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Jim Carter

Jim Carter

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).

Born

Aug 19, 1948

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

113 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.7

movie

Known For

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

2010

as The Executioner (voice)
The Sea Beast

The Sea Beast

2022

as King (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

as Cogman (voice)
Wonka

Wonka

2023

as Abacus Crunch
The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

as John Faa
Ella Enchanted

Ella Enchanted

2004

as Nish
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025

as Charles Carson
Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare in Love

1998

as Ralph Bashford
The Witches

The Witches

1990

as Head Chef
102 Dalmatians

102 Dalmatians

2000

as Detective Armstrong
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
2010 • as The Executioner (voice)
★ 6.6
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast
2022 • as King (voice)
★ 7.3
Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 • as Cogman (voice)
★ 6.1
Wonka
Wonka
2023 • as Abacus Crunch
★ 7.0
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
2007 • as John Faa
★ 6.1
Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted
2004 • as Nish
★ 6.5
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 • as Charles Carson
★ 7.1
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
1998 • as Ralph Bashford
★ 6.8
The Witches
The Witches
1990 • as Head Chef
★ 7.0
102 Dalmatians
102 Dalmatians
2000 • as Detective Armstrong
★ 5.5
My Week with Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn
2011 • as Barry
★ 6.7
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 • as Charles Carson
★ 7.2
King Lear
King Lear
2018 • as Earl of Kent
★ 6.0
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
2019 • as Charles Carson
★ 7.2
Top Secret!
Top Secret!
1984 • as Déjà Vu
★ 7.1
House of 9
House of 9
2005 • as The Watcher
★ 5.1
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994 • as Executioner (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Erik the Viking
Erik the Viking
1989 • as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
★ 5.9
The Good Liar
The Good Liar
2019 • as Vincent
★ 6.7
Tube Tales
Tube Tales
1999 • as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
★ 5.2
Tube Tales
Tube Tales
1999 • as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
★ 5.2
The Little Vampire 3D
The Little Vampire 3D
2017 • as Rookery (voice)
★ 6.1
The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves
1984 • as Second Husband (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Swimming with Men
Swimming with Men
2018 • as Ted
★ 6.1
movie
Fox
1980 • as Cliff Ryan
★ 1.0
Legionnaire
Legionnaire
1998 • as Lucien Galgani
★ 5.9
Dinotopia
Dinotopia
2002 • as Mayor Waldo
★ 7.6
The Thief Lord
The Thief Lord
2006 • as Victor
★ 6.0
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
1994 • as John Manly
★ 6.7
Cassandra's Dream
Cassandra's Dream
2007 • as Garage Boss
★ 6.3
The Little Vampire
The Little Vampire
2000 • as Rookery
★ 7.0
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
1988 • as Pierre
★ 6.7
The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George
1994 • as Fox
★ 6.8
Precious Bane
Precious Bane
1989 • as Sarn
★ 7.5
Brassed Off
Brassed Off
1996 • as Harry
★ 7.0
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997 • as Erskine
★ 6.0
The Oxford Murders
The Oxford Murders
2008 • as Inspector Petersen
★ 6.0
Richard III
Richard III
1995 • as Lord Hastings
★ 6.8
Creation
Creation
2009 • as Parslow
★ 6.4
Harpur and Iles: Protection
Harpur and Iles: Protection
1997 • as Tenderness Mellick
★ 7.5
Hiawatha
Hiawatha
1984 • as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
★ 8.0
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009 • as Harold Angus
★ 6.9
Modigliani
Modigliani
2004 • as Achilles Hebuterne
★ 7.0
Caught in a Trap
Caught in a Trap
2008 • as Brian Perkins
★ 6.0
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig
1993 • as Mathieu
★ 6.2
movie
Star Trap
1988 • as Dr. Wax
★ 7.0
movie
Duck
1988
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009 • as Harold Angus
