Karl Johnson
Biography
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
All Movies (60)
- National Theatre Live: The Crucible2023
- National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood2021 · as Richard Jenkins
- Dream Horse2021 · as Kerby
- Endgame & Rough for Theatre II2020 · as Nagg
- The Last Vermeer2019 · as Bernard Bakker
- Peterloo2018 · as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
- King Lear2018 · as Fool
- Kaleidoscope2017 · as John
- The Death of Stalin2017 · as Dr. Lukomsky
- Winter Thaw2016 · as Stepanovich
- Aberfan: The Green Hollow2016
- The Carer2016 · as Joseph
- Mother2016 · as Old Man in Café
- National Theatre Live: Hamlet2015 · as Ghost / Gravedigger
- Mr. Turner2014 · as Mr. Booth
- The Gospel According to St Derek2014 · as Self
- Under Milk Wood2014 · as Drowned / Voice
- Mr Invisible2013 · as The Handler
- The Sea2013 · as Blunden
- Good Vibrations2012 · as George Hooley
- The Deep Blue Sea2011 · as Mr. Miller
- The Pier2011 · as Larry McCarthy
- National Theatre Live: Frankenstein2011 · as De Lacey
- Third Star2010 · as Ticket Seller
- Is Anybody There?2009 · as Arthur (uncredited)
- I Know You Know2009 · as Ernie
- The Edge of Love2008 · as Dai Fred
- Dog Altogether2007 · as Jack
- Hot Fuzz2007 · as PC Bob Walker
- The Trial of Tony Blair2007 · as Father Lunt
- Four Last Songs2007 · as Erico
- Copying Beethoven2006 · as Stefan Holtz
- The Illusionist2006 · as Doctor / Old Man
- The Chatterley Affair2006 · as Mr. Justice Byrne
- Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes2006 · as Norman Douglas
- Heidi2005 · as Old Man
- Frozen2005 · as Coastguard Bill
- When I'm Sixty-Four2004 · as Billy
- England Expects2004
- 77 Beds2003 · as Spiritual Father
- Tomorrow La Scala!2002 · as Sydney
- Pure2002 · as Granddad
- Contagion2002 · as Ferrin
- Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998 · as John Deakin
- Saint-Ex1996 · as Didier Daurat
- Wittgenstein1993 · as Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Close My Eyes1991 · as Colin
- Let Him Have It1991 · as Parris
- The Shawl1989 · as Charles
- The Black and Blue Lamp1988 · as PC "Taffy" Hughes
- A Prayer for the Dying1987 · as Fitzgerald
- Prick Up Your Ears1987 · as Douglas Orton
- The Magic Shop1982
- Sons and Lovers1981 · as Paul Morel
- The Tempest1979 · as Ariel, an airy spirit
- Only Connect1979 · as Colin
- Cold Harbour1978 · as Geoff
- Jubilee1978 · as Sphinx
- Chips with Everything1975 · as Wilfe Seaford
- Ladies and Gentlemen— · as Uncle Philip
All TV Shows (38)
- Truelove2024 · as Tom
- The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies2023 · as Bill
- Wolf2023 · as Colonel Frink
- Halo2022 · as Hierarch Truth (voice)
- Suspicion2022 · as Eric Cresswell
- Too Close2021 · as James de Cadenet
- Born to Kill2017 · as Mr. Williams
- Mum2016 · as Reg
- Lovesick2014 · as Richard
- Atlantis2013 · as Itheus
- It's Kevin2013 · as Various
- Call the Midwife2012 · as Mr. Masterson
- Merlin2008 · as Taliesin
- Lark Rise to Candleford2008 · as Twister Turrill
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire2006 · as Marcellus
- New Tricks2004
- What's Your Problem?2002
- Born and Bred2002 · as Alec Rossendale
- David Copperfield1999 · as Tungay
- Vanity Fair1998 · as Major Loder
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Derek Lockwood
- An Independent Man1995 · as Bill Rutherford
- The Lifeboat1994 · as Hughie Jones
- Rules of Engagement1989 · as Dave Gillespie
- A Tale of Two Cities1989 · as Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Saunders
- The Play on One1988 · as Charles
- ScreenPlay1986 · as P.C. Taffy Hughes
- The Mysteries1985 · as Jesus / Abel
- The Bill1984
- Night Court1984 · as Dave Costanza
- Bergerac1981 · as Henry Morant
- Sons and Lovers1981 · as Paul Morel
- Shoestring1979 · as Dennis Philips
- The Other Side1979 · as Colin
- Rainbow1972 · as Himself (singer)
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Wilf Seaford
- The Sooty Show1955 · as Himself