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Jim Carter

Actor

Born: August 19, 1948 (age 78) · 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).

Known for

Alice in Wonderland
March 3, 2010
Transformers: The Last Knight
June 16, 2017
The Golden Compass
December 4, 2007
Wonka
December 6, 2023
Shakespeare in Love
December 11, 1998
Ella Enchanted
April 9, 2004
The Sea Beast
June 24, 2022
102 Dalmatians
October 7, 2000
Top Secret!
June 22, 1984
The Witches
May 25, 1990
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
November 4, 1994
My Week with Marilyn
November 23, 2011

Acting112

2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Charles Carson
2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
2023Wonka as Abacus Crunch
2022The Sea Beast as King (voice)
2022Downton Abbey: A New Era as Charles Carson
2019The Good Liar as Vincent
2019Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
2018Swimming with Men as Ted
2018King Lear as Earl of Kent
2017The Little Vampire 3D

as Rookery (voice)

2017Transformers: The Last Knight as Cogman (voice)

2016Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me as Self

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2016Punk Strut: The Movie as Skippy
2015Hitler's Supergun as Narrator (voice)
2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
2014One of a Kind as Narrator (voice)
2013Rock 'n' Roll Britannia as Self
2013Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons as Narrator (Voice)
2011My Week with Marilyn as Barry
2011Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb as Narrator (Voice)
2010Alice in Wonderland as The Executioner (voice)
2010Burlesque Fairytales as The Compere
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Harold Angus
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as Harold Angus
2009Creation as Parslow
2008Caught in a Trap as Brian Perkins
2008The Oxford Murders as Inspector Petersen
2007The Golden Compass as John Faa
2007Cassandra's Dream as Garage Boss
2007Recovery as Mr. Lockwood
2006The Wind in the Willows as Engine Driver
2006The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton as Henry Dorling
2006Aberfan: The Untold Story as Lord Robens
2006The Thief Lord as Victor
2005The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 as Narrator
2005House of 9 as The Watcher
2005The Story of Alton Towers as Narrator/The Earl
2004Out of Season as Michael Philipps
2004Von Trapped as Larry Lavelle
2004Casablanca Driver as Joe Mateo, l'agent
2004Modigliani as Achilles Hebuterne
2004Ella Enchanted as Nish
2003Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Red Rose (voice)
2003Cromwell: Warts and All as Oliver Cromwell
2003Pompeii: The Last Day as Polybius
2003Bright Young Things as Chief Customs Officer
200316 Years of Alcohol as Director
2003Heartlands as Geoff
2003Hornblower: Duty as Etheridge
2002Discovering Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
2002Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
2001According to Beryl as Samuel Johnson
2001Walking With Disc Jockeys as Narrator
2000The Little Vampire as Rookery
2000102 Dalmatians as Detective Armstrong
1999Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away"), Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
1999The Bass Player
1999Trial by Fire as Geoffrey Bailey
1998Shakespeare in Love as Ralph Bashford
1998Legionnaire as Lucien Galgani
1998Vigo as Bonaventure (uncredited)
1998Bill's New Frock as Mr. Platworthy
1997Keep the Aspidistra Flying as Erskine
1997The Chest as Roland Blood
1997The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
1997Bright Hair as Norman Devenish
1997Harpur and Iles: Protection as Tenderness Mellick
1996Brassed Off as Harry
1995Richard III as Lord Hastings
1995It Might Be You as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley
1995The Grotesque as George Lecky
1995Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Inspector
1994The Madness of King George as Fox
1994Midnight Movie as Henry Harris
1994Julius Caesar as Mark Antony
1994Open Fire as DCS Young
1994Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Executioner (uncredited)
1994Black Beauty as John Manly
1994In The Cold Light Of Day as Father
1993The Hour of the Pig as Mathieu
1993Resnick: Rough Treatment as Grabianski
1993Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as Commander
1992Stalin as Sergo
1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as Meinertzhagen
1992Blame It on the Bellboy as Rossi
1991Hancock as Ray Galton
1991Incident in Judaea
1990The Fool as Mr. Blackthorn
1990Crimestrike as The Detective
1990The Witches as Head Chef
1989Erik the Viking as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
1989The Rainbow as Mr. Harby
1989Here Is the News as News Editor
1989Precious Bane as Sarn
1988The Tenth Man as Pierre
1988The Raggedy Rawney as The Soldier
1988Soursweet as Mr. Constantinides
1988The First Kangaroos as Arthur Hughes
1988Star Trap as Dr. Wax
1988Duck
1987The American Way as Castro
1987A Month in the Country as Ellerbeck
1987Harry's Kingdom as Bill
1986Haunted Honeymoon as Montego
1985Rustlers' Rhapsody as Blackie
1984Hiawatha as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
1984December Flower as Dentist
1984A Private Function as Inspector Noble
1984The Company of Wolves as Second Husband (uncredited)
1984Top Secret! as Déjà Vu
1983The Oresteia as Agamemnon
1980Fox as Cliff Ryan