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