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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 19, 1948
Place of Birth
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Джим Картер
- James Edward Carter
- James Carter
- جیم کارتر
Jim Carter
2.1 Popularity
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
7.2
Charles Carson
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
1.0
Self
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
7.0
Abacus Crunch
Wonka
2023
0.0
Narrator
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
2023
7.3
King (voice)
The Sea Beast
2022
7.2
Charles Carson
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
7.3
Dad Turtle
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
2020
6.7
Vincent
The Good Liar
2019
7.1
Charles Carson
Downton Abbey
2019
0.0
Narrator
Inside the Ritz Hotel
2019
Credits
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Charles Carson
2025
7.2
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
2025
1.0
Wonka
as Abacus Crunch
2023
7.0
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
as Narrator
2023
0.0
The Sea Beast
as King (voice)
2022
7.3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Charles Carson
2022
7.2
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
as Dad Turtle
2020
7.3
The Good Liar
as Vincent
2019
6.7
Downton Abbey
as Charles Carson
2019
7.1
Inside the Ritz Hotel
as Narrator
2019
0.0
Swimming with Men
as Ted
2018
6.1
King Lear
as Earl of Kent
2018
6.1
Knightfall
as Pope Boniface VIII
2017
7.0
The Little Vampire 3D
as Rookery (voice)
2017
6.1
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Cogman (voice)
2017
6.1
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
2016
0.0
Punk Strut: The Movie
as Skippy
2016
0.0
Hitler's Supergun
as Narrator (voice)
2015
5.5
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
as Self
2014
8.0
🎬
One of a Kind
as Narrator (voice)
2014
0.0
🎬
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
as Self
2013
0.0
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
as Narrator (Voice)
2013
7.0
My Week with Marilyn
as Barry
2011
6.7
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
as Narrator (Voice)
2011
6.5
Downton Abbey
as Charles Carson
2010
8.1
Alice in Wonderland
as The Executioner (voice)
2010
6.6
Burlesque Fairytales
as The Compere
2010
5.6
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Harold Angus
2009
6.9
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as Harold Angus
2009
7.0
Creation
as Parslow
2009
6.4
🎬
Caught in a Trap
as Brian Perkins
2008
6.0
The Oxford Murders
as Inspector Petersen
2008
6.0
The Golden Compass
as John Faa
2007
6.1
Cranford
as Captain Brown
2007
8.2
Cassandra's Dream
as Garage Boss
2007
6.3
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
7.8
Recovery
as Mr. Lockwood
2007
6.4
The Wind in the Willows
as Engine Driver
2006
5.8
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
as Henry Dorling
2006
6.2
Aberfan: The Untold Story
as Lord Robens
2006
5.0
The Thief Lord
as Victor
2006
5.9
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
as Narrator
2005
0.0
House of 9
as The Watcher
2005
5.0
The Story of Alton Towers
as Narrator/The Earl
2005
0.0
Out of Season
as Michael Philipps
2004
4.7
🎬
Von Trapped
as Larry Lavelle
2004
0.0
Casablanca Driver
as Joe Mateo, l'agent
2004
5.8
Modigliani
as Achilles Hebuterne
2004
7.0
🎬
London
as Henry Fielding
2004
0.0
Ella Enchanted
as Nish
2004
6.5
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Red Rose (voice)
2003
0.0
Cromwell: Warts and All
as Oliver Cromwell
2003
0.0
Pompeii: The Last Day
as Polybius
2003
6.7
Bright Young Things
as Chief Customs Officer
2003
6.2
Trevor's World of Sport
as Sir Frank Luckton
2003
5.5
Strange
as Inspector Stuart
2003
6.5
Blue Murder
as Frank Evans
2003
6.7
16 Years of Alcohol
as Director
2003
5.5
Heartlands
as Geoff
2003
5.9
Hornblower: Duty
as Etheridge
2003
7.3
Dinotopia
as Mayor Waldo
2002
6.4
Discovering Dinotopia
as Mayor Waldo
2002
6.3
Dinotopia
as Mayor Waldo
2002
5.8
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
2001
6.8
According to Beryl
as Samuel Johnson
2001
