Jim Carter

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 150

Gender Male

Birthday August 19, 1948 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Джим Картер
James Edward Carter
James Carter
جیم کارتر

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Jim Carter

Biography

James Edward Carter (born 19 August 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

Acting

2025

as Charles Carson

2024

1 episode as Abacus Crunch (archive footage)

2023		Wonka as Abacus Crunch
2023		Hidden Treasures of the National Trust 6 episodes as Narrator

2022		Havsmonstret as King (voice)
2022		Downton Abbey: En ny era as Charles Carson

2020

as Dad Turtle

2019		The Good Liar as Vincent
2019		The View 1 episode as Self
2019		Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
2019		Inside the Ritz Hotel 4 episodes as Narrator

2018		Swimming with Men as Ted
2018		King Lear as Earl of Kent

2017		Knightfall 18 episodes as Pope Boniface VIII
2017		The Little Vampire 3D as Rookery (voice)
2017		Transformers: The Last Knight as Cogman (voice)

2016		Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me as Self
2016		Punk Strut: The Movie as Skippy

2015

as Narrator (voice)

2014		Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
2014		One of a Kind as Narrator (voice)
2014		NOVA 1 episode as Narrator

2013		Rock 'n' Roll Britannia as Self
2013		Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons as Narrator (Voice)

2012

1 episode as Self

2011		My Week with Marilyn as Barry
2011		Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb as Narrator (Voice)

2010		Downton Abbey 47 episodes as Charles Carson
2010		Alice i Underlandet as The Executioner
2010		Burlesque Fairytales as The Compere

2009		Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as Harold Angus
2009		Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Harold Angus
2009		Creation as Parslow

2008

as Inspector Petersen

2007		Guldkompassen as John Faa
2007		Cranford 7 episodes as Captain Brown
2007		Cassandra's Dream as Garage Boss
2007		Recovery as Mr. Lockwood

2006		The Wind in the Willows as Engine Driver
2006		The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton as Henry Dorling
2006		Aberfan: The Untold Story as Lord Robens
2006		The Thief Lord as Victor

2005		The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 as Narrator
2005		House of 9 as The Watcher
2005		The Story of Alton Towers as Narrator/The Earl

2004		Out of Season as Michael Philipps
2004		Blue Murder 1 episode as Frank Evans
2004		Von Trapped as Larry Lavelle
2004		Casablanca Driver as Joe Mateo, l'agent
2004		Modigliani as Achilles Hebuterne
2004		London 3 episodes as Henry Fielding
2004		Ella den förtrollade as Nish
2004		Morden i Midsomer 1 episode as Nathan Green

2003		Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Red Rose (voice)
2003		Cromwell: Warts and All as Oliver Cromwell
2003		Pompeii: The Last Day as Polybius
2003		Bright Young Things as Chief Customs Officer
2003		Trevor's World of Sport 1 episode as Sir Frank Luckton
2003		Strange 1 episode as Inspector Stuart
2003		16 Years of Alcohol as Director
2003		Heartlands as Geoff
2003		Hornblower 1 episode as Etheridge
2003		Hornblower: Duty as Etheridge

2002		Dinotopia 3 episodes as Mayor Waldo
2002		Discovering Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
2002		Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo

2001		Jack och bönstjälken 2 episodes as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
2001		According to Beryl as Samuel Johnson
2001		Blood on the Carpet 1 episode as Self - Narrator (voice)

2000		The Little Vampire as Rookery
2000		The Scarlet Pimpernel 3 episodes as General La Forge
2000		102 dalmatiner as Detective Armstrong
2000		Tusen och en natt 2 episodes as Ja'Far

1999		Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away) as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
1999		The Bass Player
1999		Trial by Fire as Geoffrey Bailey

1998		Shakespeare in Love as Ralph Bashford
1998		Legionnaire as Lucien Galgani
1998		Vigo as Bonaventure (uncredited)
1998		Bill's New Frock as Mr. Platworthy

1997		Keep the Aspidistra Flying as Erskine
1997		Ain't Misbehavin' 3 episodes as Maxie Morrell
1997		The Chest as Roland Blood
1997		The Missing Postman 2 episodes as DS Lawrence Pitman
1997		The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
1997		Bright Hair as Norman Devenish
1997		Harpur and Iles: Protection as Tenderness Mellick

1996		Brassed Off as Harry
1996		Murder Most Horrid 1 episode as General Alberto

1995		Richard III as Lord Hastings
1995		Coogan's Run 1 episode as Fraser
1995		The Grotesque as George Lecky
1995		Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Inspector
1995		Dangerfield 1 episode as Stephen Millwood

1994		Den galne kung George as Fox
1994		Midnight Movie as Henry Harris
1994		Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 1 episode as Mark Antony (voice)
1994		Julius Caesar as Mark Antony
1994		Open Fire as DCS Young
1994		Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Executioner (uncredited)
1994		Cracker 3 episodes as Kenneth Trant
1994		Black Beauty as John Manly
1994		In The Cold Light Of Day as Father
1994		Pie in the Sky 1 episode as Alec Bailey

1993		The Hour of the Pig as Mathieu
1993		Resnick: Rough Treatment as Grabianski
1993		The Comic Strip Presents... 1 episode as Commander
1993		Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as Commander
1993		A Year in Provence 1 episode as Ted Hopkins
1993		Lipstick on Your Collar 6 episodes as Inspector
1993		Minder 2 episodes as Tomkins

1992		Stalin as Sergo
1992		Soldier Soldier 1 episode as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
1992		A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as Meinertzhagen
1992		Blame It on the Bellboy as Rossi

1991		Murder Most Horrid 2 episodes as Roy Redfern
1991		Casualty 1 episode as Matthew Charlton
1991		Hancock as Ray Galton

1990		The Fool as Mr. Blackthorn
1990		Crimestrike as The Detective
1990		The Gravy Train 4 episodes as Personip
1990		Häxor as Head Chef
1990		A Sense of Guilt 7 episodes as Richard Murray

1989		Erik Viking as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
1989		The Rainbow as Mr. Harby
1989		Here Is the News as News Editor
1989		Precious Bane as Sarn

1988		Thompson 1 episode
1988		Den tionde mannen as Pierre
1988		The Raggedy Rawney as The Soldier
1988		Soursweet as Mr. Constantinides
1988		The First Kangaroos as Arthur Hughes
1988		Duck
1988		Star Trap as Dr. Wax

1987		The American Way as Castro
1987		En månad på landet as Ellerbeck

1986		Den sjungande detektiven 6 episodes as Mr. Marlow
1986		Lost Empires 7 episodes as Inspector Crabb
1986		The Monocled Mutineer 1 episode
1986		Ingen rädder för vargen as Montego

1985		The Mysteries 3 episodes as Mak / Fourth Soldier
1985		Rustlers' Rhapsody as Blackie
1985		Widows 2 episodes as D.I. Frinton

1984		Hiawatha as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
1984		Svinaktiga affärer as Inspector Noble
1984		Vargarnas natt as Second Husband (uncredited)
1984		Top Secret! as Déjà Vu

1983

as Agamemnon

1982

1 episode

1980		Fox 2 episodes as Cliff Ryan
1980		Fox as Cliff Ryan

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