
Karl Johnson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Wales, UK
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
Filmography

Untitled 13
Movie

Truelove
TV · as Tom · 3 eps

National Theatre Live: The Crucible
Movie

Wolf
TV · as Colonel Frink · 3 eps

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
TV · as Bill · 5 eps

Suspicion
TV · as Eric Cresswell · 2 eps

Halo
TV · as Hierarch Truth (voice) · 3 eps

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Richard Jenkins

Dream Horse
Movie · as Kerby

Too Close
TV · as James de Cadenet · 3 eps

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
Movie · as Nagg

The Last Vermeer
Movie · as Bernard Bakker

King Lear
Movie · as Fool

Peterloo
Movie · as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

Kaleidoscope
Movie · as John

The Death of Stalin
Movie · as Dr. Lukomsky

Born to Kill
TV · as Mr. Williams · 4 eps

The Carer
Movie · as Joseph
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Movie

Winter Thaw
Movie · as Stepanovich

Mother
Movie · as Old Man in Café

Mum
TV · as Reg · 18 eps

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Movie · as Ghost / Gravedigger

Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Drowned / Voice

Mr. Turner
Movie · as Mr. Booth

The Gospel According to St Derek
Movie · as Self

Lovesick
TV · as Richard · 1 ep

The Sea
Movie · as Blunden
Mr Invisible
Movie · as The Handler

Atlantis
TV · as Itheus · 1 ep

It's Kevin
TV · as Various · 1 ep

Good Vibrations
Movie · as George Hooley

Call the Midwife
TV · as Mr. Masterson · 1 ep

The Deep Blue Sea
Movie · as Mr. Miller

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Movie · as De Lacey

The Pier
Movie · as Larry McCarthy

Third Star
Movie · as Ticket Seller

I Know You Know
Movie · as Ernie

Is Anybody There?
Movie · as Arthur (uncredited)

The Edge of Love
Movie · as Dai Fred

Lark Rise to Candleford
TV · as Twister Turrill · 40 eps

Merlin
TV · as Taliesin · 1 ep

Dog Altogether
Movie · as Jack

Four Last Songs
Movie · as Erico

Hot Fuzz
Movie · as PC Bob Walker
Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as Uncle Philip

The Trial of Tony Blair
Movie · as Father Lunt

The Illusionist
Movie · as Doctor / Old Man

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Movie · as Norman Douglas

Copying Beethoven
Movie · as Stefan Holtz

The Chatterley Affair
Movie · as Mr. Justice Byrne

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV · as Marcellus · 1 ep

Frozen
Movie · as Coastguard Bill

Heidi
Movie · as Old Man
England Expects
Movie

When I'm Sixty-Four
Movie · as Billy

New Tricks
TV · 1 ep

77 Beds
Movie · as Spiritual Father

Tomorrow La Scala!
Movie · as Sydney

Pure
Movie · as Granddad

Contagion
Movie · as Ferrin
What's Your Problem?
TV · 1 ep

Born and Bred
TV · as Alec Rossendale · 1 ep

David Copperfield
TV · as Tungay · 2 eps

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Movie · as John Deakin

Vanity Fair
TV · as Major Loder · 1 ep

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Derek Lockwood · 1 ep

Saint-Ex
Movie · as Didier Daurat

Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Steve Earle · 1 ep
An Independent Man
TV · as Bill Rutherford · 7 eps

The Lifeboat
TV · as Hughie Jones · 9 eps

Wittgenstein
Movie · as Ludwig Wittgenstein

Close My Eyes
Movie · as Colin

Let Him Have It
Movie · as Parris

The Shawl
Movie · as Charles

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Saunders · 1 ep

Rules of Engagement
TV · as Dave Gillespie · 6 eps

A Tale of Two Cities
TV · as Solomon Pross/'John Barsad' · 2 eps

The Black and Blue Lamp
Movie · as PC "Taffy" Hughes

The Play on One
TV · as Charles · 1 ep

A Prayer for the Dying
Movie · as Fitzgerald

Prick Up Your Ears
Movie · as Douglas Orton

ScreenPlay
TV · as P.C. Taffy Hughes · 1 ep

The Mysteries
TV · as Jesus / Abel · 3 eps

The Bill
TV · 2 eps

Night Court
TV · as Dave Costanza · 1 ep

The Magic Shop
Movie

Sons and Lovers
Movie · as Paul Morel

Bergerac
TV · as Henry Morant · 1 ep

Sons and Lovers
TV · as Paul Morel · 7 eps

The Tempest
Movie · as Ariel, an airy spirit

Only Connect
Movie · as Colin

Shoestring
TV · as Dennis Philips · 1 ep
The Other Side
TV · as Colin · 5 eps

Jubilee
Movie · as Sphinx
Cold Harbour
Movie · as Geoff

Chips with Everything
Movie · as Wilfe Seaford

Rainbow
TV · as Himself (singer) · 34 eps

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Wilf Seaford · 1 ep

The Sooty Show
TV · as Himself · 1 ep