Biography
James Edward Carter 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).
Filmography
all 148
Movies 101
TV Shows 47
self 10
Narrator 9
Voice 4
Director 1
Self
Unwrapping Wonka: Paul King's Vision (2023)
Movie
Abacus Crunch
Wonka (2023)
Movie
7.21
Narrator
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust (2023)
TV
King (voice)
The Sea Beast (2022)
Movie
9.5
Mr Carson
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Movie
7
Dad Turtle
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans (2020)
Movie
Vincent
The Good Liar (2019)
Movie
6.05
Charles Carson
Downton Abbey (2019)
Movie
4.75
Ted
Swimming with Men (2018)
Movie
Earl of Kent
King Lear (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The First Brit: The 10,000 Year Old Man (2018)
Movie
Pope Boniface VIII / Pope Boniface
Knightfall (2017)
TV
6.6
Rookery
The Little Vampire 3D (2017)
Movie
7
Cogman (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Movie
5.79
Self
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me (2016)
Movie
Skippy
Punk Strut: The Movie (2016)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Hitler's Supergun (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator (2015-)
Flintoff: Lord of the Fries (2015)
TV
Narrator
Stonehenge - Das Steinkreis-Rätsel (2014)
Movie
Self
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama (2014)
Movie
Narrator
One of a Kind (2014)
Movie
Narrator
Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser (2013)
Movie
Self
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia (2013)
Movie
Abacus Crunch (archive footage)
Honest Trailers (2012)
TV
6
Barry
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Movie
7.13
Self - Narrator
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb (2011)
Movie
Charles Carson
Downton Abbey (2010)
TV
4.65
The Compere
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
Movie
Parslow
Creation (2009)
Movie
Harold Angus
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
Movie
6
Harold Angus
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
Movie
6
Inspector Petersen
The Oxford Murders (2008)
Movie
John Faa
The Golden Compass (2007)
Movie
6.18
Captain Brown
Cranford (2007)
TV
6.25
Garage Boss
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Movie
5.75
Self
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
TV
Mr. Lockwood
Recovery (2007)
Movie
Engine Driver
The Wind in the Willows (2006)
Movie
Henry Dorling
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (2006)
Movie
Lord Robens
Aberfan: The Untold Story (2006)
Movie
Victor
The Thief Lord (2006)
Movie
Narrator
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 (2005)
Movie
Narrator/The Earl
The Story of Alton Towers (2005)
Movie
Out of Season (2004)
Movie
Larry Lavelle
Von Trapped (2004)
Movie
Joe Mateo, l'agent
Casablanca Driver (2004)
Movie
Achilles Hebuterne
Modigliani (2004)
Movie
Henry Fielding - Novelist & Magistrate
London (2004)
TV
Nish
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Movie
5.33
Red Rose
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003)
Movie
Polybius
Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
Movie
Chief Customs Officer
Bright Young Things (2003)
Movie
Sir Frank Luckton
Trevor's World of Sport (2003)
TV
Strange (2003)
TV
Frank Evans
Blue Murder (2003)
TV
Director
16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
Movie
Geoff
Heartlands (2003)
Movie
Etheridge
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Movie
7
Mayor Waldo
Dinotopia 1: The Outsiders (2002)
Movie
Mayor Waldo
Dinotopia (2002)
TV
6
Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)
TV
6
Samuel Johnson
According to Beryl (2001)
Movie
Rookery
The Little Vampire (2000)
Movie
6
Detective Armstrong
102 Dalmatians (2000)
Movie
6.5
Ja'far
Arabian Nights (2000)
TV
6
Ticket Inspector (Steal Away) / Ticket Inspector (segment 'Steal Away')
Tube Tales (1999)
Movie
Geoffrey Bailey
Trial by Fire (1999)
Movie
General La Forge
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
TV
Self - Narrator
Blood on the Carpet (1999)
TV
Ralph Bashford
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Movie
5.78
Lucien Galgani
