Jim Carter
Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK — Aug 19 1948
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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).
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Jim Carter's Credits
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Midsomer Murders
Nathan Green
NOVA
Narrator
Casualty
Matthew Charlton
Minder
Tomkins
Downton Abbey
Charles Carson
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Pie in the Sky
Alec Bailey
Soldier Soldier
Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
Cracker
Kenneth Trant
Alice in Wonderland
The Executioner (voice)
Wonka
Abacus Crunch
I, Claudius
Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
Murder Most Horrid
General Alberto
Blue Murder
Frank Evans
Dangerfield
Stephen Millwood
Hornblower
Etheridge
Transformers: The Last Knight
Cogman (voice)
Cranford
Captain Brown
Widows
D.I. Frinton
The Sea Beast
King (voice)
Knightfall
Pope Boniface VIII
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Mark Antony (voice)
The Golden Compass
John Faa
Arabian Nights
Ja'Far
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Charles Carson
Strange
Inspector Stuart
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
Dinotopia
Mayor Waldo
The Singing Detective
Mr Marlow
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Ella Enchanted
Nish
Shakespeare in Love
Ralph Bashford
Fox
Cliff Ryan
The Scarlet Pimpernel
General La Forge
The Good Liar
Vincent
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Charles Carson
Downton Abbey
Charles Carson
The Witches
Head Chef
London
Henry Fielding
Ain't Misbehavin'
Maxie Morrell
Lost Empires
Inspector Crabb
Top Secret!
Déjà Vu
My Week with Marilyn
Barry
Legionnaire
Lucien Galgani
Coogan's Run
Fraser
Thompson
Trevor's World of Sport
Sir Frank Luckton
King Lear
Earl of Kent
Richard III
Lord Hastings
The Monocled Mutineer
Brassed Off
Harry
102 Dalmatians
Detective Armstrong
A Year in Provence
Ted Hopkins
Creation
Parslow
A Sense of Guilt
Richard Murray
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Executioner (uncredited)
Christabel
Bausch
Bright Young Things
Chief Customs Officer
Black Beauty
John Manly
Stalin
Sergo
The Little Vampire
Rookery
Tube Tales
Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
The Mysteries
Mak / Fourth Soldier
Soursweet
Mr. Constantinides
The Little Vampire 3D
Rookery (voice)
The Company of Wolves
Second Husband (uncredited)
The Thief Lord
Victor
The Oxford Murders
Inspector Petersen
Modigliani
Achilles Hebuterne
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Harold Angus
The Tenth Man
Pierre
The Rainbow
Mr. Harby
House of 9
The Watcher
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Harold Angus
Vigo
Bonaventure (uncredited)
Bright Hair
Norman Devenish
Erik the Viking
Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
Fox
Cliff Ryan
Open Fire
DCS Young
The Fool
Mr. Blackthorn
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Erskine
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Meinertzhagen
The Missing Postman
DS Lawrence Pitman
A Private Function
Inspector Noble
Recovery
Mr. Lockwood
The Madness of King George
Fox
Swimming with Men
Ted
The Hour of the Pig
Mathieu
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Blackie
Blame It on the Bellboy
Rossi
The Grotesque
George Lecky
Cassandra's Dream
Garage Boss
Haunted Honeymoon
Montego
Star Trap
Dr. Wax
The Gravy Train
Personip
Hancock
Ray Galton
The Wind in the Willows
Engine Driver
Out of Season
Michael Philipps
Discovering Dinotopia
Mayor Waldo
Hornblower: Duty
Etheridge
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Grabianski
A Month in the Country
Ellerbeck
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Self
Dinotopia
Mayor Waldo
Precious Bane
Sarn
Midnight Movie
Henry Harris
The Oresteia
Agamemnon
Heartlands
Geoff
The Bass Player
16 Years of Alcohol
Director
Pompeii: The Last Day
Polybius
Burlesque Fairytales
The Compere
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Commander
The Missing Postman
DS Lawrence Pitman
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Self
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Red Rose (voice)
Hiawatha
Nawadaha - The Story Teller
Harry's Kingdom
Bill
The American Way
Castro
Blood on the Carpet
Self - Narrator (voice)
Trial by Fire
Geoffrey Bailey
Von Trapped
Larry Lavelle
Duck
The Chest
Roland Blood
Here Is the News
News Editor
Harpur and Iles: Protection
Tenderness Mellick
Casablanca Driver
Joe Mateo, l'agent
The First Kangaroos
Arthur Hughes
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Henry Dorling
The Raggedy Rawney
The Soldier
Aberfan: The Untold Story
Lord Robens
Inside the Ritz Hotel
Narrator
Bill's New Frock
Mr. Platworthy
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
Narrator
Cromwell: Warts and All
Oliver Cromwell
One of a Kind
Narrator (voice)
In The Cold Light Of Day
Father
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Inspector
Crimestrike
The Detective
Caught in a Trap
Brian Perkins
Punk Strut: The Movie
Skippy
Hitler's Supergun
Narrator (voice)
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
Self
According to Beryl
Samuel Johnson
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
Narrator (Voice)
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
Narrator
Incident in Judaea
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
Narrator (Voice)
The Story of Alton Towers
Narrator/The Earl
Walking With Disc Jockeys
Narrator