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).
Known For
Movies
- The Golden Compass
2007
- Shakespeare in Love
1998
- Legionnaire
1998
- Hitler's Supergun
2015
- Creation
2009
- The Madness of King Geo...
1994
- The Little Vampire
2000
- Nordic Noir - The Rise ...
2014
- Richard III
1995
- Top Secret!
1984
- The Oxford Murders
2008
- Brassed Off
1996
- Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
- Secrets of the Stonehen...
2013
- The American Way
1987
- The Wind in the Willows
2006
- Black Beauty
1994
- The Rainbow
1989
- Bright Young Things
2003
- A Month in the Country
1987
- Casablanca Driver
2004
- The Grotesque
1995
- The Story of Alton Towe...
2005
- The Hour of the Pig
1993
- Dambusters: Building th...
2011
- Keep the Aspidistra Fly...
1997
- Heartlands
2003
- Stalin
1992
- My Week with Marilyn
2011
- Burlesque Fairytales
2010
- Wilde Stories: The Nigh...
2003
- Midnight Movie
1994
- Trial by Fire
1999
- Wonka
2023
- Here Is the News
1989
- Recovery
2007
- In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
- Von Trapped
2004
- Soursweet
1988
- The Sea Beast
2022
- Erik the Viking
1989
- The Fool
1990
- Red Riding: The Year of...
2009
- Red Riding: The Year of...
2009
- Detectives on the Edge ...
1993
- According to Beryl
2001
- The Man Who Is Obsessed...
2005
- Tube Tales
1999
- Punk Strut: The Movie
2016
- Hancock
1991
- Jim Carter: Lonnie Done...
2016
- One of a Kind
2014
- A Private Function
1984
- The Missing Postman
1997
- A Dangerous Man: Lawren...
1992
- Downton Abbey: The Gran...
2025
- The Tenth Man
1988
- Tube Tales
1999
- Hornblower: Duty
2003
- Bright Hair
1997
- The Thief Lord
2006
- House of 9
2005
- The Raggedy Rawney
1988
- Out of Season
2004
- Open Fire
1994
- Fox
1980
- Haunted Honeymoon
1986
- Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
- Dinotopia
2002
- Ella Enchanted
2004
- The Secret Life of Mrs....
2006
- Mary Shelley's Frankens...
1994
- Cassandra's Dream
2007
- Mrs Hartley and the Gro...
1995
- 16 Years of Alcohol
2003
- Transformers: The Last ...
2017
- Bill's New Frock
1998
- The Little Vampire 3D
2017
- The Witches
1990
- The Chest
1997
- Modigliani
2004
- Precious Bane
1989
- The Company of Wolves
1984
- King Lear
2018
- Swimming with Men
2018
- The First Kangaroos
1988
- Downton Abbey
2019
- Vigo
1998
- The Good Liar
2019
- Pompeii: The Last Day
2003
- Harpur and Iles: Protec...
1997
- Star Trap
1988
- Turtle Journey: The Cri...
2020
- The Oresteia
1983
- Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
- 102 Dalmatians
2000
- Aberfan: The Untold Sto...
2006
- Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
2013
- Duck
1988
- Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
- Crimestrike
1990
- Cromwell: Warts and All
2003
- Discovering Dinotopia
2002
- The Bass Player
1999
- Hiawatha
1984
- Julius Caesar
1994
- Alice in Wonderland
2010
TV Shows
- The Singing Detective
1986
- The Missing Postman
1997
- Hornblower
1998
- Downton Abbey
2010
- Blood on the Carpet
1999
- NOVA
1974
- Would I Lie to You?
2007
- Blue Murder
2003
- Murder Most Horrid
1991
- London
2004
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
- A Year in Provence
1993
- Not the Nine O'Clock Ne...
1979
- Coogan's Run
1995
- Dangerfield
1995
- Cracker
1993
- Fox
1980
- The Mysteries
1985
- Hidden Treasures of the...
2023
- Thompson
1988
- Murder Most Horrid
1991
- Strange
2003
- The Monocled Mutineer
1986
- Casualty
1986
- Minder
1979
- Pie in the Sky
1994
- Trevor's World of Sport
2003
- Ain't Misbehavin'
1997
- Dinotopia
2002
- A Sense of Guilt
1990
- Arabian Nights
2000
- The Gravy Train
1990
- Jack and the Beanstalk:...
2001
- Lost Empires
1986
- Honest Trailers
2012
- Knightfall
2017
- The View
1997
- Soldier Soldier
1991
- Midsomer Murders
1997
- Shakespeare: The Animat...
1992
- Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
- The Comic Strip Present...
1982
- Widows
1983
- Cranford
2007
- Inside the Ritz Hotel
2019