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James Edward Carter, is an English film and television 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).
Birth Name
James Edward Carter
Born
Thursday, 19 August 1948
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Wonka | Abacus Crunch | 2023 |
The Sea Beast | King (voice) / King | 2022 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | Charles Carson / Mr Carson | 2022 |
Punk Strut: The Movie | Skippy | 2021 |
World's Greatest Hotels | Self - Narrator | 2019 |
The Good Liar | Vincent | 2019 |
Downton Abbey | Mr. Carson / Mr Carson | 2019 |
Inside the Ritz Hotel | Self - Narrator | 2019 |
An Accidental Studio | (archive footage) | 2019 |
Swimming with Men | Ted | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Wonka | Abacus Crunch | 2023 |
The Sea Beast | King (voice) / King | 2022 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | Charles Carson / Mr Carson | 2022 |
Punk Strut: The Movie | Skippy | 2021 |
World's Greatest Hotels | Self - Narrator | 2019 |
The Good Liar | Vincent | 2019 |
Downton Abbey | Mr. Carson / Mr Carson | 2019 |
Inside the Ritz Hotel | Self - Narrator | 2019 |
An Accidental Studio | (archive footage) | 2019 |
Swimming with Men | Ted | 2018 |
King Lear | Earl of Kent | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Last Laugh in Vegas | Self - Narrator | 2018 |
Knightfall | Pope Boniface VIII / Pope Boniface | 2017 |
The Little Vampire 3D | Rookery (voice) / Rookery | 2017 |
Transformers: The Last Knight | Cogman (voice) / Cogman | 2017 |
The Next Great Magician | Self - Guest | 2016 |
Treasures of the British Library | Self - Presenter | 2016 |
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | Self - Audience Member | 2016 |
NOVA: Bombing Hitler's Supergun | Narrator (voice) | 2016 |
Bafta Celebrates Downton Abbey | Self | 2015 |
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2014 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
My Week with Marilyn | Barry | 2011 |
Downton Abbey | Charles Carson | 2010 |
Alice in Wonderland | Executioner | 2010 |
Burlesque Fairytales | The Compere | 2010 |
The Many Faces of... | Captain Brown | 2009 |
Wish 143 | Priest | 2009 |
Creation | Parslow | 2009 |
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 | Harold Angus | 2009 |
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Harold Angus | 2009 |
Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
The Oxford Murders | Inspector Petersen | 2008 |
The Golden Compass | John Faa | 2007 |
Cranford | Captain Brown | 2007 |
Cassandra's Dream | Garage Boss | 2007 |
Would I Lie to You? | Self | 2007 |
Lewis... Behind the Scenes | Self - Narrator | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007 |
Recovery | Mr. Lockwood | 2007 |
The Wind in the Willows | Engine Driver | 2006 |
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton | Henry Dorling | 2006 |
The Thief Lord | Victor | 2006 |
The Colbert Report | Mr. Carson | 2005 |
House of 9 | The Watcher | 2005 |
The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2005 |
Out of Season | Michael Philipps | 2004 |
Von Trapped | Larry Lavelle | 2004 |
Casablanca Driver | Joe Mateo, l'agent | 2004 |
Modigliani | Achilles Hébuterne / Achilles Hebuterne | 2004 |
Peter Ackroyd's London | Henry Fielding / Henry Fielding - Novelist & Magistrate | 2004 |
Ella Enchanted | Nish | 2004 |
Pompeii: The Last Day | Polybius | 2003 |
Bright Young Things | Chief Customs Officer | 2003 |
Blue Murder | Frank Evans | 2003 |
16 Years of Alcohol | Director | 2003 |
Heartlands | Geoff | 2003 |
Helen of Troy | Pirithous | 2003 |
Hornblower: Duty | Etheridge | 2003 |
Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | 2002 |
Discovering Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | 2002 |