0.0
The Little Vampire
as Rookery
2000
6.9
102 Dalmatians
as Detective Armstrong
2000
5.5
Arabian Nights
as Ja'Far
2000
6.7
Tube Tales
as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
1999
5.1
Tube Tales
as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
1999
5.1
🎬
The Bass Player
1999
0.0
🎬
Trial by Fire
as Geoffrey Bailey
1999
0.0
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as General La Forge
1999
7.2
Blood on the Carpet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1999
0.0
Shakespeare in Love
as Ralph Bashford
1998
6.8
Legionnaire
as Lucien Galgani
1998
5.8
Hornblower
as Etheridge
1998
7.7
Vigo
as Bonaventure (uncredited)
1998
4.1
Bill's New Frock
as Mr. Platworthy
1998
0.0
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Erskine
1997
5.7
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Maxie Morrell
1997
7.0
The Chest
as Roland Blood
1997
0.0
The Missing Postman
as DS Lawrence Pitman
1997
6.7
The Missing Postman
as DS Lawrence Pitman
1997
5.0
Midsomer Murders
as Nathan Green
1997
7.5
Bright Hair
as Norman Devenish
1997
3.5
Harpur and Iles: Protection
as Tenderness Mellick
1997
5.0
Brassed Off
as Harry
1996
7.0
Richard III
as Lord Hastings
1995
6.7
Coogan's Run
as Fraser
1995
5.9
The Grotesque
as George Lecky
1995
5.1
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
as Inspector
1995
0.0
🎬
Dangerfield
as Stephen Millwood
1995
6.0
The Madness of King George
as Fox
1994
6.8
Midnight Movie
as Henry Harris
1994
1.0
Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony
1994
0.0
Open Fire
as DCS Young
1994
7.0
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Executioner (uncredited)
1994
6.4
Black Beauty
as John Manly
1994
6.7
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Father
1994
0.0
Pie in the Sky
as Alec Bailey
1994
8.3
Cracker
as Kenneth Trant
1993
6.6
The Hour of the Pig
as Mathieu
1993
6.1
🎬
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as Grabianski
1993
0.0
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
as Commander
1993
0.0
A Year in Provence
as Ted Hopkins
1993
6.0
Lipstick on Your Collar
as Inspector
1993
6.9
Stalin
as Sergo
1992
5.1
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Mark Antony (voice)
1992
6.3
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Meinertzhagen
1992
6.4
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rossi
1992
5.3
Murder Most Horrid
as General Alberto
1991
6.8
Murder Most Horrid
as Roy Redfern
1991
6.8
Hancock
as Ray Galton
1991
0.0
Soldier Soldier
as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
1991
6.6
🎬
The Fool
as Mr. Blackthorn
1990
7.0
🎬
Crimestrike
as The Detective
1990
0.0
The Gravy Train
as Personip
1990
8.0
The Witches
as Head Chef
1990
6.9
A Sense of Guilt
as Richard Murray
1990
3.5
Erik the Viking
as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
1989
5.9
The Rainbow
as Mr. Harby
1989
5.6
Here Is the News
as News Editor
1989
0.0
Precious Bane
as Sarn
1989
6.0
The Tenth Man
as Pierre
1988
6.7
🎬
Thompson
1988
1.0
The Raggedy Rawney
as The Soldier
1988
5.5
Soursweet
as Mr. Constantinides
1988
5.3
The First Kangaroos
as Arthur Hughes
1988
0.0
🎬
Duck
1988
0.0
🎬
Star Trap
as Dr. Wax
1988
0.0
The American Way
as Castro
1987
5.8
A Month in the Country
as Ellerbeck
1987
6.3
Harry's Kingdom
as Bill
1987
0.0
The Singing Detective
as Mr Marlow
1986
7.5
Lost Empires
as Inspector Crabb
1986
4.2
Casualty
as Matthew Charlton
1986
6.1
The Monocled Mutineer
1986
7.0
Haunted Honeymoon
as Montego
1986
5.3
The Mysteries
as Mak / Fourth Soldier
1985
0.0
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Blackie
1985
5.5
Hiawatha
as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
1984
0.0
A Private Function
as Inspector Noble
1984
6.4
The Company of Wolves
as Second Husband (uncredited)
1984
6.3
Top Secret!
as Déjà Vu
1984
7.1
The Oresteia
as Agamemnon
1983
10.0
Widows
as D.I. Frinton
1983
7.4
🎬
Fox
as Cliff Ryan
1980
1.0
Fox
as Cliff Ryan
1980
5.7
Minder
as Tomkins
1979
6.8
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
7.0
I, Claudius
as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
1976
7.8
NOVA
as Narrator
1974
7.0