Acting credits
141
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jim Carter
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 98Series: 43
TMDB ID: 20070
IMDb ID: nm0141697
Known for: Acting
Born: August 19, 1948
Age: 78
Place of birth: Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2025
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q976829
Also known as
Джим Картер • James Edward Carter • James Carter • جیم کارتر
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jim Carter.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Charles Carson
2025 Movie
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
2025 Movie
Wonka
as Abacus Crunch
2023 Movie
The Sea Beast
as King (voice)
2022 Movie
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Charles Carson
2022 Movie
The Good Liar
as Vincent
2019 Movie
Downton Abbey
as Charles Carson
2019 Movie
Swimming with Men
as Ted
2018 Movie
King Lear
as Earl of Kent
2018 Movie
The Little Vampire 3D
as Rookery (voice)
2017 Movie
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Cogman (voice)
2017 Movie
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
2016 Movie
Punk Strut: The Movie
as Skippy
2016 Movie
Hitler's Supergun
as Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
as Self
2014 Movie
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
as Narrator (Voice)
2013 Movie
My Week with Marilyn
as Barry
2011 Movie
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
as Narrator (Voice)
2011 Movie
Alice in Wonderland
as The Executioner (voice)
2010 Movie
Burlesque Fairytales
as The Compere
2010 Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Harold Angus
2009 Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as Harold Angus
2009 Movie
Creation
as Parslow
2009 Movie
Caught in a Trap
as Brian Perkins
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jim Carter.
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 12 eps
2023 Series
Inside the Ritz Hotel
as Narrator • 4 eps
2019 Series
Knightfall
as Pope Boniface VIII • 18 eps
2017 Series
Flintoff: Lord of the Fries
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 12 eps
2015 Series
Downton Abbey
as Charles Carson • 47 eps
2010 Series
Cranford
as Captain Brown • 7 eps
2007 Series
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Trevor's World of Sport
as Sir Frank Luckton • 1 eps
2003 Series
Strange
as Inspector Stuart • 1 eps
2003 Series
Blue Murder
as Frank Evans • 1 eps
2003 Series
Dinotopia
as Mayor Waldo • 3 eps
2002 Series
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec • 2 eps
2001 Series
Arabian Nights
as Ja'Far • 2 eps
2000 Series
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as General La Forge • 3 eps
1999 Series
Blood on the Carpet
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
Hornblower
as Etheridge • 1 eps
1998 Series
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Maxie Morrell • 3 eps
1997 Series
The Missing Postman
as DS Lawrence Pitman • 2 eps
1997 Series
Midsomer Murders
as Nathan Green • 1 eps
1997 Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Ted Lowry • 1 eps
1996 Series
Dangerfield
as Stephen Millwood • 1 eps
1995 Series
Pie in the Sky
as Alec Bailey • 1 eps
1994 Series
Cracker
as Kenneth Trant • 3 eps
1993 Series