Jim Carter
Encyclopedia
Jim Carter is an English
actor.
, Yorkshire
, England
. His father worked for the Air Ministry
and his mother was a land girl
and later a school secretary. Carter attended Ashville College, Harrogate, where he was head boy in his final year, and the University of Sussex
where he studied law
and became a leading light of the fledgling Drama Society, playing Sgt Musgrave in the first student production at the newly built Gardner Arts Centre theatre. He dropped out of university after two years to join a fringe theatre
group in Brighton
.
He studied English at Sussex University. He read law there in the late 1960s. He lasted two years and dropped out to work in fringe theatre.
Attended Sussex University: ca. September 1966-June 1968.
(1984), A Month in the Country
(1987), The Madness of King George
(1994), Richard III
(1995), Brassed Off
(1996), Shakespeare in Love
(1998), The Little Vampire
(2000), Ella Enchanted
(2004), and Detective Victor Getz in The Thief Lord
(2006). He plays John Faa
in The Golden Compass (2007), the first film in the adaptation of the His Dark Materials
trilogy, and also stars in House Of 9
(2005) as The Watcher, and the executioner in "Alice in Wonderland".
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) and the Hornblower
episode "Duty" (2003) and in "Midsomer Murders
" (2004) episode "The Fisher King" as Nathan Green. He also plays Captain Brown in the five-part BBC series Cranford
(2007) and Mayor Waldo in the US miniseries Dinotopia
(2002). In September 2010 he made his first appearance as the butler
, Mr Carson in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey
(2010).
Began acting professionally in "the early 1970s."
His answer to the question: "If you hadn't become an actor, what would you have done professionally?" Answer: "I wouldn't have pursued law - I'd actually dropped out of law into English, I'd even changed my course. But when the offer came from this fringe theatre group, the Brighton Combination, to leave university and join them for five quid a week, it was like a door opening, and there wasn't a moment's hesitation. I walked through that door and never looked back. I have never earned a penny from doing anything apart from acting. I have never had another job."
His first paid job for ₤5 a week with free board and lodging was in a play called Gum and Goo by Howard Brenton for The Brighton Combination. Howard Brenton's Gum and Goo was first produced by the Brighton Combination (in Brighton) in 1969.
Appeared in Howard Brenton's Winter Daddykins in July 1968 for the Brighton Combination. It was directed by Barry Edwards and Carter performed with Fiona Baker and Lily Sue Todd. This is probably the play referred to in Jenny Harris' website that took place on July 9, 1968 in the Brighton Combination's cafe. Jenny Harris was one of the initiators of the Brighton Combination. Jim Carter mentioned her in one interview as one who started the Brighton Combination. She was then head of the National Theatre's education department.
In 1970, he performed in the show Come Together at London's Royal Court Theatre together with The Brighton Combination and the Ken Campbell Roadshow along with other theatre personalities and groups. The Royal Court's Come Together Festival was on the cover page of Plays and Players magazine issue of December 1970. Scenes from this festival are also featured in this issue. The Come Together festival opened at the Royal Court Theatre on October 21, 1970 and contributed to one of the Royal Court's best years. The festival brought the avante-garde like the Brighton Combination and Ken Campbell into the Court. The Brighton Combination presented "The NAB Show", a politically oriented account of the National Assistance Board.
He first worked at The Combination Theatre Company in Brighton. Later he joined the Newcastle University Theatre where he played, among other parts, Estragon in Waiting for Godot. From 1974 to 1976 he toured America with the Ken Campbell Roadshow and on his return joined the Phoenix Theatre in Leicester. In 1977 he joined the National Theatre Company where he appeared as Dom Fiollo (sic) in The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Cottesloe Theatre. In 1978 he became a member of the Young Vic Company appearing as Stephano in The Tempest, Buckingham in Richard III and Mephistopheles in Faust. In 1978 he went to America to study in a circus school where he learned juggling, unicycling and tightrope walking. In May 21-June 29, 1980 he played Trebonius/Marullus/Poet in a Julius Caeasar production of Riverside Studios directed by Peter Gill. He performs magic acts in cabarets. The Young Vic's Richard III production in 1978, which featured James Carter with, among others, Bill Wallis and Michael Attwell, was directed by Michael Bogdanov. He also performed in the Young Vic production of Bartholomew Fair in 1978. It was also directed by Michael Bogdanov.
Was a member of The Madhouse Company of London, a comedy troupe which performed in Boston in the 1970s; together with the late Marcel Steiner (1931-1999), Marc Weil, and Tommy Shands. Ken Campbell was also associated with the group. The Madhouse Co. was an offshoot of the Ken Campbell's Roadshow that came to New York and Boston. It broke up eventually and Steiner and Carter returned to England. The Madhouse Co. was in Cambridge, Mass. in August 1976. The Madhouse Company of London was mentioned and its shows advertised and reviewed in several New York magazine issues from April 1974 to March 1975.
Marc Weil created The Madhouse Company of London in 1973.
In June to August 2005, he appeared in The President of an Empty Room at the National Theatre (written by Stephen Knight and directed by Howard Davies). When he did this he had not done theatre in 14 years. He considers his appearance in Richard Eyre's 1982 National Theatre revival of Guys and Dolls a significant moment. It was when he met his future wife, Imelda Staunton, who also appeared in this play. He considers Richard Eyre and Howard Davies two of his favourite directors. He left university (where he had dropped out of law to study English) to join the fringe theatre group Brighton Combination "for five quid a week." He has been acting since then and has "never earned a penny from doing anything apart from acting." He also taught magic and juggling and does magic acts in cabaret circuits. At the Young Vic he was earning ₤65 a week. He was with the Brighton Combination still when it moved to London and opened a theatre called the Albany in Deptford. In his own words: "The Brighton Combination moved to London and started a theatre called the Albany in Deptford, and I was with them then."
