Karl Johnson
March 1, 1948 (77 years old) in Wales, UK
Karl Johnson is a Welsh actor, appearing on stage, film and television. His most notable role to date is the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein and those of Cato the Younger in the television drama series Rome and of Twister Turrill in the BBC costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Truelove as Tom
- 2023 · Wolf as Colonel Frink
- 2022 · Halo as Hierarch Truth (voice)
- 2022 · Suspicion as Eric Cresswell
- 2018 · Peterloo as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
- 2018 · King Lear as Fool
- 2017 · Kaleidoscope as John
- 2017 · The Death of Stalin as Dr. Lukomsky
- 2016 · Winter Thaw as Stepanovich
- 2016 · The Carer as Joseph
- 2016 · Mum as Reg
- 2014 · Lovesick as Richard
- 2013 · Mr Invisible as The Handler
- 2013 · Atlantis as Itheus
- 2012 · Good Vibrations as George Hooley
- 2012 · Call the Midwife as Mr. Masterson
- 2009 · I Know You Know as Ernie
- 2008 · Merlin as Taliesin
- 2008 · The Edge of Love as Dai Fred
- 2008 · Lark Rise to Candleford as Twister Turrill
- 2007 · Dog Altogether as Jack
- 2007 · Hot Fuzz as PC Bob Walker
- 2007 · Four Last Songs as Erico
- 2006 · Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Marcellus
- 2006 · The Illusionist as Doctor / Old Man
- 2005 · Heidi as Old Man
- 2005 · Frozen as Coastguard Bill
- 2004 · When I'm Sixty-Four as Billy
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2002 · Pure as Granddad
- 2002 · Born and Bred as Alec Rossendale
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Tungay
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Derek Lockwood
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as Stevie Earle
- 1993 · Wittgenstein as Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Saunders
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Douglas Orton
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Night Court as Dave Costanza
- 1981 · Bergerac as Henry Morant
- 1981 · Sons and Lovers as Paul Morel
- 1979 · Shoestring as Dennis Philips
- 1978 · Jubilee as Sphinx
- 1972 · Rainbow as Himself (singer)
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Wilf Seaford
- 1955 · The Sooty Show as Himself
- Future · Ladies and Gentlemen as Uncle Philip
- 2023 · The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies as Bill
- 2023 · National Theatre Live: The Crucible as
- 2021 · National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood as Richard Jenkins
- 2021 · Dream Horse as Kerby
- 2021 · Too Close as James de Cadenet
- 2020 · Endgame & Rough for Theatre II as Nagg
- 2019 · The Last Vermeer as Bernard Bakker
- 2017 · Born to Kill as Mr. Williams
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 2016 · Mother as Old Man in Café
- 2015 · National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Ghost / Gravedigger
- 2014 · Mr. Turner as Mr. Booth
- 2014 · The Gospel According to St Derek as Self
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as Drowned / Voice
- 2013 · The Sea as Blunden
- 2013 · It's Kevin as Various
- 2011 · The Deep Blue Sea as Mr. Miller
- 2011 · The Pier as Larry McCarthy
- 2011 · National Theatre Live: Frankenstein as De Lacey
- 2010 · Third Star as Ticket Seller
- 2009 · Is Anybody There? as Arthur (uncredited)
- 2006 · Copying Beethoven as Stefan Holtz
- 2006 · The Chatterley Affair as Mr. Justice Byrne
- 2006 · Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes as Norman Douglas
- 2004 · England Expects as
- 2003 · 77 Beds as Spiritual Father
- 2002 · Tomorrow La Scala! as Sydney
- 2002 · What's Your Problem? as
- 1998 · Vanity Fair as
- 1998 · Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon as John Deakin
- 1996 · Saint-Ex as Didier Daurat
- 1994 · The Lifeboat as Hughie Jones
- 1991 · Close My Eyes as Colin
- 1991 · Let Him Have It as Parris
- 1989 · Rules of Engagement as Dave Gillespie
- 1989 · A Tale of Two Cities as Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'
- 1989 · The Shawl as Charles
- 1988 · The Black and Blue Lamp as PC "Taffy" Hughes
- 1988 · The Play on One as Charles
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Fitzgerald
- 1985 · The Mysteries as Jesus / Abel
- 1982 · The Magic Shop as
- 1981 · Sons and Lovers as Paul Morel
- 1979 · The Tempest as Ariel, an airy spirit
- 1978 · Cold Harbour as Geoff
- 1975 · Chips with Everything as Wilfe Seaford