Jim Carter

Jim Carter

1948-08-19 Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK 107 Credits

Biography

James Edward Carter (born 19 August 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).

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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025

as Charles Carson

Acting

When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of soc...

Wonka

Wonka

2023

as Abacus Crunch

7.1
Acting

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with ...

The Sea Beast

The Sea Beast

2022

as King (voice)

7.3
Acting

When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters — and make history to bo...

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

as Charles Carson

7.2
Acting

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a...

Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans

Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans

2020

as Dad Turtle

7.4
Acting

The story of a turtle family making their way home through a damaged and changing ocean. A powerful message about the threats the oceans are facing, a...

The Good Liar

The Good Liar

2019

as Vincent

6.7
Acting

Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer...

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2019

as Charles Carson

7.1
Acting

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England w...

Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men

2018

as Ted

6.1
Acting

A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.

King Lear

King Lear

2018

as Earl of Kent

6.0
Acting

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

The Little Vampire 3D

The Little Vampire 3D

2017

as Rookery (voice)

6.1
Acting

Tony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. Meanwhile Rudolph, a vampire of "similar" age (313!...

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

as Cogman (voice)

6.1
Acting

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history ...

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

2016

as Self

Acting

Jim Carter tells the story of Lonnie Donegan - a crucial trailblazer in the birth of pop music and modern culture who inspired Lennon and McCartney.

Punk Strut: The Movie

Punk Strut: The Movie

2016

as Skippy

Acting

A feature-length tribute to the age and spirit of Punk, which begins as a gentle ramble through the pasture of popular culture and spirals into a stor...

Hitler's Supergun

Hitler's Supergun

2015

as Narrator (voice)

5.5
Acting

Historians and engineers investigate how Allied forces conspired to destroy Hitler's "supergun".

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

2014

as Self

Acting

A documentary that investigates the phenomenon of Scandinavian crime drama and its worldwide success.

One of a Kind

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Exploring various aspects of history and the human species including war, love & sex, all with a playful, tongue-in-cheek humour.

Rock 'n' Roll Britannia

2013

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the pre-Beatles rock era, when a series of British acts created a unique copy of American rock 'n' roll

Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons

2013

as Narrator (Voice)

7.0
Acting

It's Britains greatest prehistoric monument but for millennia the origins of Stonehenge have remained a mystery. Now, archaeologist Mike Parker Pears...

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

2011

as Barry

6.7
Acting

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince an...

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

2011

as Narrator (Voice)

6.5
Acting

In 1939, visionary aircraft designer Barnes Wallis designed a very special bomb that would bounce across water and destroy German dams. The raid in 19...

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

2010

as The Executioner

6.6
Acting

Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

Burlesque Fairytales

2010

as The Compere

5.6
Acting

A fairytale thriller film set one night in a 1930's London theatre where all is not what it seems.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

as Harold Angus

6.9
Acting

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to c...

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009

as Harold Angus

7.0
Acting

Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and t...

Creation

Creation

2009

as Parslow

6.4
Acting

A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to ...

The Oxford Murders

The Oxford Murders

2008

as Inspector Petersen

6.0
Acting

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symb...

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

as John Faa

6.1
Acting

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherwor...

Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

2007

as Garage Boss

6.3
Acting

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Recovery

Recovery

2007

as Mr. Lockwood

6.7
Acting

Alan and Tricia Hamilton are blissfully happy. Until one day their perfect life is torn apart when Alan steps in front of a passing car, and he is lef...

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

2006

as Engine Driver

5.8
Acting

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, ...

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006

as Henry Dorling

6.2
Acting

In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a relativ...

Aberfan: The Untold Story

Aberfan: The Untold Story

2006

as Lord Robens

5.0
Acting

Documentary about the tragedy which struck the Welsh mining village of Aberfan in 1966, when a mountain of coal slurry engulfed a school, claiming 144...

The Thief Lord

The Thief Lord

2006

as Victor

5.9
Acting

A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie. Hiding in the canals an...

The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12

The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12

2005

as Narrator

Acting

Hugh Williams is a father trapped in an endless nightmare of repetition and ritual as family life continues around him. This observational documentary...

House of 9

House of 9

2005

as The Watcher

5.0
Acting

Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they mu...

The Story of Alton Towers

The Story of Alton Towers

2005

as Narrator/The Earl

Acting

This is the story of Alton Towers today and yesterday. We take a privileged journey through images dating back to the 1870s - through film dating back...

Out of Season

Out of Season

2004

as Michael Philipps

4.7
Acting

When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murd...

