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 · The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies as Bill
- 2023 · Wolf as Colonel Frink
- 2023 · National Theater Live: The Crucible as
- 2022 · Halo as Hierarch Truth (voice)
- 2022 · Suspicion as Eric Cresswell
- 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
- 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
- 2017 · Born to Kill as Mr. Williams
- 2016 · Winter Thaw as Stepanovich
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 2016 · The Carer as Joseph
- 2016 · Mum as Reg
- 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 · Lovesick as Richard
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as Drowned / Voice
- 2013 · Mr Invisible as The Handler
- 2013 · Atlantis as Itheus
- 2013 · The Sea as Blunden
- 2012 · Good Vibrations as George Hooley
- 2012 · Call the Midwife as Mr. Masterson
- 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)
- 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 · Copying Beethoven as Stefan Holtz
- 2006 · The Illusionist as Doctor / Old Man
- 2006 · Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes as Norman Douglas
- 2005 · Rome as
- 2005 · Heidi as Old Man
- 2005 · Frozen as Coastguard Bill
- 2004 · When I'm Sixty-Four as Billy
- 2004 · England Expects as
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2002 · Tomorrow La Scala! as Sydney
- 2002 · What's Your Problem? as
- 2002 · Pure as Granddad
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Tungay
- 1998 · Vanity Fair as
- 1998 · Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon as John Deakin
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Derek Lockwood
- 1996 · Saint-Ex as Didier Daurat
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
- 1994 · The Lifeboat as
- 1993 · Wittgenstein as Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 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 Barsad
- 1989 · The Shawl as Charles
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Saunders
- 1988 · The Black and Blue Lamp as
- 1988 · The Play on One as Charles
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Fitzgerald
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Douglas Orton
- 1985 · The Mysteries as Jesus / Abel
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Night Court as Dave Costanza
- 1982 · The Magic Shop as
- 1981 · Bergerac as Henry Morant
- 1981 · Sons and Lovers as Paul Morel
- 1981 · Sons and Lovers as Paul Morel
- 1979 · Shoestring as
- 1979 · The Tempest as Ariel, an airy spirit
- 1978 · Cold Harbour as Geoff
- 1978 · Jubilee as Sphinx
- 1972 · Rainbow as Himself (singer)
- 1955 · The Sooty Show as Himself