In the early 1970s, the Brighton Combination, a touring fringe theatre group, became resident in the Albany Institute in Deptford, South East London. This was considered one of the great achievements of The Albany's then director Paul Curno. By fusing community work and the arts, Director Paul Curno and "The Combination" transformed The Albany's fortunes. This fusion still drives The Albany to this day. The Brighton Combination Company moved to become resident at The Albany in SE London in 1972 with a brief to set up community action and arts development projects. It combined artistic and cultural works with social activism.
Performed in the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London in Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine (with Maggie Smith and with Simon Callow directing, 1986-1987). Photos and a review of this play appeared in Plays and Players magazine in January 1987.
He is said to have also performed in William "Bill" Bryden's The Passion at the National Theatre in 1985. Performed in The Mysteries: The Nativity, The Passion and Doomsday at the Cottesloe Theatre for the National Theatre in 1984 and 1985. Both performances were directed by Bill Bryden.
Also appeared in Doug Lucie's Fashion in May-June 1990 at the Tricycle Theatre, directed by Michael Attenborough.
In the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC)The Wizard of Oz production, wife Imelda Staunton played Dorothy while he was the Cowardly Lion. Considers playing a baddie dressed in black in the cowboy movie Rustlers' Rhapsody filmed in southern Spain one of the top highlights of his career. The Wizard of Oz was directed by Ian Judge; it opened on December 17, 1987 at the RSC's Barbican Theatre. It played in repertory through February 27, 1988.
His National Theatre performances (as James Carter):
1. as Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Cottesloe Theatre, December 20, 1977-January 14, 1978)
2. as Daui a fugitive/Guard/Second Cook in The Romans in Britain (Olivier Theatre, October 10, 1980-March 24, 1981)
3. as Nawadaha the storyteller in Hiawatha (Olivier Theatre, November 25, 1980-December 1983)
4. as Henry Straker in Man and Superman (Olivier Theatre, January 17-October 1981)
5. as Rebolledo a soldier in The Mayor of Zalamea (Cottesloe and Olivier Theatre, August 4, 1981(opening night at Cottesloe), Jim Carter performed at the Olivier, December 1981-July 1982)
6. as Chorus in The Oresteia (Olivier Theatre, November 20, 1981- )
7. as Big Julie in Guys and Dolls (Olivier Theatre, February 26, 1982-October 1983)
8. as Hitler/SS Man Muller in Schewyk in the Second World War (Olivier Theatre, September 16, 1982-March 1983)
9. as Don Jose, the cigar taster in The President of an Empty Room (Cottesloe Theatre, June 28, 2005-August 27, 2005)
His Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) performances include:
1. as the Judge in The Balcony (Barbican Theatre, July 15, 1987- )
2. as Zekel, Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz (Barbican Theatre, Dec. 17, 1987-Feb. 27, 1988)
Summary of James "Jim" Carter's stage works:
1. Winter Daddykins (for the Brighton Combination, July 1968)
2. Gum and Goo (for the Brighton Combination, 1969)
3. Come Together festival (for the Brighton Combination, Royal Court Theatre, October 1970- )
[Was with The Brighton Combination when it became resident in The Albany in Deptford, SE London, 1972]
4. Waiting for Godot (for Newcastle University Theatre, ???)
5. The Madhouse Company of London shows (offshoot of the Ken Campbell Roadshow) in New York and Massachusetts, 1974-1976
6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (for the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, Dec. 1977-Jan. 1978)
7. The Tempest (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
8. Richard III (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
9. Faust (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
10. Bartholomew Fair (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
11. Julius Caesar (Riverside Studios, May-June 1980)
12. The Romans in Britain (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Oct. 1980-March 1981)
13. Hiawatha (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Nov. 1980-Dec. 1983)
14. Man and Superman (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Jan.-Oct. 1981)
15. The Mayor of Zalamea (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Dec.1981-July 1982)
16. The Oresteia (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Nov. 1981)
17. Guys and Dolls (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Feb. 1982-Oct. 1983)
18. Schweyk in the Second World War (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Sept. 1982-March 1983)
19. The Mysteries: The Nativity, The Passion, and Doomsday (for the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, 1984-1985)
20. The Infernal Machine (Lyric Hammersmith, 1986-1987)
21. The Balcony (for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, July 1987)
22. The Wizard of Oz (for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, Dec. 1987-Feb. 1988)
23. Fashion (Tricycle Theatre, May-June 1990)
24. The President of an Empty Room (for the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, June-Aug. 2005)
.
Narrated the six-part series Home Front Britain, a documentary of life in Britain during World War II created and produced by the Discovery Channel and the British Film Institute. Home Front Britain was broadcast on Discovery Channel from September 11, 2009.
Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton married in 1985 and have one daughter, Bessie, born in 1993. Staunton would later proudly claim that after 21 years of marriage, she and Carter had been apart for only three weeks.
Celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in the autumn of 2011. They have a little dog named Molly.
Married to Imelda Staunton since October 1983 with one child, Bessie, born in 1993.
Carter is married to English
actress Imelda Staunton
, with whom he has a daughter named Bessie born in 1993. He is also currently the chairman of Hampstead Cricket club. On September 18, 2011 he organised the Hampstead Cricket Club (HCC) Celebrity Cricket Match. It was HCC's third annual charity celebrity cricket match.
Has been into cycling for 55 years now (as of October 2011). He bike rides for charity causes. On September 30, 2011 he went, with 25 other riders, to Ghana for a 10-day trip which included six days of cycling to raise money for clean water in the small impoverished town of Tafo. He even has a web page for this event to receive sponsors and donations: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/jimcarter. This was his tenth charity ride. The previous nine (Jordan, Costa Rica, Laos, Vietnam, India, Namibia, Chile, Argentina, and London to Paris-twice) were to raise money for the National Deaf Children's Society. He intended to raise a minimum of ₤2,750 but ended up with ₤8,670.
