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Jim Carter

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Biography

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).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Golden Compass

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Oxford Murders

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Company of Wolves

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Wonka

As Abacus Crunch

The Sea Beast

As King (voice)

Ella Enchanted

As Nish

Downton Abbey

As Charles Carson

Shakespeare in Love

As Ralph Bashford

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The University of British Cinema

From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class,...

8 films

Fractured Fables

From Grimm to the modern screen, a journey through films that twist the familiar into the unsettling, the erotic, and the profoundly human.

8 films

When Studios Marry: Films Born of Corporate Chaos

From the ashes of mergers and acquisitions come some of cinema's most fascinating experiments. This chain traces how boardroom decisions shaped the art on scree...

8 films

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