Karl Johnson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 1, 1948 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Wales, UK
- Credits
- 100
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
Filmography
Truelove
2024TV
Tom
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023TV
Bill
Wolf
2023TV
Colonel Frink
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023Movie
Halo
2022TV
Hierarch Truth (voice)
Suspicion
2022TV
Eric Cresswell
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021Movie
Richard Jenkins
Dream Horse
2021Movie
Kerby
Too Close
2021TV
James de Cadenet
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020Movie
Nagg
The Last Vermeer
2019Movie
Bernard Bakker
Peterloo
2018Movie
Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
King Lear
2018Movie
Fool
Kaleidoscope
2017Movie
John
The Death of Stalin
2017Movie
Dr. Lukomsky
Born to Kill
2017TV
Mr. Williams
Winter Thaw
2016Movie
Stepanovich
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016Movie
The Carer
2016Movie
Joseph
Mum
2016TV
Reg
Mother
2016Movie
Old Man in Café
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015Movie
Ghost / Gravedigger
Mr. Turner
2014Movie
Mr. Booth
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014Movie
Self
Lovesick
2014TV
Richard
Under Milk Wood
2014Movie
Drowned / Voice
Mr Invisible
2013Movie
The Handler
Atlantis
2013TV
Itheus
The Sea
2013Movie
Blunden
It's Kevin
2013TV
Various
Good Vibrations
2012Movie
George Hooley
Call the Midwife
2012TV
Mr. Masterson
The Deep Blue Sea
2011Movie
Mr. Miller
The Pier
2011Movie
Larry McCarthy
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011Movie
De Lacey
Third Star
2010Movie
Ticket Seller
Is Anybody There?
2009Movie
Arthur (uncredited)
I Know You Know
2009Movie
Ernie
Merlin
2008TV
Taliesin
The Edge of Love
2008Movie
Dai Fred
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008TV
Twister Turrill
Ladies and Gentlemen
2007Movie
Uncle Philip
Dog Altogether
2007Movie
Jack
Hot Fuzz
2007Movie
PC Bob Walker
The Trial of Tony Blair
2007Movie
Father Lunt
Four Last Songs
2007Movie
Erico
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006TV
Marcellus
Copying Beethoven
2006Movie
Stefan Holtz
The Illusionist
2006Movie
Doctor / Old Man
The Chatterley Affair
2006Movie
Mr. Justice Byrne
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006Movie
Norman Douglas
Heidi
2005Movie
Old Man
Frozen
2005Movie
Coastguard Bill
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004Movie
Billy
England Expects
2004Movie
New Tricks
2004TV
77 Beds
2003Movie
Spiritual Father
Tomorrow La Scala!
2002Movie
Sydney
What's Your Problem?
2002TV
Pure
2002Movie
Granddad
Born and Bred
2002TV
Alec Rossendale
Contagion
2002Movie
Ferrin
David Copperfield
1999TV
Tungay
Vanity Fair
1998TV
Major Loder
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998Movie
John Deakin
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Derek Lockwood
Saint-Ex
1996Movie
Didier Daurat
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996TV
Steve Earle
An Independent Man
1995TV
Bill Rutherford
The Lifeboat
1994TV
Hughie Jones
Wittgenstein
1993Movie
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Close My Eyes
1991Movie
Colin
Let Him Have It
1991Movie
Parris
Rules of Engagement
1989TV
Dave Gillespie
A Tale of Two Cities
1989TV
Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'
The Shawl
1989Movie
Charles
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989TV
Saunders
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988Movie
PC "Taffy" Hughes
The Play on One
1988TV
Charles
A Prayer for the Dying
1987Movie
Fitzgerald
Prick Up Your Ears
1987Movie
Douglas Orton
ScreenPlay
1986TV
P.C. Taffy Hughes
The Mysteries
1985TV
Jesus / Abel
The Bill
1984TV
Night Court
1984TV
Dave Costanza
The Magic Shop
1982Movie
Bergerac
1981TV
Henry Morant
Sons and Lovers
1981Movie
Paul Morel
Sons and Lovers
1981TV
Paul Morel
Shoestring
1979TV
Dennis Philips
The Tempest
1979Movie
Ariel, an airy spirit
Only Connect
1979Movie
Colin
The Other Side
1979TV
Colin
Cold Harbour
1978Movie
Geoff
Jubilee
1978Movie
Sphinx
Chips with Everything
1975Movie
Wilfe Seaford
Rainbow
1972TV
Himself (singer)
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Wilf Seaford
The Sooty Show
1955TV
Himself
Untitled 13
Movie