(As of August 2005) Lives in West Hampstead, north London.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor.
Early life
Carter was born in HarrogateHarrogate
Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters, RHS Harlow Carr gardens, and Betty's Tea Rooms. From the town one can explore the nearby Yorkshire Dales national park. Harrogate originated in the 17th...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. His father worked for the Air Ministry
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
and his mother was a land girl
Women's Land Army
The Women's Land Army was a British civilian organisation created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls...
and later a school secretary. Carter attended Ashville College, Harrogate, where he was head boy in his final year, and the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
where he studied law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
and became a leading light of the fledgling Drama Society, playing Sgt Musgrave in the first student production at the newly built Gardner Arts Centre theatre. He dropped out of university after two years to join a fringe theatre
Fringe theatre
Fringe theatre is theatre that is not of the mainstream. The term comes from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which name comes from Robert Kemp, who described the unofficial companies performing at the same time as the second Edinburgh International Festival as a ‘fringe’, writing: ‘Round the fringe...
group in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
.
He studied English at Sussex University. He read law there in the late 1960s. He lasted two years and dropped out to work in fringe theatre.
Attended Sussex University: ca. September 1966-June 1968.
Acting career
Carter's film credits include Top Secret!Top Secret!
Top Secret! is a 1984 comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. It stars Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films...
(1984), A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country (film)
A Month in the Country is a 1987 British film directed by Pat O'Connor. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by J. L. Carr, and stars Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, Natasha Richardson and Patrick Malahide...
(1987), The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George is a 1994 film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his son, the Prince of Wales, particularly...
(1994), Richard III
Richard III (1995 film)
Richard III is a 1995 drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood and Dominic West....
(1995), Brassed Off
Brassed Off
Brassed Off is a 1996 British film written and directed by Mark Herman. The film, a British-American co-production made between Channel Four Films, Miramax Films and Prominent Films, is about the troubles faced by a colliery brass band, following the closure of their pit...
(1996), Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard....
(1998), The Little Vampire
The Little Vampire
The film version of the story was released in 2000 and stars Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, and Alice Krige.-Plot:Tony Thompson is an only child whose family has moved to Scotland from California. In the new country, he has no friends, and he is picked on and beaten up by bullies...
(2000), Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted (film)
Ella Enchanted is a 2004 British-American romantic-comedy film loosely based on Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel of the same name. The film stars Anne Hathaway as Ella and Hugh Dancy as Prince Charmont. It plays with the usual fairy-tale genre...
(2004), and Detective Victor Getz in The Thief Lord
The Thief Lord
The Thief Lord is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company...
(2006). He plays John Faa
John Faa
John Faa, the King of the Gypsies, was a historical character from Scotland, a contemporary of King James IV. Although historical sources place him in Dunbar, in the east of Scotland, much folklore associates him with the Galloway/Ayrshire border. He appears as a character in at least two novels,...
in The Golden Compass (2007), the first film in the adaptation of the His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights , The Subtle Knife , and The Amber Spyglass...
trilogy, and also stars in House Of 9
House of 9
House of 9 is a 2005 thriller film directed by Steven R. Monroe and starring Dennis Hopper. The film was first released in France at the Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2004, followed by a limited release in the United States.- Premise :...
(2005) as The Watcher, and the executioner in "Alice in Wonderland".
His television credits include Lipstick on Your Collar
Lipstick on Your Collar
Lipstick on Your Collar is a 1993 British television serial written by Dennis Potter, originally broadcast on Channel 4 expanded from Potter's earlier play Lay Down Your Arms...
(1993), Cracker
Cracker (UK TV series)
Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The series is centered on a criminal psychologist , Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane. Set in Manchester, it consists of three series which were...
, (1994), The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now (2001 TV serial)
The Way We Live Now is a 2001 four-part television adaptation of the novel by Anthony Trollope. The serial was first broadcast on the BBC and was directed by David Yates, written by Andrew Davies and produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark...
(2001), The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective
The Singing Detective is a BBC television miniseries written by Dennis Potter, which stars Michael Gambon, and was directed by Jon Amiel. The six episodes were "Skin", "Heat", "Lovely Days", "Clues", "Pitter Patter" and "Who Done It"....
(1986), Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (TV miniseries)
Arabian Nights is a two-part 2000 American/British miniseries, adapted by Peter Barnes from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the medieval epic One Thousand and One Nights. Mili Avital and Dougray Scott stars as Scheherazade and Shahryar respectively...
(2000), The Chest (1997), Red Riding
Red Riding
Red Riding is a television adaptation of English author David Peace's Red Riding Quartet. Published between 1999 and 2002, the quartet comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four , Nineteen Seventy-Seven , Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty-Three...
(2009), A Very British Coup
A Very British Coup
A Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by British politician Chris Mullin. In 1988, the novel was adapted for television, directed by Mick Jackson, with a screenplay by Alan Plater and starring Ray McAnally...
(1988) and the Hornblower
Hornblower (TV series)
Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars....
episode "Duty" (2003) and in "Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
" (2004) episode "The Fisher King" as Nathan Green. He also plays Captain Brown in the five-part BBC series Cranford
Cranford (TV series)
Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson. The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1858: Cranford, My Lady Ludlow, and Mr Harrison's Confessions...
(2007) and Mayor Waldo in the US miniseries Dinotopia
Dinotopia (TV miniseries)
Dinotopia is a four-hour TV miniseries co-produced by Walt Disney Television and Hallmark Entertainment. It is based on the fictional world of Dinotopia, a utopia in which sentient dinosaurs and humans coexist, created by American author James Gurney...
