
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
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).
as Self

as Nathan Green
1997

as Narrator
1974

as Self
1997

as Matthew Charlton
1986

as Charles Carson
2010

as Tomkins
1979

as Father
1985

as Self
2007

as The Executioner (voice)
2010

as Abacus Crunch
2023

as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
1991

as Alec Bailey
1994
as Abacus Crunch
2023

as Charles Carson
2025

as Self
2025

as Abacus Crunch
2023

as King (voice)
2022

as Charles Carson
2022

as Vincent
2019

as Charles Carson
2019

as Ted
2018

as Earl of Kent
2018

as Rookery (voice)
2017

as Cogman (voice)
2017

as Self
2016

as Skippy
2016

as Narrator (voice)
2015

as Self
2014
as Narrator (voice)
2014
as Self
2013

as Narrator (Voice)
2013

as Barry
2011

as Narrator (Voice)
2011

as The Executioner (voice)
2010

as The Compere
2010

as Harold Angus
2009

as Harold Angus
2009
as Self
1 ep.

as Nathan Green
1 episodes

as Narrator
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Matthew Charlton
1 episodes

as Charles Carson
47 episodes

as Tomkins
2 episodes

as Father
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
1 episodes

as Alec Bailey
1 episodes

as Kenneth Trant
3 episodes

as Roy Redfern
1 episodes

as Etheridge
1 episodes

as Pope Boniface VIII
18 episodes

as Frank Evans
1 episodes

as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
1 episodes

as Captain Brown
7 episodes

as Stephen Millwood
1 episodes

as Ja'Far
2 episodes

as Mark Antony (voice)
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Narrator
6 episodes

as D.I. Frinton
2 episodes

as Mayor Waldo
3 episodes