Jim Carter: movies and TV shows
Jim Carter has 160 credits in the archive: 113 films and 47 TV series, from 1974 to 2025. Highest rated: Pie in the Sky (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 2025 · busiest year: 2003 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | Charles Carson | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2025 | Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale | Self | Film | 2.5 | 76 |
| 2023 | Wonka | Abacus Crunch | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2023 | Hidden Treasures of the National Trust | Narrator | TV | — | 74 |
| 2022 | The Sea Beast | King (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 73 |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Charles Carson | Film | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Charles Carson | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2019 | The Good Liar | Vincent | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2019 | Inside the Ritz Hotel | Narrator | TV | — | 70 |
| 2018 | King Lear | Earl of Kent | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2018 | Swimming with Men | Ted | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Cogman (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2017 | Knightfall | Pope Boniface VIII | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2017 | The Little Vampire 3D | Rookery (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2016 | Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2016 | Punk Strut: The Movie | Skippy | Film | — | 67 |
| 2015 | Hitler's Supergun | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2015 | Flintoff: Lord of the Fries | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2014 | One of a Kind | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 65 |
| 2014 | Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Self | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2013 | Rock 'n' Roll Britannia | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2013 | Secrets of the Stonehenge Skeletons | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Barry | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2011 | Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Charles Carson | TV | 8.1 | 61 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | The Executioner (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2010 | Burlesque Fairytales | The Compere | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 2009 | Creation | Parslow | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 | Harold Angus | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Harold Angus | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders | Inspector Petersen | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2008 | Caught in a Trap | Brian Perkins | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | John Faa | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2007 | Cranford | Captain Brown | TV | 8.1 | 58 |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Garage Boss | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2007 | Recovery | Mr. Lockwood | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2006 | The Thief Lord | Victor | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2006 | The Wind in the Willows | Engine Driver | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2006 | The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton | Henry Dorling | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2006 | Aberfan: The Untold Story | Lord Robens | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2005 | House of 9 | The Watcher | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 2005 | The Man Who Is Obsessed With The Number 12 | Narrator | Film | — | 56 |
| 2005 | The Story of Alton Towers | Narrator/The Earl | Film | — | 56 |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Nish | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2004 | Modigliani | Achilles Hebuterne | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2004 | London | Henry Fielding | TV | 10.0 | 55 |
| 2004 | Casablanca Driver | Joe Mateo, l'agent | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2004 | Von Trapped | Larry Lavelle | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2004 | Out of Season | Michael Philipps | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Frank Evans | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Chief Customs Officer | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2003 | Strange | Inspector Stuart | TV | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2003 | Pompeii: The Last Day | Polybius | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2003 | Trevor's World of Sport | Sir Frank Luckton | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Duty | Etheridge | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 2003 | 16 Years of Alcohol | Director | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 2003 | Cromwell: Warts and All | Oliver Cromwell | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 2003 | Heartlands | Geoff | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2003 | Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose | Red Rose (voice) | Film | — | 54 |
| 2002 | Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | TV | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2002 | Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | Film | 8.2 | 53 |
| 2002 | Discovering Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2001 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 2001 | Walking With Disc Jockeys | Narrator | Film | — | 52 |
| 2001 | According to Beryl | Samuel Johnson | Film | — | 52 |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Ja'Far | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Detective Armstrong | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 2000 | The Little Vampire | Rookery | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | General La Forge | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away") | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Ticket Inspector (Steal Away) | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1999 | The Bass Player | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1999 | Blood on the Carpet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1999 | Trial by Fire | Geoffrey Bailey | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Etheridge | TV | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Ralph Bashford | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1998 | Legionnaire | Lucien Galgani | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1998 | Vigo | Bonaventure (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 49 |
| 1998 | Bill's New Frock | Mr. Platworthy | Film | — | 49 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Nathan Green | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 48 |
| 1997 | Harpur and Iles: Protection | Tenderness Mellick | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1997 | Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Erskine | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman | DS Lawrence Pitman | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1997 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Maxie Morrell | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1997 | Bright Hair | Norman Devenish | Film | 4.1 | 48 |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman | DS Lawrence Pitman | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1997 | The Chest | Roland Blood | Film | — | 48 |
| 1996 | Brassed Off | Harry | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1995 | Dangerfield | Stephen Millwood | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1995 | Richard III | Lord Hastings | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1995 | It Might Be You | Wally 'Lottery' Whaley | Film | — | 46 |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | George Lecky | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1995 | Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre | Inspector | Film | — | 46 |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Alec Bailey | TV | 8.3 | 45 |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Executioner (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1994 | Black Beauty | John Manly | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | Fox | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1994 | Open Fire | DCS Young | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1994 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | Film | — | 45 |
| 1994 | In The Cold Light Of Day | Father | Film | — | 45 |
| 1994 | Midnight Movie | Henry Harris | Film | 3.7 | 45 |
| 1993 | Cracker | Kenneth Trant | TV | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1993 | A Year in Provence | Ted Hopkins | TV | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig | Mathieu | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1993 | Resnick: Rough Treatment | Grabianski | Film | — | 44 |
| 1993 | Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown | Commander | Film | — | 44 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Mark Antony (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1992 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Rossi | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 1992 | Stalin | Sergo | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Meinertzhagen | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier | Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Roy Redfern | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | General Alberto | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Frank Phillips | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1991 | Incident in Judaea | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1991 | Hancock | Ray Galton | Film | — | 42 |
| 1990 | The Witches | Head Chef | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1990 | A Sense of Guilt | Richard Murray | TV | 4.2 | 41 |
| 1990 | The Gravy Train | Personip | TV | 8.3 | 41 |
| 1990 | The Fool | Mr. Blackthorn | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1990 | Crimestrike | The Detective | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist) | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1989 | Precious Bane | Sarn | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1989 | The Rainbow | Mr. Harby | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1989 | Here Is the News | News Editor | Film | — | 40 |
| 1988 | The Tenth Man | Pierre | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1988 | Christabel | Bausch | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1988 | Thompson | TV | 5.0 | 39 | |
| 1988 | Star Trap | Dr. Wax | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1988 | The Raggedy Rawney | The Soldier | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1988 | Duck | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1988 | The First Kangaroos | Arthur Hughes | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1988 | Soursweet | Mr. Constantinides | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1987 | A Month in the Country | Ellerbeck | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1987 | The American Way | Castro | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1987 | Harry's Kingdom | Bill | Film | — | 38 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Matthew Charlton | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective | Mr Marlow | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1986 | Lost Empires | Inspector Crabb | TV | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1986 | Haunted Honeymoon | Montego | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1986 | The Monocled Mutineer | TV | 7.7 | 37 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Father | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Henry Harris | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1985 | The Mysteries | Mak / Fourth Soldier | TV | — | 36 |
| 1985 | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Blackie | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1984 | Top Secret! | Déjà Vu | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1984 | The Company of Wolves | Second Husband (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1984 | Hiawatha | Nawadaha - The Story Teller | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1984 | A Private Function | Inspector Noble | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1984 | December Flower | Dentist | Film | — | 35 |
| 1983 | Widows | D.I. Frinton | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1983 | The Oresteia | Agamemnon | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1980 | Fox | Cliff Ryan | Film | 1.0 | 31 |
| 1980 | Fox | Cliff Ryan | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1979 | Minder | Tomkins | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News | TV | 7.3 | 30 | |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Roman Senate Senator (uncredited) | TV | 7.8 | 27 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 25 |