(2002). In September 2010 he made his first appearance as the butler
Butler
A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its...
, Mr Carson in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series, produced by NBC Universal-owned British media company Carnival Films for the ITV network. The series is set during the late Edwardian era and the First World War on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in Yorkshire, and features an...
(2010).
Began acting professionally in "the early 1970s."
His answer to the question: "If you hadn't become an actor, what would you have done professionally?" Answer: "I wouldn't have pursued law - I'd actually dropped out of law into English, I'd even changed my course. But when the offer came from this fringe theatre group, the Brighton Combination, to leave university and join them for five quid a week, it was like a door opening, and there wasn't a moment's hesitation. I walked through that door and never looked back. I have never earned a penny from doing anything apart from acting. I have never had another job."
His first paid job for ₤5 a week with free board and lodging was in a play called Gum and Goo by Howard Brenton for The Brighton Combination. Howard Brenton's Gum and Goo was first produced by the Brighton Combination (in Brighton) in 1969.
Appeared in Howard Brenton's Winter Daddykins in July 1968 for the Brighton Combination. It was directed by Barry Edwards and Carter performed with Fiona Baker and Lily Sue Todd. This is probably the play referred to in Jenny Harris' website that took place on July 9, 1968 in the Brighton Combination's cafe. Jenny Harris was one of the initiators of the Brighton Combination. Jim Carter mentioned her in one interview as one who started the Brighton Combination. She was then head of the National Theatre's education department.
In 1970, he performed in the show Come Together at London's Royal Court Theatre together with The Brighton Combination and the Ken Campbell Roadshow along with other theatre personalities and groups. The Royal Court's Come Together Festival was on the cover page of Plays and Players magazine issue of December 1970. Scenes from this festival are also featured in this issue. The Come Together festival opened at the Royal Court Theatre on October 21, 1970 and contributed to one of the Royal Court's best years. The festival brought the avante-garde like the Brighton Combination and Ken Campbell into the Court. The Brighton Combination presented "The NAB Show", a politically oriented account of the National Assistance Board.
He first worked at The Combination Theatre Company in Brighton. Later he joined the Newcastle University Theatre where he played, among other parts, Estragon in Waiting for Godot. From 1974 to 1976 he toured America with the Ken Campbell Roadshow and on his return joined the Phoenix Theatre in Leicester. In 1977 he joined the National Theatre Company where he appeared as Dom Fiollo (sic) in The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Cottesloe Theatre. In 1978 he became a member of the Young Vic Company appearing as Stephano in The Tempest, Buckingham in Richard III and Mephistopheles in Faust. In 1978 he went to America to study in a circus school where he learned juggling, unicycling and tightrope walking. In May 21-June 29, 1980 he played Trebonius/Marullus/Poet in a Julius Caeasar production of Riverside Studios directed by Peter Gill. He performs magic acts in cabarets. The Young Vic's Richard III production in 1978, which featured James Carter with, among others, Bill Wallis and Michael Attwell, was directed by Michael Bogdanov. He also performed in the Young Vic production of Bartholomew Fair in 1978. It was also directed by Michael Bogdanov.
Was a member of The Madhouse Company of London, a comedy troupe which performed in Boston in the 1970s; together with the late Marcel Steiner (1931-1999), Marc Weil, and Tommy Shands. Ken Campbell was also associated with the group. The Madhouse Co. was an offshoot of the Ken Campbell's Roadshow that came to New York and Boston. It broke up eventually and Steiner and Carter returned to England. The Madhouse Co. was in Cambridge, Mass. in August 1976. The Madhouse Company of London was mentioned and its shows advertised and reviewed in several New York magazine issues from April 1974 to March 1975.
Marc Weil created The Madhouse Company of London in 1973.
In June to August 2005, he appeared in The President of an Empty Room at the National Theatre (written by Stephen Knight and directed by Howard Davies). When he did this he had not done theatre in 14 years. He considers his appearance in Richard Eyre's 1982 National Theatre revival of Guys and Dolls a significant moment. It was when he met his future wife, Imelda Staunton, who also appeared in this play. He considers Richard Eyre and Howard Davies two of his favourite directors. He left university (where he had dropped out of law to study English) to join the fringe theatre group Brighton Combination "for five quid a week." He has been acting since then and has "never earned a penny from doing anything apart from acting." He also taught magic and juggling and does magic acts in cabaret circuits. At the Young Vic he was earning ₤65 a week. He was with the Brighton Combination still when it moved to London and opened a theatre called the Albany in Deptford. In his own words: "The Brighton Combination moved to London and started a theatre called the Albany in Deptford, and I was with them then."
In the early 1970s, the Brighton Combination, a touring fringe theatre group, became resident in the Albany Institute in Deptford, South East London. This was considered one of the great achievements of The Albany's then director Paul Curno. By fusing community work and the arts, Director Paul Curno and "The Combination" transformed The Albany's fortunes. This fusion still drives The Albany to this day. The Brighton Combination Company moved to become resident at The Albany in SE London in 1972 with a brief to set up community action and arts development projects. It combined artistic and cultural works with social activism.
Performed in the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London in Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine (with Maggie Smith and with Simon Callow directing, 1986-1987). Photos and a review of this play appeared in Plays and Players magazine in January 1987.
He is said to have also performed in William "Bill" Bryden's The Passion at the National Theatre in 1985. Performed in The Mysteries: The Nativity, The Passion and Doomsday at the Cottesloe Theatre for the National Theatre in 1984 and 1985. Both performances were directed by Bill Bryden.
Also appeared in Doug Lucie's Fashion in May-June 1990 at the Tricycle Theatre, directed by Michael Attenborough.
