Person
Jim Carter
Born 19 August 1948 77 years old Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK Who else is 77? → TMDB ↗
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).
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28age in their first credit on record (1976)
49years on screen and counting
10credits in 2003, their busiest year
147dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 77 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025as Charles Carson
Age: 75 Wonka
2023as Abacus Crunch
Age: 73 The Sea Beast
2022as King (voice)
Age: 73 Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022as Charles Carson
Age: 71 The Good Liar
2019as Vincent
Age: 71 Downton Abbey
2019as Charles Carson
Age: 69 Swimming with Men
2018as Ted
Age: 69 King Lear
2018as Earl of Kent
Age: 69 The Little Vampire 3D
2017as Rookery (voice)
Age: 68 Transformers: The Last Knight
2017as Cogman (voice)
Age: 67 Punk Strut: The Movie
2016as Skippy
Age: 67 Hitler's Supergun
2015as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66 One of a Kind
2014as Narrator (voice)
Age: 64 Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
2013as Narrator (Voice)
Age: 63 My Week with Marilyn
2011as Barry
Age: 62 Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
2011as Narrator (Voice)
Age: 61 Alice in Wonderland
2010as The Executioner (voice)
Age: 61 Burlesque Fairytales
2010as The Compere
Age: 61 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009as Harold Angus
Age: 61 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009as Harold Angus
Age: 61 Creation
2009as Parslow
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Age: 60 Caught in a Trap
2008as Brian Perkins
Age: 59 The Oxford Murders
2008as Inspector Petersen
Age: 59 The Golden Compass
2007as John Faa
Age: 59 Cassandra's Dream
2007as Garage Boss
Age: 58 Recovery
2007as Mr. Lockwood
Age: 58 The Wind in the Willows
2006as Engine Driver
Age: 58 The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006as Henry Dorling
Age: 58 Aberfan: The Untold Story
2006as Lord Robens
Age: 57 The Thief Lord
2006as Victor
Age: 56 House of 9
2005as The Watcher
Age: 56 The Story of Alton Towers
2005as Narrator/The Earl
Age: 56 Out of Season
2004as Michael Philipps
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Age: 56 Von Trapped
2004as Larry Lavelle
Age: 55 Casablanca Driver
2004as Joe Mateo, l'agent
Age: 55 Modigliani
2004as Achilles Hebuterne
Age: 55 Ella Enchanted
2004as Nish
Age: 55 Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003as Red Rose (voice)
Age: 55 Cromwell: Warts and All
2003as Oliver Cromwell
Age: 55 Pompeii: The Last Day
2003as Polybius
Age: 55 Bright Young Things
2003as Chief Customs Officer
Age: 54 16 Years of Alcohol
2003as Director
Age: 54 Heartlands
2003as Geoff
Age: 54 Hornblower: Duty
2003as Etheridge
Age: 53 Discovering Dinotopia
2002as Mayor Waldo
Age: 53 Dinotopia
2002as Mayor Waldo
Age: 53 According to Beryl
2001as Samuel Johnson
Age: 52 The Little Vampire
2000as Rookery
Age: 52 102 Dalmatians
2000as Detective Armstrong
Age: 51 Tube Tales
1999as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
Age: 51 Tube Tales
1999as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
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Age: 51 The Bass Player
1999No poster
Age: 50 Trial by Fire
1999as Geoffrey Bailey
Age: 50 Shakespeare in Love
1998as Ralph Bashford
Age: 50 Legionnaire
1998as Lucien Galgani
Age: 50 Vigo
1998as Bonaventure (uncredited)
Age: 49 Bill's New Frock
1998as Mr. Platworthy
Age: 49 Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997as Erskine
Age: 48 The Chest
1997as Roland Blood
Age: 48 The Missing Postman
1997as DS Lawrence Pitman
Age: 48 Bright Hair
1997as Norman Devenish
Age: 48 Harpur and Iles: Protection
1997as Tenderness Mellick
Age: 48 Brassed Off
1996as Harry
Age: 47 Richard III
1995as Lord Hastings
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Age: 47 It Might Be You
1995as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley
Age: 47 The Grotesque
1995as George Lecky
Age: 46 Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995as Inspector
Age: 46 The Madness of King George
1994as Fox
Age: 46 Midnight Movie
