Jim Carter
Known for acting · Born 19 August 1948 · 78 · Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
157 credits
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).
Known for
Downton Abbey
2010
Downton Abbey
2019
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
The Little Vampire
2000
Knightfall
2017
The Good Liar
2019
The Oxford Murders
2008
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
Legionnaire
1998
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
Black Beauty
1994
The Golden Compass
2007
Acting (157)
2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleCharles CarsonFilm
2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleSelfFilm
2023WonkaAbacus CrunchFilm
2023Hidden Treasures of the National TrustSelf - Narrator (voice) · 12 episodesSeries
2022The Sea BeastKing (voice)Film
2022Downton Abbey: A New EraCharles CarsonFilm
2019The Good LiarVincentFilm
2019Downton AbbeyCharles CarsonFilm
2019Inside the Ritz HotelNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
2018King LearEarl of KentFilm
2018Swimming with MenTedFilm
2017Transformers: The Last KnightCogman (voice)Film
2017KnightfallPope Boniface VIII · 18 episodesSeries
2017The Little Vampire 3DRookery (voice)Film
2016Punk Strut: The MovieSkippyFilm
2016Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and MeSelfFilm
2015Flintoff: Lord of the FriesSelf - Narrator (voice) · 12 episodesSeries
2015Hitler's SupergunNarrator (voice)Film
2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi DramaSelfFilm
2014One of a KindNarrator (voice)Film
2013Secrets of the Stonehenge SkeletonsNarrator (Voice)Film
2013Rock 'n' Roll BritanniaSelfFilm
2011My Week with MarilynBarryFilm
2011Dambusters: Building the Bouncing BombNarrator (Voice)Film
2010Alice in WonderlandThe Executioner (voice)Film
2010Downton AbbeyCharles Carson · 47 episodesSeries
2010Burlesque FairytalesThe CompereFilm
2009CreationParslowFilm
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Harold AngusFilm
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983Harold AngusFilm
2008The Oxford MurdersInspector PetersenFilm
2008Caught in a TrapBrian PerkinsFilm
2007The Golden CompassJohn FaaFilm
2007Cassandra's DreamGarage BossFilm
2007Would I Lie to You?SelfSeries
2007CranfordCaptain Brown · 7 episodesSeries
2007RecoveryMr. LockwoodFilm
2006The Thief LordVictorFilm
2006The Wind in the WillowsEngine DriverFilm
2006The Secret Life of Mrs. BeetonHenry DorlingFilm
2006Aberfan: The Untold StoryLord RobensFilm
2005House of 9The WatcherFilm
2005The Story of Alton TowersNarrator/The EarlFilm
2005The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12NarratorFilm
2004Ella EnchantedNishFilm
2004ModiglianiAchilles HebuterneFilm
2004Casablanca DriverJoe Mateo, l'agentFilm
2004Out of SeasonMichael PhilippsFilm
2004Von TrappedLarry LavelleFilm
2004LondonHenry Fielding · 3 episodesSeries
2003Bright Young ThingsChief Customs OfficerFilm
2003Hornblower: DutyEtheridgeFilm
2003Pompeii: The Last DayPolybiusFilm
200316 Years of AlcoholDirectorFilm
2003HeartlandsGeoffFilm
2003Blue MurderFrank EvansSeries
2003StrangeInspector StuartSeries
2003Trevor's World of SportSir Frank LucktonSeries
2003Cromwell: Warts and AllOliver CromwellFilm
2003Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the RoseRed Rose (voice)Film
2002DinotopiaMayor Waldo · 3 episodesSeries
2002Discovering DinotopiaMayor WaldoFilm
2002DinotopiaMayor WaldoFilm
2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StoryOdin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec · 2 episodesSeries
2001According to BerylSamuel JohnsonFilm
2001Walking With Disc JockeysNarratorFilm
2000102 DalmatiansDetective ArmstrongFilm
2000The Little VampireRookeryFilm
