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Jim Carter
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Jim Carter

Born 1948 · Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK · Active 1974–2025

Jim Carter, born in 1948 in England, is an actor whose work spans several genres, including cult and fantasy. He appears in The Rainbow (1989), where he navigates the complexities of human emotion and desire, and in The Witches (1990), delivering a memorable performance that adds depth to the film's eerie narrative. Carter's ability to embody diverse characters enhances the viewing experience, making him a notable presence in the realm of cult cinema featured on SassyFlix.

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The Rainbow

The Rainbow

1989 ★ 6.0
as Mr. Harby

Ken Russell's rather loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War. At school, she is introduced to lovemaking by a bisexual physical education instructress. While experiencing disillusionment in her first career attempt (teaching), she has an affair with a young Army officer, who wants to marry her. Unable to accept a future of domesticity, she breaks with him, and eventually leaves home in search of her destiny.

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Filmography

158 credits
2020s 6 credits
2025
Movie ★ 7.1
2023
Wonka as Abacus Crunch
Movie ★ 7.0
2022
The Sea Beast as King (voice)
Movie ★ 7.3
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era as Charles Carson
Movie ★ 7.2
2010s 20 credits
2019
Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
Movie ★ 7.1
2019
The Good Liar as Vincent
Movie ★ 6.7
2019
TV
2018
King Lear as Earl of Kent
Movie ★ 6.1
2018
Movie ★ 6.1
2017
Movie ★ 6.1
2017
The Little Vampire 3D as Rookery (voice)
Movie ★ 6.1
2017
Knightfall as Pope Boniface VIII
TV ★ 7.0
2016
Movie
2015
Hitler's Supergun as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 5.5
2014
Movie ★ 8.0
2014
One of a Kind as Narrator (voice)
Movie
2013
Movie ★ 7.0
2013
Movie
2011
Movie ★ 6.5
2011
Movie ★ 6.7
2010
Burlesque Fairytales as The Compere
Movie ★ 5.6
2010
Alice in Wonderland as The Executioner (voice)
Movie ★ 6.6
2010
Downton Abbey as Charles Carson
TV ★ 8.1
2000s 42 credits
2009
Creation as Parslow
Movie ★ 6.4
2009
Movie ★ 6.9
2009
Movie ★ 7.0
2008
The Oxford Murders as Inspector Petersen
Movie ★ 6.0
2008
Caught in a Trap as Brian Perkins
Movie ★ 6.0
2007
Movie ★ 6.1
2007
Recovery as Mr. Lockwood
Movie ★ 6.4
2007
Cassandra's Dream as Garage Boss
Movie ★ 6.3
2007
TV ★ 7.8
2007
Cranford as Captain Brown
TV ★ 8.2
2006
The Wind in the Willows as Engine Driver
Movie ★ 5.8
2006
Movie ★ 6.0
2006
Movie ★ 6.2
2006
Movie ★ 5.0
2005
The Story of Alton Towers as Narrator/The Earl
Movie
2005
House of 9 as The Watcher
Movie ★ 5.1
2004
Casablanca Driver as Joe Mateo, l'agent
Movie ★ 5.9
2004
Von Trapped as Larry Lavelle
Movie ★ 6.5
2004
Out of Season as Michael Philipps
Movie ★ 4.8
2004
Movie ★ 6.5
2004
Modigliani as Achilles Hebuterne
Movie ★ 7.0
2004
London as Henry Fielding
TV ★ 10.0
2003
Bright Young Things as Chief Customs Officer
Movie ★ 6.3
2003
Heartlands as Geoff
Movie ★ 6.0
2003
Movie
2003
Hornblower: Duty as Etheridge
Movie ★ 7.3
2003
Movie ★ 5.6
2003
Movie ★ 6.8
2003
Cromwell: Warts and All as Oliver Cromwell
Movie ★ 10.0
2003
Blue Murder as Frank Evans
TV ★ 6.7
2003
Strange as Inspector Stuart
TV ★ 7.3
2003
Trevor's World of Sport as Sir Frank Luckton
TV ★ 7.0
2002
Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
Movie ★ 8.2
2002
Movie ★ 6.4
2002
Dinotopia as Mayor Waldo
TV ★ 6.5
2001
According to Beryl as Samuel Johnson
Movie
2001
Movie
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Odin - Member of the Great Council of Mac Slec
TV ★ 6.8
2000
Movie ★ 6.9
2000
102 Dalmatians as Detective Armstrong
Movie ★ 5.5
2000
TV ★ 6.8
1990s 54 credits
1999
Trial by Fire as Geoffrey Bailey
