Karl Johnson
Known for acting · Born 1 March 1948 · 78 · Wales, UK
100 credits
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
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Rainbow
1972
Hot Fuzz
2007
Good Vibrations
2012
The Illusionist
2006
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
Wittgenstein
1993
Mum
2016
Halo
2022
The Last Vermeer
2019
Dream Horse
2021
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
Acting (100)
2024TrueloveTom · 3 episodesSeries
2023WolfColonel Frink · 3 episodesSeries
2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesBill · 5 episodesSeries
2023National Theatre Live: The CrucibleFilm
2022HaloHierarch Truth (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2022SuspicionEric Cresswell · 2 episodesSeries
2021Dream HorseKerbyFilm
2021Too CloseJames de Cadenet · 3 episodesSeries
2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodRichard JenkinsFilm
2020Endgame & Rough for Theatre IINaggFilm
2019The Last VermeerBernard BakkerFilm
2018PeterlooLord Sidmouth, the Home SecretaryFilm
2018King LearFoolFilm
2017The Death of StalinDr. LukomskyFilm
2017Born to KillMr. Williams · 4 episodesSeries
2017KaleidoscopeJohnFilm
2016MumReg · 18 episodesSeries
2016The CarerJosephFilm
2016Aberfan: The Green HollowFilm
2016Winter ThawStepanovichFilm
2016MotherOld Man in CaféFilm
2015National Theatre Live: HamletGhost / GravediggerFilm
2014Mr. TurnerMr. BoothFilm
2014LovesickRichardSeries
2014Under Milk WoodDrowned / VoiceFilm
2014The Gospel According to St DerekSelfFilm
2013AtlantisItheusSeries
2013The SeaBlundenFilm
2013It's KevinVariousSeries
2013Mr InvisibleThe HandlerFilm
2012Call the MidwifeMr. MastersonSeries
2012Good VibrationsGeorge HooleyFilm
2011The Deep Blue SeaMr. MillerFilm
2011National Theatre Live: FrankensteinDe LaceyFilm
2011The PierLarry McCarthyFilm
2010Third StarTicket SellerFilm
2009Is Anybody There?Arthur (uncredited)Film
2009I Know You KnowErnieFilm
2008MerlinTaliesinSeries
2008The Edge of LoveDai FredFilm
2008Lark Rise to CandlefordTwister Turrill · 40 episodesSeries
2007Hot FuzzPC Bob WalkerFilm
2007Dog AltogetherJackFilm
2007Four Last SongsEricoFilm
2007The Trial of Tony BlairFather LuntFilm
2007Ladies and GentlemenUncle PhilipFilm
2006The IllusionistDoctor / Old ManFilm
2006Copying BeethovenStefan HoltzFilm
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireMarcellusSeries
2006The Chatterley AffairMr. Justice ByrneFilm
2006Elizabeth David: A Life in RecipesNorman DouglasFilm
2005HeidiOld ManFilm
2005FrozenCoastguard BillFilm
2004New TricksSeries
2004When I'm Sixty-FourBillyFilm
2004England ExpectsFilm
200377 BedsSpiritual FatherFilm
2002PureGranddadFilm
2002ContagionFerrinFilm
2002Born and BredAlec RossendaleSeries
2002Tomorrow La Scala!SydneyFilm
2002What's Your Problem?Series
1999David CopperfieldTungay · 2 episodesSeries
1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconJohn DeakinFilm
1998Vanity FairMajor LoderSeries
1997Midsomer MurdersDerek LockwoodSeries
1996Dalziel and PascoeSteve EarleSeries
1996Saint-ExDidier DauratFilm
1995An Independent ManBill Rutherford · 7 episodesSeries
1994The LifeboatHughie Jones · 9 episodesSeries
1993WittgensteinLudwig WittgensteinFilm
1991Close My EyesColinFilm
1991Let Him Have ItParrisFilm
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSaundersSeries
1989A Tale of Two CitiesSolomon Pross/'John Barsad' · 2 episodesSeries
1989Rules of EngagementDave Gillespie · 6 episodesSeries
1989The ShawlCharlesFilm
1988The Play on OneCharlesSeries
1988The Black and Blue LampPC "Taffy" HughesFilm
1987A Prayer for the DyingFitzgeraldFilm
1987Prick Up Your EarsDouglas OrtonFilm
1986ScreenPlayP.C. Taffy HughesSeries
1985The MysteriesJesus / Abel · 3 episodesSeries
1984Night CourtDave CostanzaSeries
1984The Bill · 2 episodesSeries
1982The Magic ShopFilm
1981BergeracHenry MorantSeries
1981Sons and LoversPaul Morel · 7 episodesSeries
1981Sons and LoversPaul MorelFilm
1979The TempestAriel, an airy spiritFilm
1979ShoestringDennis PhilipsSeries
1979Only ConnectColinFilm
1979The Other SideColin · 5 episodesSeries
1978JubileeSphinxFilm
1978Cold HarbourGeoffFilm
1975Chips with EverythingWilfe SeafordFilm
1972RainbowHimself (singer) · 34 episodesSeries
1965BBC Play of the MonthWilf SeafordSeries
1955The Sooty ShowHimselfSeries
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