Before starting his professional career, Carter trained at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) where he appeared in productions of ''
The Cosmonaut's Last Message..., Platonov, In the Jungle of Cities, The Good Soldier and Assassins''.
Theatre Carter's work in theatre includes:
Present Laughter and
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other at the
National Theatre, London. He also appeared in
Howard Brenton's new play,
Never So Good at the National Theatre, London.,
David Hare's new play
Gethsemane, also at the National Theatre, for which he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor in a Play in the Whatsonstage Theatregoers Choice Awards and in
The White Guard at the National Theatre, London and
Joseph K at the Gate Theatre, London. He appeared in Nina Raine's
Tiger Country at the Hampstead Theatre in early 2011. In 2016 he appeared as Sergei Voynitzev in
Platonov and Medvedenko in
The Seagull in the Young
Chekhov season at the National Theatre. In 2017 he appeared in the premiere production of
Consent at the
Royal National Theatre, London. ==See also==