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