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Jim Carter

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James Edward Carter (born 19 August 1948) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mr Carson in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), which earned him four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2012–2015). He reprised the role in the feature films Downton Abbey (2019), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) and the upcoming Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025). Carter's films include A Private Function (1984), The Company of Wolves (1984), A Month in the Country (1987), The Witches (1990), A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992), Stalin (1992), The Madness of King George (1994), Richard III (1995), Brassed Off (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Little Vampire (2000), Ella Enchanted (2004), The Thief Lord (2006), The Golden Compass (2007), Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), The Good Liar (2019), and Wonka (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Carter is the 2,282nd most popular actor (down from 1,563rd in 2019), the 2,314th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,573rd in 2019) and the 291st most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jim Carter ranks 2,282 out of 13,578. Before him are Mikael Persbrandt, Sam Rockwell, Annette O'Toole, Richard Bright, Song Kang-ho, and Ferdinand Raimund. After him are Jackie Stallone, Ita Rina, Steve Harvey, Shirley Jones, Elga Andersen, and Katherine Heigl.

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Among people born in 1948, Jim Carter ranks 259. Before him are Mahamane Ousmane, Jan Tomaszewski, Steve Winwood, Manuel Bento, Peter Hammill, and Sho Kosugi. After him are Josip Katalinski, Andrei Linde, Victor Skumin, Pavel Grachev, Goodwill Zwelithini, and Norair Nurikyan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Carter ranks 2,314 out of 8,785. Before him are John Bagot Glubb (1897), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Bobby Collins (1931), H. J. R. Murray (1868), and Edward Low (1690). After him are Roger Byrne (1929), Thomas Otway (1652), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Peter Crouch (1981), Robert Maynard (1684), and Taliesin (518).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jim Carter ranks 291. Before him are Nell Gwyn (1650), John Williams (1903), Riz Ahmed (1982), Michael Sheen (1969), Miranda Richardson (1958), and Tom Courtenay (1937). After him are Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Sarah Miles (1941), Murray Head (1946), Joan Hickson (1906), Rupert Grint (1988), and Bob Anderson (1922).

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