Jim Carter

Actor Aug 19 (age 77) Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK 1974–2025 (51 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

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

Film

Alice in Wonderland

The Executioner (voice)

Film

Wonka

Abacus Crunch

Film

Downton Abbey

Charles Carson

Film

Shakespeare in Love

Ralph Bashford

Film

The Sea Beast

King (voice)

Film

Transformers: The Last Knight

Cogman (voice)

Film

The Golden Compass

John Faa

Film

Top Secret!

Déjà Vu

Filmography

Acting (154)

Movies (110)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025

as Charles Carson

7.1

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

as Self

Wonka

as Abacus Crunch

Downton Abbey: A New Era

as Charles Carson

The Sea Beast

as King (voice)

Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans

as Dad Turtle

Downton Abbey

as Charles Carson

The Good Liar

as Vincent

Swimming with Men

as Ted

King Lear

as Earl of Kent

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

as Cogman (voice)

6.0

The Little Vampire 3D

2017

as Rookery (voice)

6.1

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

2016

as Self

Punk Strut: The Movie

2016

as Skippy

Hitler's Supergun

2015

as Narrator (voice)

5.5

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

2014

as Self

8.0

One of a Kind

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

2013

as Narrator (Voice)

7.0

Rock 'n' Roll Britannia

2013

as Self

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

as Narrator (Voice)

My Week with Marilyn

as Barry

Alice in Wonderland

as The Executioner (voice)

Burlesque Fairytales

as The Compere

Creation

as Parslow

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

as Harold Angus

6.9

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009

as Harold Angus

7.0

The Oxford Murders

2008

as Inspector Petersen

Caught in a Trap

as Brian Perkins

The Golden Compass

as John Faa

Cassandra's Dream

as Garage Boss

Recovery

as Mr. Lockwood

The Thief Lord

as Victor

The Wind in the Willows

2006

as Engine Driver

5.8

Aberfan: The Untold Story

2006

as Lord Robens

5.0

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006

as Henry Dorling

6.2

The Story of Alton Towers

2005

as Narrator/The Earl

House of 9

2005

as The Watcher

5.0

The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12

2005

as Narrator

Ella Enchanted

2004

as Nish

6.5

Modigliani

2004

as Achilles Hebuterne

7.0

Casablanca Driver

2004

as Joe Mateo, l'agent

5.8

Von Trapped

2004

as Larry Lavelle

Out of Season

2004

as Michael Philipps

4.5

Pompeii: The Last Day

2003

as Polybius

6.8

Bright Young Things

2003

as Chief Customs Officer

Heartlands

as Geoff

Hornblower: Duty

as Etheridge

16 Years of Alcohol

as Director

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003

as Red Rose (voice)

Cromwell: Warts and All

2003

as Oliver Cromwell

Discovering Dinotopia

as Mayor Waldo

Dinotopia

as Mayor Waldo

According to Beryl

as Samuel Johnson

Walking With Disc Jockeys

2001

as Narrator

102 Dalmatians

2000

as Detective Armstrong

The Little Vampire

as Rookery

Tube Tales

as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)

5.1

Trial by Fire

1999

as Geoffrey Bailey

The Bass Player

1999

Bill's New Frock

1998

as Mr. Platworthy

Shakespeare in Love

as Ralph Bashford

Legionnaire

as Lucien Galgani

Vigo

as Bonaventure (uncredited)

4.1

Bright Hair

1997

as Norman Devenish

3.5

Harpur and Iles: Protection

1997

as Tenderness Mellick

5.0

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

as Erskine

5.7

The Missing Postman

1997

as DS Lawrence Pitman

5.0

The Chest

1997

as Roland Blood

Brassed Off

as Harry

Richard III

as Lord Hastings

The Grotesque

as George Lecky

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

1995

as Inspector

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

as Executioner (uncredited)

6.4

In The Cold Light Of Day

1994

as Father

Black Beauty

1994

as John Manly

6.7

The Madness of King George

as Fox

Open Fire

as DCS Young

Midnight Movie

as Henry Harris

Julius Caesar

as Mark Antony

The Hour of the Pig

1993

as Mathieu

6.1

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993

as Grabianski

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

1993

as Commander

Stalin

1992

as Sergo

5.1

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992

as Meinertzhagen

6.4

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

as Rossi

5.3

Hancock

1991

as Ray Galton

The Witches

as Head Chef

The Fool

as Mr. Blackthorn

Crimestrike

as The Detective

Here Is the News

1989

as News Editor

Precious Bane

1989

as Sarn

6.0

Erik the Viking

1989

as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)

The Rainbow

as Mr. Harby

The Raggedy Rawney

as The Soldier

The Tenth Man

as Pierre

Duck

Star Trap

as Dr. Wax

Soursweet

1988

as Mr. Constantinides

5.3

The First Kangaroos

1988

as Arthur Hughes

The American Way

1987

as Castro

5.8

Harry's Kingdom

1987

as Bill

A Month in the Country

as Ellerbeck

Haunted Honeymoon

as Montego

Rustlers' Rhapsody

as Blackie

Top Secret!

as Déjà Vu

The Company of Wolves

1984

as Second Husband (uncredited)

6.3

Hiawatha

1984

as Nawadaha - The Story Teller

A Private Function

as Inspector Noble

The Oresteia

as Agamemnon

Fox

as Cliff Ryan

Television (44)

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust

2023

as Narrator

Inside the Ritz Hotel

2019

as Narrator

Knightfall

2017

as Pope Boniface VIII

Downton Abbey

as Charles Carson

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Cranford

as Captain Brown

Cranford

as Self/Captain Brown

8.2

London

2004

as Henry Fielding

Blue Murder

as Frank Evans

Strange

as Inspector Stuart

Trevor's World of Sport

as Sir Frank Luckton

Dinotopia

as Mayor Waldo

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

2001

as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec

Arabian Nights

as Ja'Far

Blood on the Carpet

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Scarlet Pimpernel

as General La Forge

Hornblower

as Etheridge

Midsomer Murders

as Nathan Green

The View

as Self

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Maxie Morrell

The Missing Postman

as DS Lawrence Pitman

Dangerfield

as Stephen Millwood

Coogan's Run

as Fraser

Pie in the Sky

as Alec Bailey

Cracker

as Kenneth Trant

A Year in Provence

as Ted Hopkins

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992

as Mark Antony (voice)

6.3

Soldier Soldier

1991

as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP

Murder Most Horrid

as Roy Redfern

The Gravy Train

as Personip

A Sense of Guilt

as Richard Murray

Christabel

as Bausch

Thompson

Casualty

as Matthew Charlton

The Singing Detective

as Mr Marlow

Lost Empires

as Inspector Crabb

The Monocled Mutineer

1986

7.0

The Mysteries

1985

as Mak / Fourth Soldier

Widows

as D.I. Frinton

Fox

as Cliff Ryan

Minder

as Tomkins

Not the Nine O'Clock News

1979

7.0

I, Claudius

1976

as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)

7.8

NOVA

1974

as Narrator

7.0