TV Burp | Mr. Carson | 2001 |
The Way We Live Now | Mr Brehgert | 2001 |
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | Odin - Member of Great Council of Mac Slec / Odin | 2001 |
102 Dalmatians | Detective Armstrong | 2000 |
The Little Vampire | Rookery | 2000 |
Arabian Nights | Ja'far | 2000 |
Trial by Fire | Geoffrey Bailey | 1999 |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | General La Forge | 1999 |
Tube Tales | Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away") / Ticket Inspector (Steal Away) | 1999 |
Legionnaire | Lucien Galgani | 1998 |
Vigo | Bonaventure | 1998 |
Shakespeare in Love | Ralph Bashford | 1998 |
A Merry War | Erskine | 1997 |
Trial & Retribution | Dr. Jenkins | 1997 |
The View | Self | 1997 |
Ain't Misbehavin' | Maxie Morrell | 1997 |
The Chest | Roland Blood | 1997 |
The Missing Postman | DS Lawrence Pitman | 1997 |
Midsomer Murders | Nathan Green | 1997 |
Bright Hair | Norman Devenish | 1997 |
Brassed Off | Harry | 1996 |
Harpur and Iles | Tenderness Mellick | 1996 |
Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets | George Lecky | 1996 |
Dalziel and Pascoe | Ted Lowry | 1996 |
Silent Witness | Malcolm Young | 1996 |
It Might Be You | Wally 'Lottery' Whaley | 1995 |
Coogan's Run | Fraser | 1995 |
Richard III | Lord William Hastings / Lord Hastings | 1995 |
Dangerfield | Stephen Millwood | 1995 |
The Madness of King George | Fox | 1994 |
Frankenstein | Executioner | 1994 |
Black Beauty | John Manly | 1994 |
Pie in the Sky | Alec Bailey | 1994 |
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Additional Voice | 1993 |
Cracker | Kenneth Trant | 1993 |
The Advocate | Mathieu | 1993 |
Resnick: Rough Treatment | Grabianski | 1993 |
Lipstick on Your Collar | Inspector | 1993 |
Stalin | Sergo | 1992 |
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Mark Antony | 1992 |
Between the Lines | D.I. Dick Corbett | 1992 |
Blame It on the Bellboy | Rossi | 1992 |
Murder Most Horrid | Roy Redfern / General Alberto / Frank Phillips | 1991 |
Secret History | Narrator | 1991 |
Soldier Soldier | Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP | 1991 |
The Fool | Mr. Blackthorn | 1990 |
Medics | Hugh Buckley | 1990 |
The Gravy Train | Personip | 1990 |
The Witches | Head Chef | 1990 |
A Dangerous Man | Meinertzhagen | 1990 |
A Sense of Guilt | Richard Murray | 1990 |
Zorro | Colonel Mefisto Palomarez | 1990 |
Screen One | Ray Galton | 1989 |
Erik the Viking | Jennifer the Viking - Another Rapist / Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist) | 1989 |
The Rainbow | Mr. Harby | 1989 |
The Tenth Man | Pierre | 1988 |
Christabel | Bausch | 1988 |
Thompson | Various Roles | 1988 |
The Raggedy Rawney | The Soldier | 1988 |
A Very British Coup | The Cabinet - Newsome | 1988 |
Soursweet | Mr. Constantinides | 1988 |
Star Trap | Dr. Wax | 1988 |
A Month in the Country | Ellerbeck | 1987 |
The American Way | Castro | 1987 |
The Singing Detective | Mr. Marlow | 1986 |
Lost Empires | Inspector Crabb | 1986 |
Casualty | Matthew Charlton | 1986 |
The Monocled Mutineer | Spencer | 1986 |
Haunted Honeymoon | Montego | 1986 |
Rustlers' Rhapsody | Blackie | 1985 |
Screen Two | News Editor / Inspector / Henry Harris / Father | 1985 |
December Flower | Dentist | 1984 |
A Private Function | Inspector Noble | 1984 |
The Bill | Stan | 1984 |
The Company of Wolves | Second Husband | 1984 |
Top Secret! | Déjà Vu | 1984 |
Alas Smith & Jones | 1984 | |
Bookmark | Detective | 1983 |
Widows | D.I. Frinton | 1983 |
The Comic Strip Presents | Commander | 1982 |
Flash Gordon | Azurian Man | 1980 |
Fox | Cliff Ryan | 1980 |
Minder | Tomkins | 1979 |
The South Bank Show | Self / Big Jule | 1978 |
Nova | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2013 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |