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).
The Golden Compass
As John Faa
Shakespeare in Love
As Ralph Bashford
Legionnaire
As Lucien Galgani
Hitler's Supergun
As Narrator (voice)
Creation
As Parslow
The Madness of King George
As Fox
The Little Vampire
As Rookery
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
As Self
Richard III
As Lord Hastings
Top Secret!
As Déjà Vu
The Oxford Murders
As Inspector Petersen
Brassed Off
As Harry
Blame It on the Bellboy
As Rossi
Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons
As Narrator (Voice)
The American Way
As Castro
The Wind in the Willows
As Engine Driver
Black Beauty
As John Manly
The Rainbow
As Mr. Harby
Bright Young Things
As Chief Customs Officer
A Month in the Country
As Ellerbeck
Casablanca Driver
As Joe Mateo, l'agent
The Grotesque
As George Lecky
The Story of Alton Towers
As Narrator/The Earl
The Hour of the Pig
As Mathieu
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
As Narrator (Voice)
Heartlands
As Geoff
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
As Erskine
Stalin
As Sergo
My Week with Marilyn
As Barry
Burlesque Fairytales
As The Compere
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
As Red Rose (voice)
Midnight Movie
As Henry Harris
Trial by Fire
As Geoffrey Bailey
Wonka
As Abacus Crunch
Here Is the News
As News Editor
Recovery
As Mr. Lockwood
In The Cold Light Of Day
As Father
Von Trapped
As Larry Lavelle
Soursweet
As Mr. Constantinides
The Sea Beast
As King (voice)
Erik the Viking
As Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
The Fool
As Mr. Blackthorn
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
As Harold Angus
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
As Harold Angus
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
As Commander
According to Beryl
As Samuel Johnson
The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12
As Narrator
Tube Tales
As Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
Punk Strut: The Movie
As Skippy
Hancock
As Ray Galton
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
As Self
One of a Kind
As Narrator (voice)
A Private Function
As Inspector Noble
The Missing Postman
As DS Lawrence Pitman
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
As Meinertzhagen
Downton Abbey 3
As Charles Carson
The Tenth Man
As Pierre
Hornblower: Duty
As Etheridge
Bright Hair
As Norman Devenish
The Thief Lord
As Victor
House of 9
As The Watcher
The Raggedy Rawney
As The Soldier
Out of Season
As Michael Philipps
Open Fire
As DCS Young
Fox
As Cliff Ryan
Haunted Honeymoon
As Montego
Resnick: Rough Treatment
As Grabianski
Dinotopia
As Mayor Waldo
Ella Enchanted
As Nish
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
As Henry Dorling
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
As Executioner (uncredited)
Cassandra's Dream
As Garage Boss
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
As Inspector
16 Years of Alcohol
As Director
Transformers: The Last Knight
As Cogman (voice)
Bill's New Frock
As Mr. Platworthy
The Little Vampire 3D
As Rookery (voice)
The Witches
As Head Chef
The Chest
As Roland Blood
Modigliani
As Achilles Hebuterne
Precious Bane
As Sarn
The Company of Wolves
As Second Husband (uncredited)
King Lear
As Earl of Kent
Swimming with Men
As Ted
The First Kangaroos
As Arthur Hughes
Downton Abbey
As Charles Carson
Vigo
As Bonaventure (uncredited)
The Good Liar
As Vincent
Pompeii: The Last Day
As Polybius
Harpur and Iles: Protection
As Tenderness Mellick
Star Trap
As Dr. Wax
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
As Dad Turtle
The Oresteia
As Agamemnon
Rustlers' Rhapsody
As Blackie
102 Dalmatians
As Detective Armstrong
Aberfan: The Untold Story
As Lord Robens
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
As Self
Duck
Downton Abbey: A New Era
As Charles Carson
Crimestrike
As The Detective
Cromwell: Warts and All
As Oliver Cromwell
Discovering Dinotopia
As Mayor Waldo
The Singing Detective
As Mr. Marlow
The Missing Postman
As DS Lawrence Pitman
Hornblower
As Etheridge
Downton Abbey
As Charles Carson
Blood on the Carpet
As Self - Narrator (voice)
NOVA
As Narrator
Would I Lie to You?
As Self
Blue Murder
As Frank Evans
Murder Most Horrid
As General Alberto
London
As Henry Fielding
The Scarlet Pimpernel
As General La Forge
A Year in Provence
As Ted Hopkins
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Coogan's Run
As Fraser
Dangerfield
As Stephen Millwood
Cracker
As Kenneth Trant
Fox
As Cliff Ryan
The Mysteries
As Mak / Fourth Soldier
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
As Narrator
Thompson
Strange
The Monocled Mutineer
Casualty
As Matthew Charlton
Minder
As Tomkins
Pie in the Sky
As Alec Bailey
Trevor's World of Sport
As Sir Frank Luckton
Ain't Misbehavin'
As Maxie Morrell
Dinotopia
As Mayor Waldo
A Sense of Guilt
As Richard Murray
Arabian Nights
As Ja'Far
The Gravy Train
As Personip
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
As Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
Lost Empires
As Inspector Crabb
Cranford
As Self/Captain Brown
Honest Trailers
As Abacus Crunch (archive footage)
Knightfall
As Pope Boniface VIII
The View
As Self
Soldier Soldier
As Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
Midsomer Murders
As Nathan Green
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
As Mark Antony (voice)
Lipstick on Your Collar
As Inspector
The Comic Strip Presents...
As Commander
Widows
As D.I. Frinton