In the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC)The Wizard of Oz production, wife Imelda Staunton played Dorothy while he was the Cowardly Lion. Considers playing a baddie dressed in black in the cowboy movie Rustlers' Rhapsody filmed in southern Spain one of the top highlights of his career. The Wizard of Oz was directed by Ian Judge; it opened on December 17, 1987 at the RSC's Barbican Theatre. It played in repertory through February 27, 1988.
His National Theatre performances (as James Carter):
1. as Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Cottesloe Theatre, December 20, 1977-January 14, 1978)
2. as Daui a fugitive/Guard/Second Cook in The Romans in Britain (Olivier Theatre, October 10, 1980-March 24, 1981)
3. as Nawadaha the storyteller in Hiawatha (Olivier Theatre, November 25, 1980-December 1983)
4. as Henry Straker in Man and Superman (Olivier Theatre, January 17-October 1981)
5. as Rebolledo a soldier in The Mayor of Zalamea (Cottesloe and Olivier Theatre, August 4, 1981(opening night at Cottesloe), Jim Carter performed at the Olivier, December 1981-July 1982)
6. as Chorus in The Oresteia (Olivier Theatre, November 20, 1981- )
7. as Big Julie in Guys and Dolls (Olivier Theatre, February 26, 1982-October 1983)
8. as Hitler/SS Man Muller in Schewyk in the Second World War (Olivier Theatre, September 16, 1982-March 1983)
9. as Don Jose, the cigar taster in The President of an Empty Room (Cottesloe Theatre, June 28, 2005-August 27, 2005)
- He was magic adviser, not one of the performers, in The Cherry Orchard (Cottesloe Theatre, December 3, 1985- )
His Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) performances include:
1. as the Judge in The Balcony (Barbican Theatre, July 15, 1987- )
2. as Zekel, Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz (Barbican Theatre, Dec. 17, 1987-Feb. 27, 1988)
Summary of James "Jim" Carter's stage works:
1. Winter Daddykins (for the Brighton Combination, July 1968)
2. Gum and Goo (for the Brighton Combination, 1969)
3. Come Together festival (for the Brighton Combination, Royal Court Theatre, October 1970- )
[Was with The Brighton Combination when it became resident in The Albany in Deptford, SE London, 1972]
4. Waiting for Godot (for Newcastle University Theatre, ???)
5. The Madhouse Company of London shows (offshoot of the Ken Campbell Roadshow) in New York and Massachusetts, 1974-1976
6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (for the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, Dec. 1977-Jan. 1978)
7. The Tempest (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
8. Richard III (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
9. Faust (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
10. Bartholomew Fair (for the Young Vic Company, 1978)
11. Julius Caesar (Riverside Studios, May-June 1980)
12. The Romans in Britain (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Oct. 1980-March 1981)
13. Hiawatha (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Nov. 1980-Dec. 1983)
14. Man and Superman (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Jan.-Oct. 1981)
15. The Mayor of Zalamea (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Dec.1981-July 1982)
16. The Oresteia (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Nov. 1981)
17. Guys and Dolls (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Feb. 1982-Oct. 1983)
18. Schweyk in the Second World War (for the National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, Sept. 1982-March 1983)
19. The Mysteries: The Nativity, The Passion, and Doomsday (for the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, 1984-1985)
20. The Infernal Machine (Lyric Hammersmith, 1986-1987)
21. The Balcony (for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, July 1987)
22. The Wizard of Oz (for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, Dec. 1987-Feb. 1988)
23. Fashion (Tricycle Theatre, May-June 1990)
24. The President of an Empty Room (for the National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, June-Aug. 2005)
Other Media
Carter is the voice of "Hex" - The Legend of the Towers, the ride at Britain's premier theme park Alton TowersAlton Towers
Alton Towers is a theme park and resort located in Staffordshire, England. It attracts around 2.7 million visitors per year making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom. Alton Towers is also the 9th most visited theme park in Europe...
.
Narrated the six-part series Home Front Britain, a documentary of life in Britain during World War II created and produced by the Discovery Channel and the British Film Institute. Home Front Britain was broadcast on Discovery Channel from September 11, 2009.
Personal life
Jim Carter and British actress Imelda Staunton met in January 1982 during rehearsals of Richard Eyre's Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre. Carter was 34, Staunton was 26 and she considered him already old. According to Staunton, "we worked together for a year and it was a slow burn rather than a heady rush of passion." In November 2008, they celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. Staunton was 37 when she had her only child, Bessie. Bessie is to enroll at the National Youth Theatre in 2010. Staunton says of Carter's acting: "He has never been the sort of actor who yearns to play Hamlet. Maybe it's because he came to acting from performing in the circus. He has always done just what he wants to do."Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton married in 1985 and have one daughter, Bessie, born in 1993. Staunton would later proudly claim that after 21 years of marriage, she and Carter had been apart for only three weeks.
Celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary in the autumn of 2011. They have a little dog named Molly.
Married to Imelda Staunton since October 1983 with one child, Bessie, born in 1993.
Carter is married to English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
actress Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path, the Harry Potter film series and Vera Drake...
, with whom he has a daughter named Bessie born in 1993. He is also currently the chairman of Hampstead Cricket club. On September 18, 2011 he organised the Hampstead Cricket Club (HCC) Celebrity Cricket Match. It was HCC's third annual charity celebrity cricket match.
Has been into cycling for 55 years now (as of October 2011). He bike rides for charity causes. On September 30, 2011 he went, with 25 other riders, to Ghana for a 10-day trip which included six days of cycling to raise money for clean water in the small impoverished town of Tafo. He even has a web page for this event to receive sponsors and donations: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/jimcarter. This was his tenth charity ride. The previous nine (Jordan, Costa Rica, Laos, Vietnam, India, Namibia, Chile, Argentina, and London to Paris-twice) were to raise money for the National Deaf Children's Society. He intended to raise a minimum of ₤2,750 but ended up with ₤8,670.
