After playing Greeny in CITV show Adam's Family Tree, in 1999 Carter was cast as Craig Harrison in Sunday evening drama
Where the Heart Is. He then joined the cast of
Hollyoaks as Lee Hunter, staying for four years before his character left to embark on an around the world tour. He then joined
Emmerdale on 16 February 2006 as Jamie Hope in the
ITV soap
Emmerdale. On 8 February 2010, whilst appearing on
Shaun Keaveny's breakfast show on
BBC 6 Music, he announced that he was leaving
Emmerdale after four years. On 15 March 2010 it was confirmed that after a five-year hiatus, Carter was returning to
Hollyoaks. In 2011, Carter appeared in
BBC Three comedy
How Not to Live Your Life as Blake; Don's Boss. In August 2012 he became a series regular in
In with the Flynns on BBC1 as Kevin Flynn, younger brother to
Will Mellor's Liam Flynn. In 2013, Carter starred in the Sky special
Love Matters, written by
Isy Suttie. and the period ITV costume drama
Downton Abbey as Walter in Series Four of the show. In early 2015, he starred in the
Comedy Central show
Give Out Girls as Steve and in late 2015 he was cast as series regular PC Lino Moretti in the new BBC1 Police series
Cuffs set in Brighton. In 2016, Alex joined the cast of BBC's So Awkward as form tutor Mr Malone, and in 2018 he began appearing as Ray Monk in the TV series
Dark Heart, on
ITV. ==References==