Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Acting

Born August 19, 1948 · 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 Primet…

Known for

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

NOVA

NOVA

1974

The View

The View

1997

Casualty

Casualty

1986

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010

Minder

Minder

1979

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Acting(156)

2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleCharles Carson

2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleSelf

2023WonkaAbacus Crunch

2023Hidden Treasures of the National TrustNarrator

2022The Sea BeastKing (voice)

2022Downton Abbey: A New EraCharles Carson

2019The Good LiarVincent

2019Downton AbbeyCharles Carson

2019Inside the Ritz HotelNarrator

2018Swimming with MenTed

2018King LearEarl of Kent

2017KnightfallPope Boniface VIII

2017The Little Vampire 3DRookery (voice)

2017Transformers: The Last KnightCogman (voice)

2016Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and MeSelf

2016Punk Strut: The MovieSkippy

2015Hitler's SupergunNarrator (voice)

2015Flintoff: Lord of the FriesNarrator

2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi DramaSelf

2014One of a KindNarrator (voice)

2013Rock 'n' Roll BritanniaSelf

2013Secrets of the Stonehenge SkeletonsNarrator (Voice)

2011My Week with MarilynBarry

2011Dambusters: Building the Bouncing BombNarrator (Voice)

2010Downton AbbeyCharles Carson

2010Alice in WonderlandThe Executioner (voice)

2010Burlesque FairytalesThe Compere

2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Harold Angus

2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983Harold Angus

2009CreationParslow

2008Caught in a TrapBrian Perkins

2008The Oxford MurdersInspector Petersen

2007The Golden CompassJohn Faa

2007CranfordCaptain Brown

2007Cassandra's DreamGarage Boss

2007Would I Lie to You?Self

2007RecoveryMr. Lockwood

2006The Wind in the WillowsEngine Driver

2006The Secret Life of Mrs. BeetonHenry Dorling

2006Aberfan: The Untold StoryLord Robens

2006The Thief LordVictor

2005The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12Narrator

2005House of 9The Watcher

2005The Story of Alton TowersNarrator/The Earl

2004Out of SeasonMichael Philipps

2004Von TrappedLarry Lavelle

2004Casablanca DriverJoe Mateo, l'agent

2004ModiglianiAchilles Hebuterne

2004LondonHenry Fielding

2004Ella EnchantedNish

2003Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the RoseRed Rose (voice)

2003Cromwell: Warts and AllOliver Cromwell

2003Pompeii: The Last DayPolybius

2003Bright Young ThingsChief Customs Officer

2003Trevor's World of SportSir Frank Luckton

2003StrangeInspector Stuart

2003Blue MurderFrank Evans

200316 Years of AlcoholDirector

2003HeartlandsGeoff

2003Hornblower: DutyEtheridge

2002DinotopiaMayor Waldo

2002Discovering DinotopiaMayor Waldo

2002DinotopiaMayor Waldo

2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real StoryOdin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec

2001According to BerylSamuel Johnson

2001Walking With Disc JockeysNarrator

2000The Little VampireRookery

2000102 DalmatiansDetective Armstrong

2000Arabian NightsJa'Far

1999Tube TalesTicket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")

1999The Bass Player

1999Trial by FireGeoffrey Bailey

1999The Scarlet PimpernelGeneral La Forge

1999Blood on the CarpetSelf - Narrator (voice)

1998Shakespeare in LoveRalph Bashford

1998LegionnaireLucien Galgani

1998HornblowerEtheridge

1998VigoBonaventure (uncredited)

1998Bill's New FrockMr. Platworthy

1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingErskine

1997The ViewSelf

1997Ain't Misbehavin'Maxie Morrell

1997The ChestRoland Blood

1997The Missing PostmanDS Lawrence Pitman

1997The Missing PostmanDS Lawrence Pitman

1997Midsomer MurdersNathan Green

1997Bright HairNorman Devenish

1997Harpur and Iles: ProtectionTenderness Mellick

1996Brassed OffHarry

1995Richard IIILord Hastings

1995It Might Be YouWally 'Lottery' Whaley

1995The GrotesqueGeorge Lecky

1995Mrs Hartley and the Growth CentreInspector

1995DangerfieldStephen Millwood

1994The Madness of King GeorgeFox

1994Midnight MovieHenry Harris

1994Julius CaesarMark Antony

1994Open FireDCS Young

1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinExecutioner (uncredited)

1994Black BeautyJohn Manly

1994In The Cold Light Of DayFather

1994Pie in the SkyAlec Bailey

1993CrackerKenneth Trant

1993The Hour of the PigMathieu

1993Resnick: Rough TreatmentGrabianski

1993Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous BreakdownCommander

1993A Year in ProvenceTed Hopkins

1992StalinSergo

1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesMark Antony (voice)

1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaMeinertzhagen

1992Blame It on the BellboyRossi

1991Murder Most HorridRoy Redfern

1991HancockRay Galton

1991Soldier SoldierSnr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP

1991Incident in Judaea

1990The FoolMr. Blackthorn

1990CrimestrikeThe Detective

1990The Gravy TrainPersonip

1990The WitchesHead Chef

1990A Sense of GuiltRichard Murray

1989Erik the VikingJennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)

1989The RainbowMr. Harby

1989Here Is the NewsNews Editor

1989Precious BaneSarn

1988The Tenth ManPierre

1988ChristabelBausch

1988The Raggedy RawneyThe Soldier

1988SoursweetMr. Constantinides

1988The First KangaroosArthur Hughes

1988Star TrapDr. Wax

1987The American WayCastro

1987A Month in the CountryEllerbeck

1987Harry's KingdomBill

1986The Singing DetectiveMr Marlow

1986Lost EmpiresInspector Crabb

1986CasualtyMatthew Charlton

1986The Monocled Mutineer

1986Haunted HoneymoonMontego

1985The MysteriesMak / Fourth Soldier

1985Rustlers' RhapsodyBlackie

1985Screen TwoFather

1984HiawathaNawadaha - The Story Teller

1984December FlowerDentist

1984A Private FunctionInspector Noble

1984The Company of WolvesSecond Husband (uncredited)

1984Top Secret!Déjà Vu

1983The OresteiaAgamemnon

1983WidowsD.I. Frinton

1980FoxCliff Ryan

1980FoxCliff Ryan

1979MinderTomkins

1979Not the Nine O'Clock News

1976I, ClaudiusRoman Senate Senator (uncredited)

1974NOVANarrator

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