(As of August 2005) Lives in West Hampstead, north London.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Fox | Cliff Ryan | TV series (2 episodes) |
| Flash Gordon Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash... |
Azurian Man | ||
| 1984 | December Flower | Dentist | TV movie |
| Top Secret! Top Secret! Top Secret! is a 1984 comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. It stars Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp. The film is a parody of the GDR era and Elvis films... |
Déjà Vu, Resistance Member | ||
| The Company of Wolves | Second Husband | Uncredited | |
| Hiawatha | Narrator | TV movie | |
| A Private Function | Inspector Noble | ||
| 1985 | The Bill | Stan | TV series (1 episode: "Death of a Cracksman") |
| Widows 2 | Det. Insp. Frinton | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| Rustlers' Rhapsody | Blackie | ||
| 1986 | The American Way | Castro | |
| Haunted Honeymoon Haunted Honeymoon Haunted Honeymoon is a 1986 comedy movie starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom Deluise, and Jonathan Pryce. Wilder also served as the film's writer and director. The film also marked Radner's final appearance prior to her death of ovarian cancer in 1989.... |
Montego | ||
| The Monocled Mutineer | Spencer | TV series (1 episode: "A Dead Man on Leave") | |
| Lost Empires | Inspector Crabbe | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| The Singing Detective | Mr. Marlow | TV series (5 episodes) | |
| 1987 | Harry's Kingdom | Bill | TV movie |
| A Month in the Country | Ellerbeck | ||
| 1988 | The First Kangaroos The First Kangaroos The First Kangaroos is a 1988 British–Australian made for TV sports film directed by Frank Cvitanovich and starring Dennis Waterman, Chris Haywood and Dominic Sweeney. It depicts the first-ever rugby league tour of England by the Australian national team, the 1908-09 Kangaroos... |
Arthur Hughes | |
| Star Trap | Dr. Wax | TV movie | |
| Soursweet | Mr. Constantinides | ||
| A Very British Coup | The Cabinet - Newsome | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| The Raggedy Rawney | The Soldier | ||
| Christabel | Bausch | TV movie | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Pierre | TV series (1 episodes: "The Tenth Man") | |
| Thompson | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.6") | ||
| 1989 | Precious Bane | Sarn | TV movie |
| The Rainbow | Mr. Harby | ||
| Erik the Viking | Jennifer the Viking | ||
| Duck | Short | ||
| Screen Two | Father | TV series (2 episodes: 1989-1994) | |
| 1990 | A Sense of Guilt | Richard Murray | TV movie |
| Zorro | Colonel Mefisto Palomarez | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| The Witches | Head Chef | ||
| The Gravy Train | Personip | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.3") | |
| Crimestrike | The Detective | ||
| The Fool | Mr. Blackthorn | ||
| 1991 | Incident in Judaea | Afranius | TV movie |
| Screen One | Ray Galton | TV series (1 episode: "Hancock") | |
| Casualty | Matthew Charlton | TV series (1 episode: "Dangerous Games") | |
| Murder Most Horrid | Various | TV series (3 episodes: 1991-1999) | |
| 1992 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Rossi | |
| Great Performances | Meinertzhagen | TV series (1 episode: "A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia") | |
| Between the Lines | D.I. Dick Corbett | TV series (1 episode: "Lies and Damned Lies") | |
| Soldier Soldier | Snr. Supt. Derek Tierney, RHKP | TV series (1 episode: "Lifelines") | |
| Stalin | Sergo | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Lipstick on Your Collar | Inspector | TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.5") |
| A Year in Provence | Ted Hopkins | TV mini-series (1 episode: "Room Service") | |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | Commander | TV series (1 episode: "Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown") | |
| Medica | Hugh Buckley | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.6") | |
| Resnick: Rough Treatment | Grabianski | TV movie | |
| The Hour of the Pig | Mathieu | ||
| Minder | Tompkins | TV series (2 episodes: 1993-1994) | |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Alec Bailey | TV series (1 episode: "Passion Fruit Fool") |
| Black Beauty | John Manly | ||
| Cracker | Kenneth Trant | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Shakespeare: the Animated Tales thumb|right|[[Banquo]] and [[Fleance]] from the "Macbeth" episode. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales comprised two six-part television series, first broadcast in 1992 and 1994... |
Marc Anthony (voice) | TV series (1 episode: "Julius Caesar") | |
| Open Fire Open Fire (1994 film) Open Fire is a 1994 action/martial arts film written by Thomas Ritz, produced Pierre David and Noel A. Zanitsch, directed by Kurt Anderson and stars Jeff Wincott and Patrick Kilpatrick.-Plot:... |
Dept. Chief Supt. Young | TV movie | |
| Midnight Movie Midnight Movie (film) Midnight Movie is a 2008 horror film from Bigfoot Entertainment in the horror/slasher genre directed by Jack Messitt and produced by Kacy Andrews.-Plot:... |
Henry Harris | TV movie | |
| The Madness of King George The Madness of King George The Madness of King George is a 1994 film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, The Madness of George III. It tells the true story of George III's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his son, the Prince of Wales, particularly... |
Fox Charles James Fox Charles James Fox PC , styled The Honourable from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and who was particularly noted for being the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger... |
||
| 1995 | It Could Be You | Wally "Lottery" Whaley | TV movie |
| The Late Show | Albert Knox | TV series documentary (1 episode: "Sophie's World") | |
| Dangerfield Dangerfield (TV series) Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role , but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers.The BBC... |
Stephen Millwood | TV series (1 episode: "A Patient's Secret") | |
| Mrs. Hartley and the Growth Centre | Inspector | TV movie | |
| Richard III Richard III (1995 film) Richard III is a 1995 drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood and Dominic West.... |
Lord William Hastings | ||
| The Grotesque The Grotesque (film) The Grotesque is a 1995 British film by John-Paul Davidson, adapted from the 1989 novel by Patrick McGrath... |
George Lecky | ||
| Coogan's Run Coogan's Run Coogan's Run was a 1995 UK TV series featuring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters living in the fictional town of Ottle. It was written by various people including Coogan, Patrick Marber, David Tyler, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Geoffrey Perkins and Henry Normal... |
Fraser | TV series (1 episode: "Natural Born Quizzers") | |