★ 6.9
movie
Incident in Judaea
1991
Blame It on the Bellboy
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992 • as Rossi
★ 5.4
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country
1987 • as Ellerbeck
★ 6.5
Haunted Honeymoon
Haunted Honeymoon
1986 • as Montego
★ 5.4
Stalin
Stalin
1992 • as Sergo
★ 5.3
16 Years of Alcohol
16 Years of Alcohol
2003 • as Director
★ 5.6
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985 • as Blackie
★ 5.5
The Raggedy Rawney
The Raggedy Rawney
1988 • as The Soldier
★ 5.5
The Rainbow
The Rainbow
1989 • as Mr. Harby
★ 5.7
The First Kangaroos
The First Kangaroos
1988 • as Arthur Hughes
★ 7.0
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things
2003 • as Chief Customs Officer
★ 6.3
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
2006 • as Engine Driver
★ 5.8
movie
Trial by Fire
1999 • as Geoffrey Bailey
★ 8.0
movie
It Might Be You
1995 • as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley
movie
Walking With Disc Jockeys
2001 • as Narrator
movie
The Bass Player
1999
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992 • as Meinertzhagen
★ 6.3
Out of Season
Out of Season
2004 • as Michael Philipps
★ 4.8
Heartlands
Heartlands
2003 • as Geoff
★ 6.0
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025 • as Self
★ 2.5
Pompeii: The Last Day
Pompeii: The Last Day
2003 • as Polybius
★ 6.8
A Private Function
A Private Function
1984 • as Inspector Noble
★ 6.4
Hitler's Supergun
Hitler's Supergun
2015 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.5
movie
One of a Kind
2014 • as Narrator (voice)
The Grotesque
The Grotesque
1995 • as George Lecky
★ 5.4
Soursweet
Soursweet
1988 • as Mr. Constantinides
★ 6.0
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993 • as Commander
Discovering Dinotopia
Discovering Dinotopia
2002 • as Mayor Waldo
★ 6.4
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016 • as Self
The American Way
The American Way
1987 • as Castro
★ 6.2
Burlesque Fairytales
Burlesque Fairytales
2010 • as The Compere
★ 5.6
Bill's New Frock
Bill's New Frock
1998 • as Mr. Platworthy
Aberfan: The Untold Story
Aberfan: The Untold Story
2006 • as Lord Robens
★ 5.0
Vigo
Vigo
1998 • as Bonaventure (uncredited)
★ 5.4
Punk Strut: The Movie
Punk Strut: The Movie
2016 • as Skippy
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006 • as Henry Dorling
★ 6.2
The Missing Postman
The Missing Postman
1997 • as DS Lawrence Pitman
★ 5.0
movie
The Fool
1990 • as Mr. Blackthorn
★ 8.0
Hancock
Hancock
1991 • as Ray Galton
Hornblower: Duty
Hornblower: Duty
2003 • as Etheridge
★ 7.3
Bright Hair
Bright Hair
1997 • as Norman Devenish
★ 4.1
The Chest
The Chest
1997 • as Roland Blood
Harry's Kingdom
Harry's Kingdom
1987 • as Bill
Recovery
Recovery
2007 • as Mr. Lockwood
★ 6.4
Here Is the News
Here Is the News
1989 • as News Editor
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995 • as Inspector
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003 • as Red Rose (voice)
Cromwell: Warts and All
Cromwell: Warts and All
2003 • as Oliver Cromwell
★ 10.0
Open Fire
Open Fire
1994 • as DCS Young
★ 7.3
movie
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993 • as Grabianski
December Flower
December Flower
1984 • as Dentist
Casablanca Driver
Casablanca Driver
2004 • as Joe Mateo, l'agent
★ 5.8
In The Cold Light Of Day
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994 • as Father
The Oresteia
The Oresteia
1983 • as Agamemnon
★ 10.0
movie
Von Trapped
2004 • as Larry Lavelle
★ 6.5
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014 • as Self
★ 8.0
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
2013 • as Narrator (Voice)
★ 7.0
The Story of Alton Towers
The Story of Alton Towers
2005 • as Narrator/The Earl
Midnight Movie
Midnight Movie
1994 • as Henry Harris
★ 3.7
movie
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
2013 • as Self
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
2011 • as Narrator (Voice)
★ 6.5
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
1994 • as Mark Antony
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
2005 • as Narrator
According to Beryl
According to Beryl
2001 • as Samuel Johnson
movie
Crimestrike
1990 • as The Detective
★ 7.0