Personal Info
Birthday
August 19, 1948
Place of Birth
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Jim Carter
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).
Acting Filmography (139)
7.0
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie2025
2.5
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Movie2025
7.0
Wonka
Movie2023
0.0
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
TV Series2023
7.3
The Sea Beast
Movie2022
7.2
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie2022
6.7
The Good Liar
Movie2019
7.1
Downton Abbey
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
Inside the Ritz Hotel
TV Series2019
6.1
Swimming with Men
Movie2018
6.1
King Lear
Movie2018
7.0
Knightfall
TV Series2017
6.1
The Little Vampire 3D
Movie2017
6.1
Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Punk Strut: The Movie
Movie2016
5.5
Hitler's Supergun
Movie2015
7.7
Flintoff: Lord of the Fries
TV Series2015
No Backdrop
8.0
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Movie2014
No Backdrop
7.0
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
Movie2013
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
Movie2011
No Backdrop
6.5
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
Movie2011
8.1
Downton Abbey
TV Series2010
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
Movie2010
No Backdrop
5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
Movie2010
6.9
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Movie2009
7.0
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Movie2009
6.4
Creation
Movie2009
6.0
The Oxford Murders
Movie2008
6.1
The Golden Compass
Movie2007
8.1
Cranford
TV Series2007
6.3
Cassandra's Dream
Movie2007
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
TV Series2007
6.4
Recovery
Movie2007
5.8
The Wind in the Willows
Movie2006
No Backdrop
6.2
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Movie2006
No Backdrop
5.0
Aberfan: The Untold Story
Movie2006
6.0
The Thief Lord
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
Movie2005
5.1
House of 9
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
The Story of Alton Towers
Movie2005
4.8
Out of Season
Movie2004
5.8
Casablanca Driver
Movie2004
7.0
Modigliani
Movie2004
6.5
Ella Enchanted
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Movie2003
No Backdrop
10.0
Cromwell: Warts and All
Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.8
Pompeii: The Last Day
Movie2003
6.3
Bright Young Things
Movie2003
7.0
Trevor's World of Sport
TV Series2003
7.8
Strange
TV Series2003
6.7
Blue Murder
TV Series2003
5.6
16 Years of Alcohol
Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.0
Heartlands
Movie2003
7.3
Hornblower: Duty
Movie2003
6.5
Dinotopia
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
6.4
Discovering Dinotopia
Movie2002
7.6
Dinotopia
Movie2002
6.8
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
TV Series2001
No Backdrop
0.0
According to Beryl
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
Walking With Disc Jockeys
Movie2001
6.9
The Little Vampire
Movie2000
5.5
102 Dalmatians
Movie2000
6.8
Arabian Nights
TV Series2000
5.3
Tube Tales
Movie1999
7.7
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
10.0
Blood on the Carpet
TV Series1999
6.8
Shakespeare in Love
Movie1998
5.9
Legionnaire
Movie1998
7.8
Hornblower
TV Series1998
4.9
Vigo
Movie1998
No Backdrop
0.0
Bill's New Frock
Movie1998
6.1
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Movie1997
4.3
The View
TV Series1997
7.0
Ain't Misbehavin'
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
0.0
The Chest
Movie1997
7.5
The Missing Postman
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
5.0
The Missing Postman
Movie1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
4.1
Bright Hair
Movie1997
No Backdrop
7.5
Harpur and Iles: Protection
Movie1997
7.0
Brassed Off
Movie1996
6.8
Richard III
Movie1995
5.4
The Grotesque
Movie1995
No Backdrop
0.0
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Movie1995
No Backdrop
7.0
Dangerfield
TV Series1995
6.8
The Madness of King George
Movie1994
No Backdrop
3.7
Midnight Movie
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Julius Caesar
Movie1994
No Backdrop
7.3
Open Fire
Movie1994
6.4
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie1994
6.7
Black Beauty
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie1994
8.3
Pie in the Sky
TV Series1994
6.6
Cracker
TV Series1993
6.2
The Hour of the Pig
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie1993
6.0
A Year in Provence
TV Series1993
5.3
Stalin
Movie1992
6.4
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV Series1992
6.4
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie1992
5.4
Blame It on the Bellboy
Movie1992
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
TV Series1991
No Backdrop
0.0
Hancock
Movie1991
No Backdrop
6.9
Soldier Soldier
TV Series1991
No Backdrop
8.3
The Gravy Train
TV Series1990
6.9
The Witches
Movie1990
4.2
A Sense of Guilt
TV Series1990
5.9
Erik the Viking
Movie1989
5.6
The Rainbow
Movie1989
No Backdrop
0.0
Here Is the News
Movie1989
No Backdrop
7.5
Precious Bane
Movie1989
6.7
The Tenth Man
Movie1988
5.6
The Raggedy Rawney
Movie1988
6.0
Soursweet
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.0
The First Kangaroos
Movie1988
6.2
The American Way
Movie1987
6.6
A Month in the Country
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
Harry's Kingdom
Movie1987
7.5
The Singing Detective
TV Series1986
No Backdrop
5.8
Lost Empires
TV Series1986
6.2
Casualty
TV Series1986
7.7
The Monocled Mutineer
TV Series1986
5.4
Haunted Honeymoon
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
The Mysteries
TV Series1985
5.6
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Movie1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
8.0
Hiawatha
Movie1984
No Backdrop
0.0
December Flower
Movie1984
6.4
A Private Function
Movie1984
6.3
The Company of Wolves
Movie1984
7.1
Top Secret!
Movie1984
10.0
The Oresteia
Movie1983
7.4
Widows
TV Series1983
6.5
Fox
TV Series1980
7.2
Minder
TV Series1979
7.3
Not the Nine O'Clock News
TV Series1979
7.8
I, Claudius
TV Series1976
7.0
NOVA
TV Series1974