Legionnaire (1998)
Movie
5.77
Etheridge
Hornblower (1998)
TV
Bonaventure (uncredited)
Vigo (1998)
Movie
Bill's New Frock (1998)
Movie
Erskine
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
Movie
4.33
Self
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Maxie Morrell
Ain't Misbehavin' (1997)
TV
Roland Blood
The Chest (1997)
Movie
DS Lawrence Pitman
The Missing Postman (1997)
TV
DS Lawrence Pitman
The Missing Postman (1997)
Movie
Nathan Green
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
Norman Devenish
Bright Hair (1997)
Movie
Tenderness Mellick
Harpur and Iles: Protection (1997)
Movie
Harry
Brassed Off (1996)
Movie
Lord Hastings
Richard III (1995)
Movie
Fraser
Coogan's Run (1995)
TV
George Lecky
The Grotesque (1995)
Movie
Inspector
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre (1995)
Movie
Stephen Millwood
Dangerfield (1995)
TV
Fox
The Madness of King George (1994)
Movie
5.67
Henry Harris
Midnight Movie (1994)
Movie
Det Chief Supt Young
Open Fire (1994)
Movie
Executioner (uncredited)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Movie
1
John Manly
Black Beauty (1994)
Movie
1
Father
In The Cold Light Of Day (1994)
Movie
Alec Bailey
Pie in the Sky (1994)
TV
Actor
The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994)
TV
Kenneth Trant
Cracker (1993)
TV
8
Mathieu
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
Movie
Grabianski
Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
Movie
Commander
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (1993)
Movie
Ted Hopkins
A Year in Provence (1993)
TV
Inspector
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993)
TV
1
Sergo
Stalin (1992)
Movie
Mark Antony (voice)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
TV
Rossi
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Movie
Frank Phillips / General Alberto / Roy Redfern
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
TV
Narrator
Secret History (1991)
TV
Ray Galton
Hancock (1991)
Movie
Mr. Blackthorn
The Fool (1990)
Movie
The Detective
Crimestrike (1990)
Movie
Personip
The Gravy Train (1990)
TV
Head Chef
The Witches (1990)
Movie
7.44
Meinertzhagen
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990)
Movie
Narrator
Cutting Edge (1990)
TV
Richard Murray
A Sense of Guilt (1990)
TV
Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
Erik the Viking (1989)
Movie
Mr. Harby
The Rainbow (1989)
Movie
News Editor
Here Is the News (1989)
Movie
Sarn
Precious Bane (1989)
Movie
Pierre
The Tenth Man (1988)
Movie
Bausch
Christabel (1988)
TV
Thompson (1988)
TV
The Soldier
The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
Movie
Mr. Constantinides
Soursweet (1988)
Movie
Arthur Hughes
The First Kangaroos (1988)
Movie
Duck (1988)
Movie
Dr. Wax
Star Trap (1988)
Movie
Ellerbeck
A Month in the Country (1987)
Movie
Castro
The American Way (1987)
Movie
Mr. Marlow
The Singing Detective (1986)
TV
6.22
Inspector Crabb
Lost Empires (1986)
TV
Matthew Charlton
Casualty (1986)
TV
The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
TV
Montego
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Movie
6
Mak / Fourth Soldier
The Mysteries (1985)
TV
Blackie
Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
Movie
Inspector Noble
A Private Function (1984)
Movie
Second Husband (uncredited)
The Company of Wolves (1984)
Movie
Déjà Vu
Top Secret! (1984)
Movie
5.78
Agamemnon
The Oresteia (1983)
Movie
D.I. Frinton
Widows (1983)
TV
Commander
The Comic Strip Presents (1982)
TV
Cliff Ryan
Fox (1980)
Movie
Cliff Ryan
Fox (1980)
TV
Tomkins
Minder (1979)
TV
6
Not The Nine O'Clock News (1979)
TV
Narrator
NOVA (1974)
TV
4.75
Ratings
Average 5.79
Based on 2.06 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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1990
1998
1992
2023
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1948-08-19 (75 years old)
Birth NameJames Edward Carter
Birth PlaceHarrogate, United Kingdom
SpouseImelda Staunton
ChildrenBessie Carter
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsДжим Картер, James Edward Carter, James Carter
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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