Von Trapped

2004

as Larry Lavelle

Acting

Hairdresser Maria is fixated by The Sound of Music - it was the film she saw the night she was jilted 18 years ago. In a bid to confront her demons, M...

Casablanca Driver

Casablanca Driver

2004

as Joe Mateo, l'agent

5.8
Acting

This mockumentary follows the world's worst boxer and the events that led to his meteoric rise in the year 1969.

Modigliani

Modigliani

2004

as Achilles Hebuterne

7.1
Acting

Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo...

Ella Enchanted

Ella Enchanted

2004

as Nish

6.5
Acting

Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called g...

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003

as Red Rose (voice)

Acting

A nightingale sings for a lovesick student. The student is pining for a girl who will only dance with him if he presents her with a red rose. The nigh...

Cromwell: Warts and All

Cromwell: Warts and All

2003

as Oliver Cromwell

Acting

Using drama and documentary this film tells the remarkable story of Cromwell, one of the most important characters of British history, yet revered and...

Pompeii: The Last Day

Pompeii: The Last Day

2003

as Polybius

6.7
Acting

In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inha...

Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

2003

as Chief Customs Officer

6.3
Acting

During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the a...

16 Years of Alcohol

16 Years of Alcohol

2003

as Director

5.6
Acting

16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effor...

Heartlands

Heartlands

2003

as Geoff

6.1
Acting

Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his soiled-rotten wife Sandra and playing competition darts in the Atle...

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

2003

as Etheridge

7.3
Acting

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napo...

Discovering Dinotopia

Discovering Dinotopia

2002

as Mayor Waldo

6.3
Acting

The citizens of Waterfall City flee for the tenuous safety of Earthfarm, abandoning their city to the dangerous Outsiders - who discover the key to Di...

Dinotopia

Dinotopia

2002

as Mayor Waldo

6.5
Acting

After a plane crash strands two brothers on a lost continent where dinosaurs and humans live together in harmony, they disagree over escape plans. (C...

According to Beryl

According to Beryl

2001

as Samuel Johnson

Acting

Beryl Bainbridge on Samuel Johnson and her novel According To Queenie - Johnson through the eyes of Queenie Thrale, the eldest daughter of Henry and H...

The Little Vampire

The Little Vampire

2000

as Rookery

6.9
Acting

Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with ...

102 Dalmatians

102 Dalmatians

2000

as Detective Armstrong

5.5
Acting

Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely allia...

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

1999

as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")

5.1
Acting

Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grassho...

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

1999

as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)

5.1
Acting

Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grassho...

The Bass Player

1999

Acting

In the 1800s, a bass player's attempts to woo a young woman lead to both parties being trapped in an awkward situation.

Trial by Fire

1999

as Geoffrey Bailey

Acting

Juliet Stevenson stars as prosecutor Helen West from the popular crime novels by Frances Fyfield. Helen and her significant other, Chief Superintenden...

Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare in Love

1998

as Ralph Bashford

6.9
Acting

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman a...

Legionnaire

Legionnaire

1998

as Lucien Galgani

5.8
Acting

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfrie...

Vigo

Vigo

1998

as Bonaventure (uncredited)

4.8
Acting

Based on the life of a classic french cineast Jean Vigo, the story follows his daily struggle with sanity, normal life and uncompromising filmmaking. ...

Bill's New Frock

Bill's New Frock

1998

as Mr. Platworthy

Acting

Bill wakes up one morning to discover - he's a girl!

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

as Erskine

6.0
Acting

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits...

The Chest

The Chest

1997

as Roland Blood

Acting

Comedy drama about John Croft (Neil Morrissey), a failed businessman who is heavily in debt when he finds a wallet which contains a map which he late...

The Missing Postman

The Missing Postman

1997

as DS Lawrence Pitman

5.0
Acting

When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpect...

Bright Hair

Bright Hair

1997

as Norman Devenish

3.8
Acting

A solitary schoolgirl, prone to sudden blackouts after she's stumbled into a murder scene, gets involved with her English teacher. Then, when his wife...

Harpur and Iles: Protection

Harpur and Iles: Protection

1997

as Tenderness Mellick

5.0
Acting

Underworld boss Bernie 'Tenderness' Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright in a firebombing. For Wright's men have now kidn...

Brassed Off

Brassed Off

1996

as Harry

7.0
Acting

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competiti...

Richard III

Richard III

1995

as Lord Hastings

6.7
Acting

A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil...

