---
name: "Richard Carter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-carter"
fi1m_id: "richard-carter"
imdb_id: "nm0141885"
tmdb_id: 44838
wikidata_id: "Q7324644"
roles: []
born: "11 December 1953"
died: "13 July 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T22:51:11.300953+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Richard Carter

## Identity

Richard Carter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-carter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-carter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0141885
- **TMDB ID:** 44838
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7324644
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carter_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7324644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44838

Actor. Born 11 December 1953 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died 13 July 2019.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 December 1953, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Died:** 13 July 2019
- **Active:** 1994–2015
- **Also known as:** Ric Carter, 理查德·卡特
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Animation 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,146m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carter_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7324644, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44838

## Biography

Richard Carter (1953–2019) was an Australian actor and voice artist. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, he began his career in the early 1980s after performing as a stand-up comedian at the Sydney Comedy Store.

He appeared in numerous Australian television series, including regular roles in *Rake* (2010–2014) as Mick Corella, *East West 101* (2008–2011) as Mick Deakin and *White Collar Blue* (2002–2003) as Ted Hudson. His film credits include *The Great Gatsby* (2013) as Herzog, *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015) as the Bullet Farmer, *Happy Feet* (2006) and *Happy Feet Two* (2011) providing voices, and *Babe: Pig in the City* (1998).

Carter was married to Lindsey Carter from 1991 until his death following a brief illness in Sydney on 13 July 2019.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, as The Bullet Farmer — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Fi1m 61, as Herzog — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Happy Feet* (2006), Fi1m 71, as Barry (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), Fi1m 80, as Farmhouse Policeman — [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *Muriel's Wedding* (1994), Fi1m 81, as Federal Policeman — [page](https://film.one/film/muriels-wedding.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Trick or Treat* (2019), as Damo
- *Blaze* (2018), Set Production Assistant
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), as The Bullet Farmer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), as Herzog — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Happy Feet Two* (2011), as Bryan (voice)
- *Rake* (2010), series, Actor
- *East West 101* (2007), series, as Mick Deakin
- *Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback* (2007), as Bradley John Murdoch
- *Happy Feet* (2006), as Barry (voice) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *Hating Alison Ashley* (2005), as Lennie
- *Gettin' Square* (2003), as Craig Knob
- *You Can't Stop the Murders* (2003), as Chief Carter
- *White Collar Blue* (2002), series, as Ted Hudson
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), as Farmhouse Policeman — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *My Husband, My Killer* (2001), as Mike Hagan
- *The Man Who Sued God* (2001), as Dirk Streicher
- *Bootmen* (2000), as Gary
- *Our Lips Are Sealed* (2000), as Sidney
- *Farscape* (1999), series, as Kabaah (voice), Ullom — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *The Date* (1999), as Mr. Hart
- *Dogwatch* (1999), as Klipper
- *Babe: Pig in the City* (1998), as Detective
- *All Saints* (1998), series, as Alistair Walsh
- *Wildside* (1997), series, as Brian Deakin
- *Idiot Box* (1997), as Big Bloke
- *Twisted Tales* (1996), series, Actor
- *Floating Life* (1996), Thanks
- *Water Rats* (1996), series, as Victor Wise
- *Blue Murder* (1995), series, as Lyail Chandler
- *Signal One* (1994), as Frankie Button
- *Muriel's Wedding* (1994), as Federal Policeman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/muriels-wedding.md)
- *No Escape* (1994), as Sleeping Sentry
- *Blue Heelers* (1993), series, Actor
- *Reckless Kelly* (1993), as Police Sergeant (Aust.)
- *Wet and Wild Summer* (1992), as Al Eastman
- *Police Rescue* (1991), series, as Vic Wilson
- *Sher Mountain Killings Mystery* (1990), as Conrad
- *Bangkok Hilton* (1989), series, as Detective King
- *The Punisher* (1989), as Cop
- *Grievous Bodily Harm* (1988), as Les
- *The Wicked* (1988), as Stinger (as Ric Carter)
- *The Clean Machine* (1988), as Det. Frank Truro
- *The Marsupials: The Howling III* (1987), as First Drunk
- *Vietnam* (1987), as Policeman
- *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, as Detective Sgt. Brown
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, as Doug Holland
- *Rebel* (1985), as Harry De Wheels
- *Emoh Ruo* (1985), as Thommo
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Fast Talking* (1984), as Geography Teacher
- *Bodyline* (1984), series, as Bill Voce
- *Hostage* (1983), as Smart Aleck
- *Kotch* (1971), Producer
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Herberts
- *Slaughter on 10th Avenue* (1957), Book

## Gallery

- ![Richard Carter](https://film.one/media/person/289683/gallery-2e79ddfe2dd5.jpg) Richard Carter — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Richard_Carter_%28actor%29_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Richard Carter](https://film.one/media/person/289683/gallery-b3a1c222a5e1.jpg) Richard Carter — Image via TMDB

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