1994as Henry Harris
Age: 46 Julius Caesar
1994as Mark Antony
Age: 46 Open Fire
1994as DCS Young
Age: 46 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994as Executioner (uncredited)
Age: 45 Black Beauty
1994as John Manly
Age: 45 In The Cold Light Of Day
1994as Father
Age: 45 The Hour of the Pig
1993as Mathieu
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Age: 44 Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993as Grabianski
Age: 44 Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993as Commander
Age: 44 Stalin
1992as Sergo
Age: 43 A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992as Meinertzhagen
Age: 43 Blame It on the Bellboy
1992as Rossi
Age: 43 Hancock
1991as Ray Galton
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Age: 42 Incident in Judaea
1991No poster
Age: 42 The Fool
1990as Mr. Blackthorn
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Age: 42 Crimestrike
1990as The Detective
Age: 41 The Witches
1990as Head Chef
Age: 41 Erik the Viking
1989as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
Age: 40 The Rainbow
1989as Mr. Harby
Age: 40 Here Is the News
1989as News Editor
Age: 40 Precious Bane
1989as Sarn
Age: 40 The Tenth Man
1988as Pierre
Age: 40 The Raggedy Rawney
1988as The Soldier
Age: 39 Soursweet
1988as Mr. Constantinides
Age: 39 The First Kangaroos
1988as Arthur Hughes
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Age: 39 Star Trap
1988as Dr. Wax
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Age: 39 Duck
1988
Age: 39 The American Way
1987as Castro
Age: 39 A Month in the Country
1987as Ellerbeck
Age: 39 Harry's Kingdom
1987as Bill
Age: 37 Haunted Honeymoon
1986as Montego
Age: 36 Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985as Blackie
Age: 36 Hiawatha
1984as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
Age: 36 December Flower
1984as Dentist
Age: 36 A Private Function
1984as Inspector Noble
Age: 36 The Company of Wolves
1984as Second Husband (uncredited)
Age: 35 Top Secret!
1984as Déjà Vu
Age: 35 The Oresteia
1983as Agamemnon
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Age: 31 Fox
1980as Cliff Ryan
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TV credits
Age: 69 Knightfall
2017as Pope Boniface VIII
Age: 62 Downton Abbey
2010as Charles Carson
Age: 59 Cranford
2007as Captain Brown
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Age: 55 London
2004as Henry Fielding
Age: 54 Trevor's World of Sport
2003as Sir Frank Luckton
Age: 54 Strange
2003as Inspector Stuart
Age: 54 Blue Murder
2003as Frank Evans
Age: 53 Dinotopia
2002as Mayor Waldo
Age: 53 Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
Age: 51 Arabian Nights
2000as Ja'Far
Age: 50 The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999as General La Forge
Age: 50 Hornblower
1998as Etheridge
Age: 48 Ain't Misbehavin'
1997as Maxie Morrell
Age: 48 The Missing Postman
1997as DS Lawrence Pitman
Age: 48 Midsomer Murders
1997as Nathan Green
Age: 46 Dangerfield
1995as Stephen Millwood
Age: 45 Pie in the Sky
1994as Alec Bailey
Age: 45 Cracker
1993as Kenneth Trant
Age: 44 A Year in Provence
1993as Ted Hopkins
Age: 44 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992as Mark Antony (voice)
Age: 43 Murder Most Horrid
1991as Roy Redfern
Age: 43 Murder Most Horrid
1991as General Alberto
Age: 43 Murder Most Horrid
1991as Frank Phillips
Age: 42 Soldier Soldier
1991as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
Age: 41 The Gravy Train
1990as Personip
Age: 41 A Sense of Guilt
1990as Richard Murray
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Age: 40 Christabel
1988as Bausch
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Age: 40 Thompson
1988
Age: 38 The Singing Detective
1986as Mr Marlow
Age: 38 Lost Empires
1986as Inspector Crabb
Age: 38 Casualty
1986as Matthew Charlton
Age: 38 The Monocled Mutineer
1986
Age: 37 The Mysteries
1985as Mak / Fourth Soldier
Age: 36 Screen Two
1985as Father
Age: 36 Screen Two
1985as Henry Harris
Age: 34 Widows
1983as D.I. Frinton
Age: 31 Fox
1980as Cliff Ryan
Age: 31 Minder
1979as Tomkins
Age: 31 Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
Age: 28 I, Claudius
1976as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)