Biography
A highly respected theatrical actor with a lengthy, illustrious career, Carter married actress Imelda Staunton in 1983 and notched memorable small turns in a slew of high-profile films, including "Top Secret!" (1984), "Haunted Honeymoon" (1986), "The Madness of King George" (1994) and "Shakespeare in Love" (1998). Playing the male actor cast as the Nurse based on the real nurse (Staunton) of Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), Carter and his wife …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Played supporting role in "My Week with Marilyn," Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, and Kenneth Branagh | |
2010 | Cast as Mr. Charles Carson, the butler for "Downton Abbey" (ITV, PBS) | |
2010 | Voiced the character of the Executioner in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" | |
2007 | Joined cast of BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel "Cranford" alongside wife Staunton | |
2007 | Landed minor role in the Woody Allen drama "Cassandra's Dream" | |
2004 | Acted in the story book comedy "Ella Enchanted" | |
2000 | Cast as a detective in the Disney live-action sequel "102 Dalmatians" | |
1998 | Played Ralph Bashford, a frequently drunk actor cast by The Bard as the Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet" in the award-winning "Shakespeare in Love" | |
1990 | Appeared in fantasy film "The Witches," starring Anjelica Huston | |
1986 | Cast as the musically gifted, sweet-natured father of Philip Marlow (Michael Gambon) in the highly acclaimed BBC miniseries "The Singing Detective" | |
1986 | Appeared in the Gilda Radner-Gene Wilder comedy "Haunted Honeymoon" | |
1982 | Acted in a production of "Guys and Dolls" at the National Theatre; met and fell in love with his co-star Imelda Staunton | |
| Joined fringe theater group the Brighton Combination, which later became the London-based Albany in Deptford | ||
Awards
2012 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in Downton Abbey |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Shakespeare in Love |