| Balto Balto (film) Balto is a 1995 American animated comedy-drama film directed by Simon Wells and produced by Amblimation, and the first of the overall trilogy. The film is based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to Nome... |
Voice | Uncredited | |
| 1996 | Brassed Off Brassed Off Brassed Off is a 1996 British film written and directed by Mark Herman. The film, a British-American co-production made between Channel Four Films, Miramax Films and Prominent Films, is about the troubles faced by a colliery brass band, following the closure of their pit... |
Harry | |
| 1997 | Harpur and Iles | Tenderness Mellick | TV movie |
| The Missing Postman The Missing Postman The Missing Postman is a two-part comedy drama originally broadcast on BBC One on the consecutive evenings of 29 March and 30 March 1997. Adapted from the Mark Wallington novel, it received the award for Best BBC Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards in 1997.-Synopsis:When Clive Peacock is... |
DS Lawrence Pitman | TV movie | |
| The Chest | Roland Blood | TV movie | |
| Smith and Jones Alas Smith and Jones Alas Smith and Jones is a British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. It was broadcast on the BBC from 1984 to 1998... |
TV series (1 episode: "Episode #9.5") | ||
| Ain't Misbehavin' Ain't Misbehavin' (TV series) Ain't Misbehavin' is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1994 to 1995. It stars Peter Davison and Nicola Pagett and was written by Roy Clarke, the writer of Last of the Summer Wine and Keeping Up Appearances.-Cast:... |
Maxie Morrell | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| Keep the Aspidistra Flying Keep the Aspidistra Flying (film) Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a 1997 romance/comedy film directed by Robert Bierman and based on the comic novel by George Orwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Plater and was produced by Peter Shaw. The film stars Richard E... |
Erskine | ||
| Bright Hair | Norman Devenish | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Bill's New Frock | Mr. Platworthy | Short |
| Vigo: A Passion for Life | Bonaventure | Uncredited | |
| Legionnaire Legionnaire (film) Legionnaire is a 1998 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a 1920s boxer who wins a fight after having been hired by gangsters to lose it, then flees to join the French Foreign Legion. The cast includes Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell and Jim Carter... |
Lucien Galgani | ||
| Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard.... |
Ralph Bashford | Screen Actors Guild Award - Outstanding Performance by a Cast | |
| 1999 | Trial By Fire | Geoffrey Bailey | TV movie |
| Tube Tales Tube Tales Tube Tales is a collection of nine short films based on the true-life experiences of London Underground passengers as submitted to Time Out magazine. The stories were scripted and filmed independently of each other... |
Ticket Inspector | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Ja'Far | TV movie |
| The Little Vampire The Little Vampire The film version of the story was released in 2000 and stars Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, and Alice Krige.-Plot:Tony Thompson is an only child whose family has moved to Scotland from California. In the new country, he has no friends, and he is picked on and beaten up by bullies... |
Rookery | ||
| The Scarlet Pimpernel The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) The Scarlet Pimpernel is a series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set during the French Revolution.... |
General La Forge | TV series (1 episode: "Friends and Enemies") | |
| 102 Dalmatians 102 Dalmatians 102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starring Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil. It is the sequel to 101 Dalmatians, a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name. In the film, Cruella de Vil attempts to steal puppies for her... |
Detective Armstrong | ||
| 2001 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story is a 2001 American television miniseries. It was directed by Brian Henson and was a co-production of CBS and Jim Henson Television. It is an alternative version of the classic English fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. The story was considerably reworked... |
Odin, Member of Great Council of Mac Slec | TV movie |
| The Way We Live Now The Way We Live Now (2001 TV serial) The Way We Live Now is a 2001 four-part television adaptation of the novel by Anthony Trollope. The serial was first broadcast on the BBC and was directed by David Yates, written by Andrew Davies and produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark... |
Mr. Brehgert | TV mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| 2002 | Inside the Murdoch Dynasty | Narrator | TV movie |
| Dinotopia Dinotopia Dinotopia is a fictional utopia created by author and illustrator James Gurney. It is the setting for the book series with which it shares its name. Dinotopia is an isolated island inhabited by shipwrecked humans and sentient dinosaurs who have learned to coexist peacefully as a single symbiotic... |
Mayor Waldo | TV mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| Heartlands Heartlands (film) Heartlands is a 2002 film directed by Damien O'Donnell and written by Paul Fraser. It is a comedy-drama-road movie, running at 90 minutes, produced in the United Kingdom. It was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Geoff | ||
| Dalziel and Pascoe Dalziel and Pascoe Dalziel and Pascoe consist of Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel and Detective Sergeant Peter Pascoe.... |
Ted Lowry | TV series (1 episode: "The Unwanted") | |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Duty | Etheridge | TV movie |
| Helen of Troy Helen of Troy (TV miniseries) Helen of Troy is a 2003 television miniseries based upon Homer's story of the Trojan War, as recounted in the epic poem, Iliad. This TV miniseries also shares the name with a 1956 movie starring Stanley Baker... |
Pirithous Pirithous In Greek mythology, Pirithous - Πειρίθοος was the King of the Lapiths in Thessaly and husband of Hippodamia, at whose wedding the famous Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs occurred.... |
TV movie | |
| Bright Young Things Bright Young Things Bright Young Things is a 2003 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Fry. The screenplay, based on the 1930 novel Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, provides satirical social commentary about the Bright Young People: young and carefree London aristocrats and bohemians, as well as society in... |
Chief Customs Officer | ||
| 16 Years of Alcohol 16 Years of Alcohol 16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effort, following a career as a television presenter on BSkyB and VH-1, and as the vocalist for the 1970s punk rock band The Skids. The cover of the DVD... |
