • 2010
The Compere
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Movie • 2003
Red Rose (voice)
Midnight Movie
Movie • 1994
Henry Harris
Trial by Fire
Movie • 1999
Geoffrey Bailey
Wonka
Movie • 2023
Abacus Crunch
Here Is the News
Movie • 1989
News Editor
Recovery
Movie • 2007
Mr. Lockwood
In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie • 1994
Father
Von Trapped
Movie • 2004
Larry Lavelle
Soursweet
Movie • 1988
Mr. Constantinides
The Sea Beast
Movie • 2022
King (voice)
Erik the Viking
Movie • 1989
Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
The Fool
Movie • 1990
Mr. Blackthorn
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Movie • 2009
Harold Angus
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Movie • 2009
Harold Angus
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie • 1993
Commander
According to Beryl
Movie • 2001
Samuel Johnson
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
Movie • 2005
Narrator
Tube Tales
Movie • 1999
Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
Punk Strut: The Movie
Movie • 2016
Skippy
Hancock
Movie • 1991
Ray Galton
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Movie • 2016
Self
One of a Kind
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
A Private Function
Movie • 1984
Inspector Noble
The Missing Postman
Movie • 1997
DS Lawrence Pitman
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie • 1992
Meinertzhagen
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie • 2025
Charles Carson
The Tenth Man
Movie • 1988
Pierre
Tube Tales
Movie • 1999
Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
Hornblower: Duty
Movie • 2003
Etheridge
Bright Hair
Movie • 1997
Norman Devenish
The Thief Lord
Movie • 2006
Victor
House of 9
Movie • 2005
The Watcher
The Raggedy Rawney
Movie • 1988
The Soldier
Out of Season
Movie • 2004
Michael Philipps
Open Fire
Movie • 1994
DCS Young
Fox
Movie • 1980
Cliff Ryan
Haunted Honeymoon
Movie • 1986
Montego
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Movie • 1993
Grabianski
Dinotopia
Movie • 2002
Mayor Waldo
Ella Enchanted
Movie • 2004
Nish
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Movie • 2006
Henry Dorling
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie • 1994
Executioner (uncredited)
Cassandra's Dream
Movie • 2007
Garage Boss
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Movie • 1995
Inspector
16 Years of Alcohol
Movie • 2003
Director
Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie • 2017
Cogman (voice)
Bill's New Frock
Movie • 1998
Mr. Platworthy
The Little Vampire 3D
Movie • 2017
Rookery (voice)
The Witches
Movie • 1990
Head Chef
The Chest
Movie • 1997
Roland Blood
Modigliani
Movie • 2004
Achilles Hebuterne
Precious Bane
Movie • 1989
Sarn
The Company of Wolves
Movie • 1984
Second Husband (uncredited)
King Lear
Movie • 2018
Earl of Kent
Swimming with Men
Movie • 2018
Ted
The First Kangaroos
Movie • 1988
Arthur Hughes
Downton Abbey
Movie • 2019
Charles Carson
Vigo
Movie • 1998
Bonaventure (uncredited)
The Good Liar
Movie • 2019
Vincent
Pompeii: The Last Day
Movie • 2003
Polybius
Harpur and Iles: Protection
Movie • 1997
Tenderness Mellick
Star Trap
Movie • 1988
Dr. Wax
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
Movie • 2020
Dad Turtle
The Oresteia
Movie • 1983
Agamemnon
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Movie • 1985
Blackie
102 Dalmatians
Movie • 2000
Detective Armstrong
Aberfan: The Untold Story
Movie • 2006
Lord Robens
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
Movie • 2013
Self
Duck
Movie • 1988
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie • 2022
Charles Carson
Crimestrike
Movie • 1990
The Detective
Cromwell: Warts and All
Movie • 2003
Oliver Cromwell
Discovering Dinotopia
Movie • 2002
Mayor Waldo
The Bass Player
Movie • 1999
Hiawatha
Movie • 1984
Nawadaha - The Story Teller
Julius Caesar
Movie • 1994
Mark Antony
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 2010
The Executioner (voice)
Harry's Kingdom
Movie • 1987
Bill
Caught in a Trap
Movie • 2008
Brian Perkins
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Movie • 2025
Self
Walking With Disc Jockeys
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Incident in Judaea
Movie • 1991
The Missing Postman
TV • 1997
DS Lawrence Pitman
Hornblower
TV • 1998
Etheridge
Downton Abbey
TV • 2010
Charles Carson
Blood on the Carpet
TV • 1999
Self - Narrator (voice)
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
Blue Murder
TV • 2003
Frank Evans
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
General Alberto
London
TV • 2004
Henry Fielding
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1999
General La Forge
A Year in Provence
TV • 1993
Ted Hopkins
Not the Nine O'Clock News
TV • 1979
Coogan's Run
TV • 1995
Fraser
Dangerfield
TV • 1995
Stephen Millwood
Cracker
TV • 1993
Kenneth Trant
Fox
TV • 1980
Cliff Ryan
The Mysteries
TV • 1985
Mak / Fourth Soldier
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
TV • 2023
Narrator
Thompson
TV • 1988
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Roy Redfern
Strange
TV • 2003
Inspector Stuart
The Monocled Mutineer
TV • 1986
Casualty
TV • 1986
Matthew Charlton
Minder
TV • 1979
Tomkins
Pie in the Sky
TV • 1994
Alec Bailey
Trevor's World of Sport
TV • 2003
Sir Frank Luckton
Ain't Misbehavin'
TV • 1997
Maxie Morrell
Dinotopia
TV • 2002
Mayor Waldo
A Sense of Guilt
TV • 1990
Richard Murray
Arabian Nights
TV • 2000
Ja'Far
The Gravy Train
TV • 1990
Personip
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
TV • 2001
Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
Lost Empires
TV • 1986
Inspector Crabb
Knightfall
TV • 2017
Pope Boniface VIII
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Nathan Green
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV • 1992
Mark Antony (voice)
Widows
TV • 1983
D.I. Frinton
Cranford
TV • 2007
Captain Brown
Inside the Ritz Hotel
TV • 2019
Narrator
The Singing Detective
TV • 1986
Mr Marlow
I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
Christabel
TV • 1988
Bausch