Jim Carter

Known for: Acting
Born: August 19, 1948, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Movies: 112

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).

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Alice in Wonderland

2010

6.1

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

6.1

The Golden Compass

2007

7.0

Wonka

2023

6.8

Shakespeare in Love

1998

6.5

Ella Enchanted

2004

7.3

The Sea Beast

2022

5.5

102 Dalmatians

2000

7.1

Top Secret!

1984

7.0

The Witches

1990

Filmography

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

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