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Jim Carter

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). He has been married to Imelda Staunton since October 1983. They have one child (Imelda Staunton).

Aliases
  • James Edward Carter
English
Filmography

102 Dalmatians

2000
as Detective Armstrong

16 Years of Alcohol

2003
as Director

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992
as Meinertzhagen

A Month in the Country

1987
as Ellerbeck

A Private Function

1984
as Inspector Noble

Bill's New Frock

1998
as Mr. Platworthy

Black Beauty

1994
as John Manly

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992
as Rossi

Brassed Off

1996
as Harry

Bright Hair

1997
as Norman Devenish

Bright Young Things

2003
as Chief Customs Officer

Burlesque Fairytales

2010
as The Compere

Casablanca Driver

2004
as Joe Mateo, l'agent

Cassandra's Dream

2007
as Garage Boss

Caught in a Trap

2008
as Brian Perkins

Creation

2009
as Parslow

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

2011
as Self - Narrator

December Flower

1984
as Dentist

Downton Abbey

2019
as Charles Carson

Ella Enchanted

2004
as Nish

Erik the Viking

1989
as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)

Harpur and Iles

1997
as Tenderness Mellick

Haunted Honeymoon

1986
as Montego

Heartlands

2002
as Geoff

Hornblower: Duty

2003
as Etheridge

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997
as Erskine

King Lear

2018
as Earl of Kent

Legionnaire

1998
as Lucien Galgani

Modigliani

2004
as Achilles Hebuterne

My Week with Marilyn

2011
as Barry

Open Fire

1994
as DCS Young

Out of Season

2004

Precious Bane

1989
as Sarn

Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser

2013
as Narrator

Recovery

2007
as Mr. Lockwood

Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980

2009
as Harold Angus

Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983

2009
as Harold Angus

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993
as Grabianski

Richard III

1995
as Lord Hastings

Shakespeare in Love

1998
as Ralph Bashford

Soursweet

1988
as Mr. Constantinides

Stalin

1992
as Sergo

Swimming with Men

2018
as Ted

Text Santa 2014

2014
as Mr. Carson (segment "Downton Abbey")

The Advocate

1993
as Mathieu

The Chest

1997
as Roland Blood

The First Brit: The 10,000 Year Old Man

2018
as Self - Narrator

The First Kangaroos

1988
as Arthur Hughes

The Fool

1990
as Mr. Blackthorn

The Golden Compass

2007
as John Faa

The Good Liar

2019
as Vincent

The Grotesque

1995
as George Lecky

The Little Vampire

2000
as Rookery

The Little Vampire

2017
as Rookery (voice)

The Madness of King George

1994
as Charles James Fox

The Missing Postman

1997
as DS Lawrence Pitman

The Oresteia

1983
as Agamemnon

The Oxford Murders

2008
as Inspector Petersen

The Raggedy Rawney

1988
as The Soldier

The Rainbow

1989
as Mr. Harby

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006
as Henry Dorling

The Tenth Man

1988
as Pierre

The Thief Lord

2006
as Victor

The Wind in the Willows

2006
as Engine Driver

The Witches

1990
as Head Chef

Top Secret!

1984
as Déjà Vu

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017
as Cogman (voice)

Tube Tales

1999

Wonka

2023
as Abacus Crunch