Acting
Karl Johnson
Born 1 March 1948 in 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
Acting 100
- TBAUntitled 13Film
- 2024TrueloveSeriesTom
- 2023WolfSeriesColonel Frink
- 2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesSeriesBill
- 2023National Theatre Live: The CrucibleFilm
- 2022HaloSeriesHierarch Truth (voice)
- 2022SuspicionSeriesEric Cresswell
- 2021Dream HorseFilmKerby
- 2021Too CloseSeriesJames de Cadenet
- 2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodFilmRichard Jenkins
- 2020Endgame & Rough for Theatre IIFilmNagg
- 2019The Last VermeerFilmBernard Bakker
- 2018King LearFilmFool
- 2018PeterlooFilmLord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
- 2017The Death of StalinFilmDr. Lukomsky
- 2017Born to KillSeriesMr. Williams
- 2017KaleidoscopeFilmJohn
- 2016MumSeriesReg
- 2016The CarerFilmJoseph
- 2016Aberfan: The Green HollowFilm
- 2016MotherFilmOld Man in Café
- 2016Winter ThawFilmStepanovich
- 2015National Theatre Live: HamletFilmGhost / Gravedigger
- 2014LovesickSeriesRichard
- 2014Mr. TurnerFilmMr. Booth
- 2014Under Milk WoodFilmDrowned / Voice
- 2014The Gospel According to St DerekFilmSelf
- 2013AtlantisSeriesItheus
- 2013The SeaFilmBlunden
- 2013It's KevinSeriesVarious
- 2013Mr InvisibleFilmThe Handler
- 2012Call the MidwifeSeriesMr. Masterson
- 2012Good VibrationsFilmGeorge Hooley
- 2011The Deep Blue SeaFilmMr. Miller
- 2011National Theatre Live: FrankensteinFilmDe Lacey
- 2011The PierFilmLarry McCarthy
- 2010Third StarFilmTicket Seller
- 2009Is Anybody There?FilmArthur (uncredited)
- 2009I Know You KnowFilmErnie
- 2008MerlinSeriesTaliesin
- 2008The Edge of LoveFilmDai Fred
- 2008Lark Rise to CandlefordSeriesTwister Turrill
- 2007Hot FuzzFilmPC Bob Walker
- 2007Four Last SongsFilmErico
- 2007Dog AltogetherFilmJack
- 2007The Trial of Tony BlairFilmFather Lunt
- 2007Ladies and GentlemenFilmUncle Philip
- 2006The IllusionistFilmDoctor / Old Man
- 2006Copying BeethovenFilmStefan Holtz
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireSeriesMarcellus
- 2006The Chatterley AffairFilmMr. Justice Byrne
- 2006Elizabeth David: A Life in RecipesFilmNorman Douglas
- 2005HeidiFilmOld Man
- 2005FrozenFilmCoastguard Bill
- 2004New TricksSeries
- 2004When I'm Sixty-FourFilmBilly
- 2004England ExpectsFilm
- 200377 BedsFilmSpiritual Father
- 2002PureFilmGranddad
- 2002ContagionFilmFerrin
- 2002Born and BredSeriesAlec Rossendale
- 2002Tomorrow La Scala!FilmSydney
- 2002What's Your Problem?Series
- 1999David CopperfieldSeriesTungay
- 1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconFilmJohn Deakin
- 1998Vanity FairSeriesMajor Loder
- 1997Midsomer MurdersSeriesDerek Lockwood
- 1996Dalziel and PascoeSeriesSteve Earle
- 1996Saint-ExFilmDidier Daurat
- 1995An Independent ManSeriesBill Rutherford
- 1994The LifeboatSeriesHughie Jones
- 1993WittgensteinFilmLudwig Wittgenstein
- 1991Close My EyesFilmColin
- 1991Let Him Have ItFilmParris
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeriesSaunders
- 1989A Tale of Two CitiesSeriesSolomon Pross/'John Barsad'
- 1989Rules of EngagementSeriesDave Gillespie
- 1989The ShawlFilmCharles
- 1988The Play on OneSeriesCharles
- 1988The Black and Blue LampFilmPC "Taffy" Hughes
- 1987A Prayer for the DyingFilmFitzgerald
- 1987Prick Up Your EarsFilmDouglas Orton
- 1986ScreenPlaySeriesP.C. Taffy Hughes
- 1985The MysteriesSeriesJesus / Abel
- 1984Night CourtSeriesDave Costanza
- 1984The BillSeries
- 1982The Magic ShopFilm
- 1981BergeracSeriesHenry Morant
- 1981Sons and LoversSeriesPaul Morel
- 1981Sons and LoversFilmPaul Morel
- 1979ShoestringSeriesDennis Philips
- 1979The TempestFilmAriel, an airy spirit
- 1979Only ConnectFilmColin
- 1979The Other SideSeriesColin
- 1978JubileeFilmSphinx
- 1978Cold HarbourFilmGeoff
- 1975Chips with EverythingFilmWilfe Seaford
- 1972RainbowSeriesHimself (singer)
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthSeriesWilf Seaford
- 1955The Sooty ShowSeriesHimself
Filmography from TMDB.