Director | ||
| Strange | Inspector Stuart | TV series (1 episode: "Asmoth") | |
| Trevor's World of Sport Trevor's World of Sport Trevor's World of Sport began as a 2003 BBC television sitcom written and directed by Andy Hamilton and starring Neil Pearson as Trevor. Only one television series was made, and Hamilton felt mistreated by the BBC over the scheduling of the show. The first episode attracted an average of 3.4... |
Sir Frank Luckton | TV series (1 episode: "A Man's Game") | |
| Trial & Retribution Trial & Retribution Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police proceduraltelevision drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The... |
Dr. Jenkins | TV series (1 episode: "Suspicion: Part 1") | |
| Pompeii: The Last Day Pompeii: The Last Day Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD. This eruption covered the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing all those trapped between the volcano and the sea. The documentary portrayed the... |
Polybius | TV movie | |
| Cromwell: Warts and All | Oliver Cromwell | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Nathan Green | TV series (1 episode: "The Fisher King") |
| Ella Enchanted Ella Enchanted (film) Ella Enchanted is a 2004 British-American romantic-comedy film loosely based on Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel of the same name. The film stars Anne Hathaway as Ella and Hugh Dancy as Prince Charmont. It plays with the usual fairy-tale genre... |
Nish | ||
| London London (TV series) London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd.-'Cast list':The series made a visual trope of, as Ackroyd walked around London or was sitting in his study, the persons of famous and anonymous historical figures would fade in and... |
Henry Fielding | TV movie | |
| Casablanca Driver | Joe Mateo, l'agent | ||
| Modigliani Modigliani (film) - Plot :Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and... |
Achilles Hébuterne | ||
| Out of Season | Michael Philipps | ||
| Von Trapped | Larry Lavelle | TV movie | |
| Blue Murder Blue Murder (UK TV series) Blue Murder was a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was axed by the Network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.-Outline:... |
Frank Evans | TV series (1 episode: "Up in Smoke") | |
| 2005 | House of 9 House of 9 House of 9 is a 2005 thriller film directed by Steven R. Monroe and starring Dennis Hopper. The film was first released in France at the Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2004, followed by a limited release in the United States.- Premise :... |
The Watcher | Voice |
| 2006 | The Thief Lord The Thief Lord (film) The Thief Lord is a 2006 British-German family film directed by Richard Claus. It is a joint production of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Future Films Limited, Comet Film, and Thema Production. The film is distributed by Warner Brothers... |
Victor | |
| Aberfan: The Untold Story | Lord Robens | TV documentary | |
| The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton | Henry Dorling | TV movie | |
| The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows (2006 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 2006 live-action television adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic novel The Wind in the Willows. It was a joint production of the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and starred Matt Lucas , Bob Hoskins , Mark Gatiss , and Lee Ingleby . Rachel Talalay directed... |
Engine Driver | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Recovery | Mr. Lockwood | TV movie |
| Cassandra's Dream | Garage Boss | ||
| Silent Witness Silent Witness Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was... |
Malcolm Young | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| The Golden Compass | John Faa | ||
| Cranford Cranford (TV series) Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson. The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1858: Cranford, My Lady Ludlow, and Mr Harrison's Confessions... |
Captain Brown | TV mini-series (7 episodes: 2007-2009) | |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders The Oxford Murders (film) The Oxford Murders is a 2008 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. This thriller film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Argentine mathematician and writer Guillermo Martínez. The film stars Elijah Wood, John Hurt and the Spanish actress Leonor Watling.-Plot:It is 1993... |
Inspector Petersen | |
| Caught in a Trap | Brian Perkins | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 Red Riding Red Riding is a television adaptation of English author David Peace's Red Riding Quartet. Published between 1999 and 2002, the quartet comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four , Nineteen Seventy-Seven , Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty-Three... |
Harold Angus | |
| Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983 Red Riding Red Riding is a television adaptation of English author David Peace's Red Riding Quartet. Published between 1999 and 2002, the quartet comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four , Nineteen Seventy-Seven , Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty-Three... |
Harold Angus | ||
| Creation Creation (2009 film) Creation is a 2009 British biographical drama film. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, the film was directed by Jon Amiel, and stars Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles and Emma Darwin... |
Joseph Parslow Joseph Parslow Joseph Parslow was an English manservant, who worked as butler for the English naturalist Charles Darwin for over thirty years. In this role he was variously as head servant, Darwin's companion, scientific assistant, and nurse through Darwin's illness.Parslow was born in Standish, Gloucestershire... |
||
| Wish 143 Wish 143 Wish 143 is a British live action short film. The film's run time is approximately 24 minutes. It was written by Tom Bidwell, directed by Ian Barnes, and produced by Samantha Waite.... |
Priest | Short | |
| 2010 | Punk Strut: The Movie | Skippy | |
| Burlesque Fairytales | The Compere | ||
| Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 American computer-animated/live action fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and released by Walt Disney Pictures... |
The Executioner | Voice | |
| Downton Abbey Downton Abbey Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series, produced by NBC Universal-owned British media company Carnival Films for the ITV network. The series is set during the late Edwardian era and the First World War on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in Yorkshire, and features an... |
Mr. Carson | TV series (15 episodes) |
External links
- Wish 143 BBC Film Network - short film starring Jim Carter