Frederick James Carter (born 27 January 1993) is an English actor and director. He stars as Kaz Brekker in the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone (2021–). He previously starred as Peter (Pin) Hawthorne in Free Rein (2017–2019), also on Netflix.
Carter was born on 27 January 1993 in Plymouth, Devon and grew up predominantly in Somerset. As his father was in the military, he spent some of his childhood moving around, with stints in Cyprus and Virginia. His older brother is fellow actor Tom Austen; they also have a middle brother. The three of them went to school at Queen's College in Taunton. A production of Jerusalem starring Mark Rylance that Carter saw in London when he was 16 inspired him to pursue acting. He went on to train in acting at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2015.
Following graduation, Carter featured in the company of the Rose Theatre Kingston production of The Wars of the Roses directed by Trevor Nunn. Carter made his onscreen debut as a soldier in the 2017 DC Comics film, Wonder Woman. That same year, Carter landed his first major role as a main character Peter "Pin" Hawthorne in the Netflix series Free Rein. He also played this role in the Christmas and Valentine's specials. He starred as Alexander Flint in the 2018 stage production of Harley Granville-Barker's Agnes Colander in the Ustinov Studio at the Theatre Royal in Bath. Carter then played Ellis in 2018 horror film The Convent.

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