Movie ★ 8.0
1999
Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (segment "Steal Away")
Movie ★ 5.3
1999
Tube Tales as Ticket Inspector (Steal Away)
Movie ★ 5.3
1999
Blood on the Carpet as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV ★ 10.0
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel as General La Forge
TV ★ 7.7
1998
Shakespeare in Love as Ralph Bashford
Movie ★ 6.8
1998
Legionnaire as Lucien Galgani
Movie ★ 5.8
1998
Bill's New Frock as Mr. Platworthy
Movie
1998
Vigo as Bonaventure (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.9
1998
Hornblower as Etheridge
TV ★ 7.8
1997
Movie ★ 6.0
1997
The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
Movie ★ 5.0
1997
Bright Hair as Norman Devenish
Movie ★ 4.1
1997
The Chest as Roland Blood
Movie
1997
Harpur and Iles: Protection as Tenderness Mellick
Movie ★ 7.5
1997
The Missing Postman as DS Lawrence Pitman
TV ★ 7.5
1997
Ain't Misbehavin' as Maxie Morrell
TV ★ 7.0
1997
The View as Self
TV ★ 4.4
1997
Midsomer Murders as Nathan Green
TV ★ 7.5
1996
Brassed Off as Harry
Movie ★ 7.0
1995
Richard III as Lord Hastings
Movie ★ 6.8
1995
The Grotesque as George Lecky
Movie ★ 5.4
1995
Movie
1995
It Might Be You as Wally 'Lottery' Whaley
Movie
1995
Dangerfield as Stephen Millwood
TV ★ 7.0
1994
Movie ★ 6.8
1994
Black Beauty as John Manly
Movie ★ 6.7
1994
Midnight Movie as Henry Harris
Movie ★ 3.7
1994
Movie
1994
Open Fire as DCS Young
Movie ★ 7.3
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Executioner (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1994
Julius Caesar as Mark Antony
Movie
1994
Pie in the Sky as Alec Bailey
TV ★ 8.4
1993
Movie ★ 6.1
1993
Movie
1993
Cracker as Kenneth Trant
TV ★ 6.6
1993
A Year in Provence as Ted Hopkins
TV ★ 6.0
1992
Movie ★ 5.3
1992
Stalin as Sergo
Movie ★ 5.3
1992
Movie ★ 6.4
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Mark Antony (voice)
TV ★ 6.4
1991
Hancock as Ray Galton
Movie
1991
Soldier Soldier as Snr Supt Derek Tierney, RHKP
TV ★ 6.8
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Roy Redfern
TV ★ 6.9
1991
Murder Most Horrid as General Alberto
TV ★ 6.9
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Frank Phillips
TV ★ 6.9
1990
The Fool as Mr. Blackthorn
Movie ★ 8.0
1990
The Witches as Head Chef
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
Crimestrike as The Detective
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
A Sense of Guilt as Richard Murray
TV ★ 4.2
1990
The Gravy Train as Personip
TV ★ 8.3
1980s 32 credits
1989
The Rainbow as Mr. Harby
Movie ★ 5.6
1989
Here Is the News as News Editor
Movie
1989
Erik the Viking as Jennifer the Viking (Another Rapist)
Movie ★ 5.9
1989
Movie ★ 7.5
1988
Soursweet as Mr. Constantinides
Movie ★ 6.0
1988
The Tenth Man as Pierre
Movie ★ 6.7
1988
The Raggedy Rawney as The Soldier
Movie ★ 5.6
1988
The First Kangaroos as Arthur Hughes
Movie ★ 7.0
1988
Star Trap as Dr. Wax
Movie ★ 7.0
1988
Movie
1988
TV ★ 5.0
1988
Christabel as Bausch
TV ★ 6.0
1987
Movie ★ 6.2
1987
Movie ★ 6.5
1987
Movie
1986
Movie ★ 5.4
1986
TV ★ 7.7
1986
Casualty as Matthew Charlton
TV ★ 6.2
1986
Lost Empires as Inspector Crabb
TV ★ 5.8
1986
TV ★ 7.5
1985
Movie ★ 5.6
1985
The Mysteries as Mak / Fourth Soldier
TV
1985
Screen Two as Father
TV ★ 7.1
1985
Screen Two as Henry Harris
TV ★ 7.1
1984
Top Secret! as Déjà Vu
Movie ★ 7.1
1984
A Private Function as Inspector Noble
Movie ★ 6.5
1984
The Company of Wolves as Second Husband (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1984
Hiawatha as Nawadaha - The Story Teller
Movie ★ 8.0
1983
The Oresteia as Agamemnon
Movie ★ 10.0
1983
Widows as D.I. Frinton
TV ★ 7.4
1980
Fox as Cliff Ryan
Movie ★ 1.0
1980
Fox as Cliff Ryan
TV ★ 6.5
1970s 4 credits
1979
Minder as Tomkins
TV ★ 7.1
1976
I, Claudius as Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)
TV ★ 7.9
1974
NOVA as Narrator
TV ★ 7.0