Place of Birth: Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Jim Carter
James Edward Carter 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).
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Golden Compass | John Faa | 2007 |
| Shakespeare in Love | Ralph Bashford | 1998 |
| Legionnaire | Lucien Galgani | 1998 |
| Hitler's Supergun | Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Creation | Parslow | 2009 |
| The Madness of King George | Fox | 1994 |
| The Little Vampire | Rookery | 2000 |
| Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Self | 2014 |
| Richard III | Lord Hastings | 1995 |
| Top Secret! | Déjà Vu | 1984 |
| The Oxford Murders | Inspector Petersen | 2008 |
| Brassed Off | Harry | 1996 |
| Blame It on the Bellboy | Rossi | 1992 |
| Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons | Narrator (Voice) | 2013 |
| The American Way | Castro | 1987 |
| The Wind in the Willows | Engine Driver | 2006 |
| Black Beauty | John Manly | 1994 |
| The Rainbow | Mr. Harby | 1989 |
| Bright Young Things | Chief Customs Officer | 2003 |
| A Month in the Country | Ellerbeck | 1987 |
| Casablanca Driver | Joe Mateo, l'agent | 2004 |
| The Grotesque | George Lecky | 1995 |
| The Story of Alton Towers | Narrator/The Earl | 2005 |
| The Hour of the Pig | Mathieu | 1993 |
| Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb | Narrator (Voice) | 2011 |
| Heartlands | Geoff | 2003 |
| Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Erskine | 1997 |
| Stalin | Sergo | 1992 |
| My Week with Marilyn | Barry | 2011 |
| Burlesque Fairytales | The Compere | 2010 |
| Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose | Red Rose (voice) | 2003 |
| Midnight Movie | Henry Harris | 1994 |
| Trial by Fire | Geoffrey Bailey | 1999 |
| Wonka | Abacus Crunch | 2023 |
| Here Is the News | News Editor | 1989 |
| Recovery | Mr. Lockwood | 2007 |
| In The Cold Light Of Day | Father | 1994 |
| Von Trapped | Larry Lavelle | 2004 |
| Soursweet | Mr. Constantinides | 1988 |
| The Sea Beast | King (voice) | 2022 |
| Erik the Viking | Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist) | 1989 |
| The Fool | Mr. Blackthorn | 1990 |
| Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Harold Angus | 2009 |
| Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 | Harold Angus | 2009 |
| Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown | Commander | 1993 |
| According to Beryl | Samuel Johnson | 2001 |
| The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 | Narrator | 2005 |
| Tube Tales | Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away") | 1999 |
| Punk Strut: The Movie | Skippy | 2016 |
| Hancock | Ray Galton | 1991 |
| Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me | Self | 2016 |
| One of a Kind | Narrator (voice) | 2014 |
| A Private Function | Inspector Noble | 1984 |
| The Missing Postman | DS Lawrence Pitman | 1997 |
| A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Meinertzhagen | 1992 |
| Downton Abbey 3 | Charles Carson | 2025 |
| The Tenth Man | Pierre | 1988 |
| Tube Tales | Ticket Inspector (Steal Away) | 1999 |
| Hornblower: Duty | Etheridge | 2003 |
| Bright Hair | Norman Devenish | 1997 |
| The Thief Lord | Victor | 2006 |
| House of 9 | The Watcher | 2005 |
| The Raggedy Rawney | The Soldier | 1988 |
| Out of Season | Michael Philipps | 2004 |
| Open Fire | DCS Young | 1994 |
| Fox | Cliff Ryan | 1980 |
| Haunted Honeymoon | Montego | 1986 |
| Resnick: Rough Treatment | Grabianski | 1993 |
| Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | 2002 |
| Ella Enchanted | Nish | 2004 |
| The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton | Henry Dorling | 2006 |
| Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Executioner (uncredited) | 1994 |
| Cassandra's Dream | Garage Boss | 2007 |
| Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre | Inspector | 1995 |
| 16 Years of Alcohol | Director | 2003 |
| Transformers: The Last Knight | Cogman (voice) | 2017 |
| Bill's New Frock | Mr. Platworthy | 1998 |
| The Little Vampire 3D | Rookery (voice) | 2017 |
| The Witches | Head Chef | 1990 |
| The Chest | Roland Blood | 1997 |
| Modigliani | Achilles Hebuterne | 2004 |
| Precious Bane | Sarn | 1989 |
| The Company of Wolves | Second Husband (uncredited) | 1984 |
| King Lear | Earl of Kent | 2018 |
| Swimming with Men | Ted | 2018 |
| The First Kangaroos | Arthur Hughes | 1988 |
| Downton Abbey | Charles Carson | 2019 |
| Vigo | Bonaventure (uncredited) | 1998 |
| The Good Liar | Vincent | 2019 |
| Pompeii: The Last Day | Polybius | 2003 |
| Harpur and Iles: Protection | Tenderness Mellick | 1997 |
| Star Trap | Dr. Wax | 1988 |
| Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans | Dad Turtle | 2020 |
| The Oresteia | Agamemnon | 1983 |
| Rustlers' Rhapsody | Blackie | 1985 |
| 102 Dalmatians | Detective Armstrong | 2000 |
| Aberfan: The Untold Story | Lord Robens | 2006 |
| Rock 'n' Roll Britannia | Self | 2013 |
| Duck | 1988 | |
| Downton Abbey: A New Era | Charles Carson | 2022 |
| Crimestrike | The Detective | 1990 |
| Cromwell: Warts and All | Oliver Cromwell | 2003 |
| Discovering Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | 2002 |
| The Bass Player | 1999 | |
| Hiawatha | Nawadaha - The Story Teller | 1984 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| The Singing Detective | Mr. Marlow | 1986 |
| The Missing Postman | DS Lawrence Pitman | 1997 |
| Hornblower | Etheridge | 1998 |
| Downton Abbey | Charles Carson | 2010 |
| Blood on the Carpet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1999 |
| NOVA | Narrator | 1974 |
| Would I Lie to You? | Self | 2007 |
| Blue Murder | Frank Evans | 2003 |
| Murder Most Horrid | General Alberto | 1991 |
| London | Henry Fielding | 2004 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | General La Forge | 1999 |
| A Year in Provence | Ted Hopkins | 1993 |
| Not the Nine O'Clock News | 1979 | |
| Coogan's Run | Fraser | 1995 |
| Dangerfield | Stephen Millwood | 1995 |
| Cracker | Kenneth Trant | 1993 |
| Fox | Cliff Ryan | 1980 |
| The Mysteries | Mak / Fourth Soldier | 1985 |
| Hidden Treasures of the National Trust | Narrator | 2023 |
| Thompson | 1988 | |
| Murder Most Horrid | Roy Redfern | 1991 |
| Strange | 2003 | |
| The Monocled Mutineer | 1986 | |
| Casualty | Matthew Charlton | 1986 |
| Minder | Tomkins | 1979 |
| Pie in the Sky | Alec Bailey | 1994 |
| Trevor's World of Sport | Sir Frank Luckton | 2003 |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Maxie Morrell | 1997 |
| Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | 2002 |
| A Sense of Guilt | Richard Murray | 1990 |
| Arabian Nights | Ja'Far | 2000 |
| The Gravy Train | Personip | 1990 |
| Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec | 2001 |
| Lost Empires | Inspector Crabb | 1986 |
| Cranford | Self/Captain Brown | 2007 |
| Honest Trailers | Abacus Crunch (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Knightfall | Pope Boniface VIII | 2017 |
| The View | Self | 1997 |
| Soldier Soldier | Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP | 1991 |
| Midsomer Murders | Nathan Green | 1997 |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Mark Antony (voice) | 1992 |
| Lipstick on Your Collar | Inspector | 1993 |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | Commander | 1982 |
| Widows | D.I. Frinton | 1983 |
| Cranford | Captain Brown | 2007 |
| Inside the Ritz Hotel | Narrator | 2019 |
