Jim Carter

Acting

August 19, 1948 (77 years old)

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

Male

112 Movies

46 TV Shows

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).

Downton Abbey

2010 8.1

as Charles Carson

Age 62 (now 77) 47 eps

47 eps

Downton Abbey

2019 7.1

as Charles Carson

Age 71 (now 77)

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022 7.2

as Charles Carson

Age 73 (now 77)

The Good Liar

2019 6.7

as Vincent

Age 71 (now 77)

The Little Vampire

2000 6.9

as Rookery

Age 52 (now 77)

Wonka

2023 7.0

as Abacus Crunch

Age 75 (now 77)

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017 6.1

as Cogman (voice)

Age 68 (now 77)

The Golden Compass

2007 6.1

as John Faa

Age 59 (now 77)

The Oxford Murders

2008 6.0

as Inspector Petersen

Age 59 (now 77)

Brassed Off

1996 7.0

as Harry

Age 48 (now 77)

Top Secret!

1984 7.1

as Déjà Vu

Age 35 (now 77)

Legionnaire

1998 5.8

as Lucien Galgani

Age 50 (now 77)

Knightfall

2017 7.0

as Pope Boniface VIII

Age 69 (now 77) 18 eps

18 eps

Black Beauty

1994 6.7

as John Manly

Age 45 (now 77)

The Little Vampire 3D

2017 6.1

as Rookery (voice)

Age 69 (now 77)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025 7.1

as Charles Carson

Age 77

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025 7.1

as Charles Carson

Age 77

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

2025 2.5

as Self

Age 77

Wonka

2023 7.0

as Abacus Crunch

Age 75 (now 77)

The Sea Beast

2022 7.3

as King (voice)

Age 73 (now 77)

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022 7.2

as Charles Carson

Age 73 (now 77)

The Good Liar

2019 6.7

as Vincent

Age 71 (now 77)

Downton Abbey

2019 7.1

as Charles Carson

Age 71 (now 77)

Swimming with Men

2018 6.1

as Ted

Age 69 (now 77)

King Lear

2018 6.1

as Earl of Kent

Age 69 (now 77)

The Little Vampire 3D

2017 6.1

as Rookery (voice)

Age 69 (now 77)

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017 6.1

as Cogman (voice)

Age 68 (now 77)

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

2016

as Self

Age 67 (now 77)

Punk Strut: The Movie

2016

as Skippy

Age 67 (now 77)

Hitler's Supergun

2015 5.5

as Narrator (voice)

Age 67 (now 77)

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

2014 8.0

as Self

Age 66 (now 77)

One of a Kind

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Age 66 (now 77)

Rock 'n' Roll Britannia

2013

as Self

Age 64 (now 77)

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

2013 7.0

as Narrator (Voice)

Age 64 (now 77)

My Week with Marilyn

2011 6.7

as Barry

Age 63 (now 77)

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

2011 6.5

as Narrator (Voice)

Age 62 (now 77)

Alice in Wonderland

2010 6.6

as The Executioner (voice)

Age 61 (now 77)

Burlesque Fairytales

2010 5.6

as The Compere

Age 61 (now 77)

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009 7.0

as Harold Angus

Age 61 (now 77)

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009 6.9

as Harold Angus

Age 61 (now 77)

Creation

2009 6.4

as Parslow

Age 61 (now 77)

Caught in a Trap

2008 6.0

as Brian Perkins

Age 60 (now 77)

The Oxford Murders

2008 6.0

as Inspector Petersen

Age 59 (now 77)

The Golden Compass

2007 6.1

as John Faa

Age 59 (now 77)

Cassandra's Dream

2007 6.3

as Garage Boss

Age 59 (now 77)

Recovery

2007 6.4

as Mr. Lockwood

Age 58 (now 77)

The Wind in the Willows

2006 5.8

as Engine Driver

Age 58 (now 77)

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006 6.2

as Henry Dorling

Age 58 (now 77)

Aberfan: The Untold Story

2006 5.0

as Lord Robens

Age 58 (now 77)

The Thief Lord

2006 6.0

as Victor

Age 57 (now 77)

The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12

2005

as Narrator

Age 57 (now 77)

House of 9

2005 5.1

as The Watcher

Age 56 (now 77)

The Story of Alton Towers

2005

as Narrator/The Earl

Age 56 (now 77)

Out of Season

2004 4.8

as Michael Philipps

Age 56 (now 77)

Von Trapped

2004 6.5

as Larry Lavelle

Age 56 (now 77)

Casablanca Driver

2004 5.9

as Joe Mateo, l'agent

Age 55 (now 77)

Modigliani

2004 7.0

as Achilles Hebuterne

Age 55 (now 77)

Ella Enchanted

2004 6.5

as Nish

Age 55 (now 77)

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003

as Red Rose (voice)

Age 55 (now 77)

Cromwell: Warts and All

2003 10.0

as Oliver Cromwell

Age 55 (now 77)

Pompeii: The Last Day

2003 6.8

as Polybius

Age 55 (now 77)

Bright Young Things

2003 6.3

as Chief Customs Officer

Age 55 (now 77)

16 Years of Alcohol

2003 5.6

as Director

Age 54 (now 77)