2000Arabian NightsJa'Far · 2 episodesSeries
1999Tube TalesTicket Inspector (segment "Steal Away"), Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)Film
1999The Scarlet PimpernelGeneral La Forge · 3 episodesSeries
1999Trial by FireGeoffrey BaileyFilm
1999Blood on the CarpetSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
1999The Bass PlayerFilm
1998Shakespeare in LoveRalph BashfordFilm
1998LegionnaireLucien GalganiFilm
1998HornblowerEtheridgeSeries
1998VigoBonaventure (uncredited)Film
1998Bill's New FrockMr. PlatworthyFilm
1997Midsomer MurdersNathan GreenSeries
1997The ViewSelfSeries
1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingErskineFilm
1997Bright HairNorman DevenishFilm
1997The Missing PostmanDS Lawrence Pitman · 2 episodesSeries
1997Ain't Misbehavin'Maxie Morrell · 3 episodesSeries
1997Harpur and Iles: ProtectionTenderness MellickFilm
1997The Missing PostmanDS Lawrence PitmanFilm
1997The ChestRoland BloodFilm
1996Brassed OffHarryFilm
1996Dalziel and PascoeTed LowrySeries
1995Richard IIILord HastingsFilm
1995The GrotesqueGeorge LeckyFilm
1995DangerfieldStephen MillwoodSeries
1995Mrs Hartley and the Growth CentreInspectorFilm
1995It Might Be YouWally 'Lottery' WhaleyFilm
1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinExecutioner (uncredited)Film
1994Black BeautyJohn ManlyFilm
1994The Madness of King GeorgeFoxFilm
1994Pie in the SkyAlec BaileySeries
1994Midnight MovieHenry HarrisFilm
1994Open FireDCS YoungFilm
1994In The Cold Light Of DayFatherFilm
1994Julius CaesarMark AntonyFilm
1993CrackerKenneth Trant · 3 episodesSeries
1993The Hour of the PigMathieuFilm
1993A Year in ProvenceTed HopkinsSeries
1993Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous BreakdownCommanderFilm
1993Resnick: Rough TreatmentGrabianskiFilm
1992Blame It on the BellboyRossiFilm
1992StalinSergoFilm
1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaMeinertzhagenFilm
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesMark Antony (voice)Series
1991Soldier SoldierSnr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKPSeries
1991Murder Most HorridRoy Redfern, General Alberto, Frank PhillipsSeries
1991HancockRay GaltonFilm
1991Incident in JudaeaFilm
1990The WitchesHead ChefFilm
1990A Sense of GuiltRichard Murray · 7 episodesSeries
1990The FoolMr. BlackthornFilm
1990The Gravy TrainPersonip · 4 episodesSeries
1990CrimestrikeThe DetectiveFilm
1989Erik the VikingJennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)Film
1989The RainbowMr. HarbyFilm
1989Precious BaneSarnFilm
1989Here Is the NewsNews EditorFilm
1988The Tenth ManPierreFilm
1988The Raggedy RawneyThe SoldierFilm
1988SoursweetMr. ConstantinidesFilm
1988ChristabelBausch · 2 episodesSeries
1988ThompsonSeries
1988The First KangaroosArthur HughesFilm
1988Star TrapDr. WaxFilm
1988DuckFilm
1987A Month in the CountryEllerbeckFilm
1987The American WayCastroFilm
1987Harry's KingdomBillFilm
1986Haunted HoneymoonMontegoFilm
1986CasualtyMatthew CharltonSeries
1986The Singing DetectiveMr Marlow · 5 episodesSeries
1986Lost EmpiresInspector Crabb · 7 episodesSeries
1986The Monocled MutineerSeries
1985Rustlers' RhapsodyBlackieFilm
1985Screen TwoFather, Henry HarrisSeries
1985The MysteriesMak / Fourth Soldier · 3 episodesSeries
1984Top Secret!Déjà VuFilm
1984The Company of WolvesSecond Husband (uncredited)Film
1984A Private FunctionInspector NobleFilm
1984HiawathaNawadaha - The Story TellerFilm
1984December FlowerDentistFilm
1983WidowsD.I. Frinton · 2 episodesSeries
1983The OresteiaAgamemnonFilm
1980FoxCliff Ryan · 2 episodesSeries
1980FoxCliff RyanFilm
1979MinderTomkins · 2 episodesSeries
1979Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSeries
1976I, ClaudiusRoman Senate Senator (uncredited)Series
1974NOVANarratorSeries