Jim Carter

Born

8/19/1948

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

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).

Known For84 Movies

Alice in Wonderland
2010
★6.6
Wonka
2023
★7.0
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
★6.1
The Golden Compass
2007
★6.1
The Sea Beast
2022
★7.3
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
★7.2
Ella Enchanted
2004
★6.5
Shakespeare in Love
1998
★6.8
The Witches
1990
★6.9
102 Dalmatians
2000
★5.5
Downton Abbey
2019
★7.1
Top Secret!
1984
★7.1
My Week with Marilyn
2011
★6.7
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
★7.0
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
★6.1
Legionnaire
1998
★5.9
The Good Liar
2019
★6.7
The Company of Wolves
1984
★6.3
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
★6.4
The Oxford Murders
2008
★6.0
Black Beauty
1994
★6.7
Cassandra's Dream
2007
★6.3
King Lear
2018
★6.1
House of 9
2005
★5.1
The Little Vampire
2000
★6.9
Erik the Viking
1989
★6.1
The Madness of King George
1994
★6.8
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
★6.9
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
★6.9
Brassed Off
1996
★7.0
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
★5.4
Creation
2009
★6.4
Richard III
1995
★6.8
Bright Young Things
2003
★6.3
Swimming with Men
2018
★6.1
Modigliani
2004
★7.0
The Thief Lord
2006
★6.0
The Tenth Man
1988
★6.7
The Hour of the Pig
1993
★6.2
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
★5.4
Tube Tales
1999
★5.3
Tube Tales
1999
★5.3
Harpur and Iles: Protection
1997
★7.5
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
★2.5
Stalin
1992
★5.3
Heartlands
2003
★6.0
A Private Function
1984
★6.4
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014
★8.0
A Month in the Country
1987
★6.5
The Wind in the Willows
2006
★5.8
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
★6.3
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
★5.6
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
★5.5
Precious Bane
1989
★7.5
Hitler's Supergun
2015
★5.5
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
★6.0
The Rainbow
1989
★5.7
Discovering Dinotopia
2002
★6.4
Hornblower: Duty
2003
★7.3
Hiawatha
1984
★8.0
The Grotesque
1995
★5.4
Out of Season
2004
★4.8
Vigo
1998
★5.1
Bright Hair
1997
★4.1
Caught in a Trap
2008
★6.0
The Raggedy Rawney
1988
★5.5
Soursweet
1988
★6.0
The First Kangaroos
1988
★7.0
Dinotopia
2002
★7.6
The Oresteia
1983
★10.0
Midnight Movie
1994
★3.7
The Missing Postman
1997
★5.0
Casablanca Driver
2004
★5.8
Pompeii: The Last Day
2003
★6.8
Open Fire
1994
★7.3
December Flower
1984
★NR
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
★5.6
The American Way
1987
★6.2
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006
★6.2
Recovery
2007
★6.4
Cromwell: Warts and All
2003
★10.0
Aberfan: The Untold Story
2006
★5.0
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
2011
★6.5
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
2013
★7.0