James Edward Carter, OBE (born 19 August 1948) is an English film and
television actor. He is best known for his role in Downton Abbey
(2010â€"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 (2012â€"2015). He reprised his role in the
feature film Downton Abbey (2019).Carter's film credits include A
Private Function (1984), A Month in the Country (1987), A Dangerous
Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992), The Madness of King George (1994),
Richard III (1995), Brassed Off (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998),
Ella Enchanted (2004), The Thief Lord (2006), The Golden Compass
(2007), Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), My Week with Marilyn
(2011), and The Good Liar (2019).His television credits include
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993), Cracker (1994), The Way We Live Now
(2001), The Singing Detective (1986), Arabian Nights (2000), The Chest
(1997), Red Riding (2009), A Very British Coup (1988), the Hornblower
episode "Duty" (2003) and the Midsomer Murders episode "The Fisher
King" (2004), and Dinotopia (2002). He also plays Captain Brown in the
five-part BBC series Cranford (2007) alongside his wife, Imelda
Staunton. He recently appeared in King Lear on PBS alongside Anthony
Hopkins and Emma Thompson.He also appeared in an episode of “Fox†,
“Just another villain in a cheap suit†as Cliff Ryan, in 1980.
television actor. He is best known for his role in Downton Abbey
(2010â€"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 (2012â€"2015). He reprised his role in the
feature film Downton Abbey (2019).Carter's film credits include A
Private Function (1984), A Month in the Country (1987), A Dangerous
Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992), The Madness of King George (1994),
Richard III (1995), Brassed Off (1996), Shakespeare in Love (1998),
Ella Enchanted (2004), The Thief Lord (2006), The Golden Compass
(2007), Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), My Week with Marilyn
(2011), and The Good Liar (2019).His television credits include
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993), Cracker (1994), The Way We Live Now
(2001), The Singing Detective (1986), Arabian Nights (2000), The Chest
(1997), Red Riding (2009), A Very British Coup (1988), the Hornblower
episode "Duty" (2003) and the Midsomer Murders episode "The Fisher
King" (2004), and Dinotopia (2002). He also plays Captain Brown in the
five-part BBC series Cranford (2007) alongside his wife, Imelda
Staunton. He recently appeared in King Lear on PBS alongside Anthony
Hopkins and Emma Thompson.He also appeared in an episode of “Fox†,
“Just another villain in a cheap suit†as Cliff Ryan, in 1980.
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