Jim Carter
Jim Carter at the 2012 GBK Emmy Luxury Gift Lounge in Hollywood
James Edward "Jim" Carter , OBE (born August 19, 1948 in Harrogate , Yorkshire , England ) is a British actor .
life and career
Carter was a member of the comedy company Madhouse Company of London in the 1970s . He played his first film role in the SF action comedy Flash Gordon from 1980. He won the Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999 together with other actors for the role in Shakespeare in Love . From 2010 to 2015 he played the butler Carson in the award-winning television series Downton Abbey . He received an Emmy nomination for this role in 2012 .
Carter has been married to actress Imelda Staunton since 1985 . Their daughter was born in 1993.
Filmography (selection)
- 1980: Flash Gordon
- 1984: Top Secret!
- 1984: The Company of Wolves (The Company of Wolves)
- 1986: Wedding night in the Haunted Honeymoon
- 1989: The Rainbow (The Rainbow)
- 1989: Erik the Viking (Erik the Viking)
- 1989: Raggedy - A Tale of Love, Escape and Death (The Raggedy Rawney)
- 1990: Witch Witch (The Witches)
- 1992: Blame It on the Bellboy
- 1992: A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
- 1992: Stalin
- 1993: Four Dinos in New York (We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story)
- 1994: Black Beauty
- 1994: King George - The Madness of King George
- 1994: Just in Case Fitz ( Cracker , TV series, three episodes)
- 1995: Balto - A dog with a hero's heart (Balto)
- 1995: The Grotesque
- 1995: Richard III. (Richard III)
- 1996: Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets (Brassed Off)
- 1997: Love, Art and Indoor Plants (Keep the Aspidistra Flying)
- 1998: The Legionnaire (Legionnaire)
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love
- 2000: Arabian Nights - Adventures from 1001 Nights (Arabian Nights)
- 2000: The Little Vampire (The Little Vampire)
- 2000: 102 Dalmatians (102 Dalmatians)
- 2002: Dinotopia (TV series)
- 2003: Inspector Barnaby (TV series, one episode)
- 2003: Helen of Troy (Helen of Troy)
- 2004: Ella - Darn & Magical (Ella Enchanted)
- 2004: Out of Season
- 2004: Modigliani - A life of passion (Modigliani)
- 2006: The Thief Lord (The Thief Lord)
- 2007: The Golden Compass (The Golden Compass)
- 2007: Cassandra's Dream (Cassandra's Dream)
- 2007–2009: Cranford (TV series, seven episodes)
- 2008: Oxford Murders (The Oxford Murders)
- 2009: Yorkshire Killer (Red Riding)
- 2010: Alice in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland , voice)
- 2010-2015: Downton Abbey (TV series, 52 episodes)
- 2011: My Week with Marilyn
- 2012: Bookaboo (TV series, episode 3x28)
- 2017: Transformers: The Last Knight
- 2017: The Little Vampire ( The Little Vampire 3D , voice of Rookery )
- 2017-2019: Knightfall (TV series, 18 episodes)
- 2018: King Lear
- 2018: Swimming with Men
- 2019: Downton Abbey
- 2019: The Good Liar - The old evil (The Good Liar)
Web links
- Jim Carter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 20 Questions With… Jim Carter. (No longer available online.) Whatsonstage.com, Aug 1, 2005, archived from the original on June 8, 2009 ; accessed on February 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jim Carter. In: Emmys.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carter, Jim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | James Edward Carter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harrogate , Yorkshire , England, United Kingdom |