The Grotesque

The Grotesque

1995

as George Lecky

5.3
Acting

Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet. He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo ...

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

1995

as Inspector

Acting

When a shy young man arrives on her doorstep, Alice Hartley grabs the chance to escape from her loveless marriage. She and Michael open a Growth Centr...

The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George

1994

as Fox

6.8
Acting

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confu...

Midnight Movie

1994

as Henry Harris

1.0
Acting

American producer James Boyce and his airhead wife Amber rent an English country mansion where the British horror flick "Smoke Rings" was filmed twent...

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1994

as Mark Antony

Acting

A compelling study of personal ambition versus the good of the state.

Open Fire

Open Fire

1994

as DCS Young

7.0
Acting

Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

as Executioner (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead ...

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

1994

as John Manly

6.7
Acting

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.

In The Cold Light Of Day

In The Cold Light Of Day

1994

as Father

Acting

It is the late 1930s and some British households still eagerly await the arrival of electricity. When a pylon is erected in the garden, Morris's mothe...

The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

1993

as Mathieu

6.2
Acting

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and politic...

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993

as Grabianski

Acting

A kilo of cocaine. Hardly what two small-time crooks were expecting to find when they broke into TV director Harold Roy's shabby mansion. But nor was ...

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

1993

as Commander

Acting

When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of various detectives from television shows from the se...

Stalin

Stalin

1992

as Sergo

5.1
Acting

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film tra...

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992

as Meinertzhagen

6.4
Acting

In 1919, the great English military man T. E. Lawrence tries to help Emir Feisal, ruler of Arabia, retain his political power during the Conference of...

Blame It on the Bellboy

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

as Rossi

5.4
Acting

Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech...

Hancock

Hancock

1991

as Ray Galton

Acting

Screen One biopic detailing the final eight years in the life of comedian Tony Hancock, from the peak of his powers as Britain's number one comedian t...

The Fool

1990

as Mr. Blackthorn

7.0
Acting

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...

Crimestrike

1990

as The Detective

Acting

What would happen if the nation’s criminals decided to go on strike? A comedy drama based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek.

The Witches

The Witches

1990

as Head Chef

6.9
Acting

A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand H...

Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking

1989

as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)

5.9
Acting

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allo...

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

1989

as Mr. Harby

5.7
Acting

Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young woman full of imagination and ambition....

Here Is the News

Here Is the News

1989

as News Editor

Acting

Freelance journalist David Dunhill stumbles onto the biggest story of his career - but his personal eccentricities seem likely to thwart him.

Precious Bane

Precious Bane

1989

as Sarn

6.0
Acting

In the early 19th century, a young woman with a harelip falls foul of her family's ambition and the superstitions of the local community, but meets a ...

The Tenth Man

The Tenth Man

1988

as Pierre

6.7
Acting

During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execu...

The Raggedy Rawney

The Raggedy Rawney

1988

as The Soldier

5.8
Acting

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to esca...

Soursweet

Soursweet

1988

as Mr. Constantinides

5.3
Acting

Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen w...

The First Kangaroos

The First Kangaroos

1988

as Arthur Hughes

Acting

The story of the Australian Rugby League's first visit to England.

Star Trap

1988

as Dr. Wax

Acting

Two rival detectives investigate a murder that involves black magic.

Duck

1988

Acting
The American Way

The American Way

1987

as Castro

5.8
Acting

A group of Vietnam vets disturbs television programs from a B-29 airplane. They want to sabotage Mrs Westinghouse's political campaign who is running ...

A Month in the Country

A Month in the Country

1987

as Ellerbeck

6.4
Acting

A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village...

Haunted Honeymoon

Haunted Honeymoon

1986

as Montego

5.4
Acting

Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech...

Rustlers' Rhapsody

Rustlers' Rhapsody

1985

as Blackie

5.5
Acting

A singing cowboy roams the Wild West with his sidekick, dancing horse and fancy wardrobe.

Hiawatha

Hiawatha

1984

as Nawadaha - The Story Teller

Acting

A Quintet Film in association with the National Theatre

A Private Function

A Private Function

1984

as Inspector Noble

6.3
Acting

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Ch...

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

1984

as Second Husband (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which i...

Top Secret!

Top Secret!

1984

as Déjà Vu

7.1
Acting

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillar...

The Oresteia

The Oresteia

1983

as Agamemnon

10.0
Acting

Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan war and is murdered by his wife, setting off a chain of revenge that stretches across this trilogy of play. Dir...

Fox

1980

as Cliff Ryan

1.0
Acting

The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.