Karl Johnson
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 1, 1948 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2024 | TrueloveTom | |
| 2023 | National Theatre Live: The Crucible | |
| 2023 | WolfColonel Frink | |
| 2023 | The Following Events are Based on a Pack of LiesBill | |
| 2022 | SuspicionEric Cresswell | |
| 2022 | HaloHierarch Truth (voice) | |
| 2021 | National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodRichard Jenkins | |
| 2021 | Dream HorseKerby | |
| 2021 | Too CloseJames de Cadenet | |
| 2020 | Endgame & Rough for Theatre IINagg | |
| 2019 | The Last VermeerBernard Bakker | |
| 2018 | King LearFool | |
| 2018 | PeterlooLord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary | |
| 2017 | KaleidoscopeJohn | |
| 2017 | The Death of StalinDr. Lukomsky | |
| 2017 | Born to KillMr. Williams | |
| 2016 | The CarerJoseph | |
| 2016 | Aberfan: The Green Hollow | |
| 2016 | Winter ThawStepanovich | |
| 2016 | MotherOld Man in Café | |
| 2016 | MumReg | |
| 2015 | National Theatre Live: HamletGhost / Gravedigger | |
| 2014 | Under Milk WoodDrowned / Voice | |
| 2014 | Mr. TurnerMr. Booth | |
| 2014 | The Gospel According to St DerekSelf | |
| 2014 | LovesickRichard | |
| 2013 | The SeaBlunden | |
| 2013 | Mr InvisibleThe Handler | |
| 2013 | AtlantisItheus | |
| 2013 | It's KevinVarious | |
| 2012 | Good VibrationsGeorge Hooley | |
| 2012 | Call the MidwifeMr. Masterson | |
| 2011 | The Deep Blue SeaMr. Miller | |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: FrankensteinDe Lacey | |
| 2011 | The PierLarry McCarthy | |
| 2010 | Third StarTicket Seller | |
| 2009 | I Know You KnowErnie | |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There?Arthur (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | The Edge of LoveDai Fred | |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to CandlefordTwister Turrill | |
| 2008 | MerlinTaliesin | |
| 2007 | Dog AltogetherJack | |
| 2007 | Four Last SongsErico | |
| 2007 | Hot FuzzPC Bob Walker | |
| 2006 | The IllusionistDoctor / Old Man | |
| 2006 | Elizabeth David: A Life in RecipesNorman Douglas | |
| 2006 | Copying BeethovenStefan Holtz | |
| 2006 | The Chatterley AffairMr. Justice Byrne | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireMarcellus | |
| 2005 | FrozenCoastguard Bill | |
| 2005 | HeidiOld Man | |
| 2004 | England Expects | |
| 2004 | When I'm Sixty-FourBilly | |
| 2004 | New Tricks | |
| 2003 | 77 BedsSpiritual Father | |
| 2002 | Tomorrow La Scala!Sydney | |
| 2002 | PureGranddad | |
| 2002 | What's Your Problem? | |
| 2002 | Born and BredAlec Rossendale | |
| 1999 | David CopperfieldTungay | |
| 1998 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconJohn Deakin | |
| 1998 | Vanity FairMajor Loder | |
| 1997 | Midsomer MurdersDerek Lockwood | |
| 1996 | Saint-ExDidier Daurat | |
| 1996 | Dalziel & PascoeStevie Earle | |
| 1994 | The LifeboatHughie Jones | |
| 1993 | WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein | |
| 1991 | Close My EyesColin | |
| 1991 | Let Him Have ItParris | |
| 1989 | The ShawlCharles | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's PoirotSaunders | |
| 1989 | Rules of EngagementDave Gillespie | |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two CitiesSolomon Pross/'John Barsad' | |
| 1988 | The Black and Blue LampPC "Taffy" Hughes | |
| 1988 | The Play on OneCharles | |
| 1987 | A Prayer for the DyingFitzgerald | |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your EarsDouglas Orton | |
| 1985 | The MysteriesJesus / Abel | |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1984 | Night CourtDave Costanza | |
| 1982 | The Magic Shop | |
| 1981 | Sons and LoversPaul Morel | |
| 1981 | BergeracHenry Morant | |
| 1981 | Sons and LoversPaul Morel | |
| 1979 | The TempestAriel, an airy spirit | |
| 1979 | ShoestringDennis Philips | |
| 1978 | JubileeSphinx | |
| 1978 | Cold HarbourGeoff | |
| 1975 | Chips with EverythingWilfe Seaford | |
| 1972 | RainbowHimself (singer) | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthWilf Seaford | |
| 1955 | The Sooty ShowHimself | |
| - | Ladies and GentlemenUncle Philip |