Heartlands

2003 6.0

as Geoff

Age 54 (now 77)

Hornblower: Duty

2003 7.3

as Etheridge

Age 54 (now 77)

Discovering Dinotopia

2002 6.4

as Mayor Waldo

Age 53 (now 77)

Dinotopia

2002 8.2

as Mayor Waldo

Age 53 (now 77)

According to Beryl

2001

as Samuel Johnson

Age 53 (now 77)

Walking With Disc Jockeys

2001

as Narrator

Age 52 (now 77)

The Little Vampire

2000 6.9

as Rookery

Age 52 (now 77)

102 Dalmatians

2000 5.5

as Detective Armstrong

Age 52 (now 77)

Tube Tales

1999 5.3

as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")

Age 51 (now 77)

Tube Tales

1999 5.3

as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)

Age 51 (now 77)

The Bass Player

1999

Age 51 (now 77)

Trial by Fire

1999 8.0

as Geoffrey Bailey

Age 50 (now 77)

Shakespeare in Love

1998 6.8

as Ralph Bashford

Age 50 (now 77)

Legionnaire

1998 5.8

as Lucien Galgani

Age 50 (now 77)

Vigo

1998 4.9

as Bonaventure (uncredited)

Age 50 (now 77)

Bill's New Frock

1998

as Mr. Platworthy

Age 49 (now 77)

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997 6.0

as Erskine

Age 49 (now 77)

The Chest

1997

as Roland Blood

Age 48 (now 77)

The Missing Postman

1997 5.0

as DS Lawrence Pitman

Age 48 (now 77)

Bright Hair

1997 4.1

as Norman Devenish

Age 48 (now 77)

Harpur and Iles: Protection

1997 7.5

as Tenderness Mellick

Age 48 (now 77)

Brassed Off

1996 7.0

as Harry

Age 48 (now 77)

Richard III

1995 6.8

as Lord Hastings

Age 47 (now 77)

It Might Be You

1995

as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley

Age 47 (now 77)

The Grotesque

1995 5.4

as George Lecky

Age 47 (now 77)

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

1995

as Inspector

Age 46 (now 77)

The Madness of King George

1994 6.8

as Fox

Age 46 (now 77)

Midnight Movie

1994 3.7

as Henry Harris

Age 46 (now 77)

Julius Caesar

1994

as Mark Antony

Age 46 (now 77)

Open Fire

1994 7.3

as DCS Young

Age 46 (now 77)

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994 6.4

as Executioner (uncredited)

Age 46 (now 77)

Black Beauty

1994 6.7

as John Manly

Age 45 (now 77)

In The Cold Light Of Day

1994

as Father

Age 45 (now 77)

The Hour of the Pig

1993 6.1

as Mathieu

Age 45 (now 77)

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993

as Grabianski

Age 44 (now 77)

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

1993

as Commander

Age 44 (now 77)

Stalin

1992 5.3

as Sergo

Age 44 (now 77)

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992 6.4

as Meinertzhagen

Age 43 (now 77)

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992 5.3

as Rossi

Age 43 (now 77)

Hancock

1991

as Ray Galton

Age 43 (now 77)

Incident in Judaea

1991

Age 42 (now 77)

The Fool

1990 8.0

as Mr. Blackthorn

Age 42 (now 77)

Crimestrike

1990 7.0

as The Detective

Age 42 (now 77)

The Witches

1990 7.0

as Head Chef

Age 41 (now 77)

Erik the Viking

1989 5.9

as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)

Age 41 (now 77)

The Rainbow

1989 5.6

as Mr. Harby

Age 40 (now 77)

Here Is the News

1989

as News Editor

Age 40 (now 77)

Precious Bane

1989 7.5

as Sarn

Age 40 (now 77)

The Tenth Man

1988 6.7

as Pierre

Age 40 (now 77)

The Raggedy Rawney

1988 5.6

as The Soldier

Age 40 (now 77)

Soursweet

1988 6.0

as Mr. Constantinides

Age 39 (now 77)

The First Kangaroos

1988 7.0

as Arthur Hughes

Age 39 (now 77)

Duck

1988

Age 39 (now 77)

Star Trap

1988 7.0

as Dr. Wax

Age 39 (now 77)

The American Way

1987 6.2

as Castro

Age 39 (now 77)

A Month in the Country

1987 6.5

as Ellerbeck

Age 39 (now 77)

Harry's Kingdom

1987

as Bill

Age 39 (now 77)

Haunted Honeymoon

1986 5.4

as Montego

Age 37 (now 77)

Rustlers' Rhapsody

1985 5.6

as Blackie

Age 36 (now 77)

Hiawatha

1984 8.0

as Nawadaha - The Story Teller

Age 36 (now 77)

A Private Function

1984 6.5

as Inspector Noble

Age 36 (now 77)

The Company of Wolves

1984 6.3

as Second Husband (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 77)

Top Secret!

1984 7.1

as Déjà Vu

Age 35 (now 77)

The Oresteia

1983 10.0

as Agamemnon

Age 35 (now 77)

Fox

1980 1.0

as Cliff Ryan

Age 31 (now 77)