Acting · Wales, UK · Born March 1, 1948
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.
TVTruelove
2024
as Tom
TVThe Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Bill
TVWolf
2023
as Colonel Frink
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023
TVHalo
2022
as Hierarch Truth (voice)
TVSuspicion
2022
as Eric Cresswell
MovieNational Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021
as Richard Jenkins
MovieDream Horse
2021
as Kerby
TVToo Close
2021
as James de Cadenet
MovieEndgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020
as Nagg
MovieThe Last Vermeer
2019
as Bernard Bakker
MoviePeterloo
2018
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
MovieKing Lear
2018
as Fool
MovieKaleidoscope
2017
as John
MovieThe Death of Stalin
2017
as Dr. Lukomsky
TVBorn to Kill
2017
as Mr. Williams
MovieWinter Thaw
2016
as Stepanovich
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
MovieThe Carer
2016
as Joseph
TVMum
2016
as Reg
MovieMother
2016
as Old Man in Café
MovieNational Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Ghost / Gravedigger
MovieMr. Turner
2014
as Mr. Booth
MovieThe Gospel According to St Derek
2014
as Self
TVLovesick
2014
as Richard
MovieUnder Milk Wood
2014
as Drowned / Voice
Mr Invisible
2013
as The Handler
TVAtlantis
2013
as Itheus
MovieThe Sea
2013
as Blunden
TVIt's Kevin
2013
as Various
MovieGood Vibrations
2012
as George Hooley
TVCall the Midwife
2012
as Mr. Masterson
MovieThe Deep Blue Sea
2011
as Mr. Miller
MovieThe Pier
2011
as Larry McCarthy
MovieNational Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
as De Lacey
MovieThird Star
2010
as Ticket Seller
MovieIs Anybody There?
2009
as Arthur (uncredited)
MovieI Know You Know
2009
as Ernie
TVMerlin
2008
as Taliesin
MovieThe Edge of Love
2008
as Dai Fred
TVLark Rise to Candleford
2008
as Twister Turrill
MovieDog Altogether
2007
as Jack
MovieHot Fuzz
2007
as PC Bob Walker
MovieThe Trial of Tony Blair
2007
as Father Lunt
MovieFour Last Songs
2007
as Erico
TVAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Marcellus
MovieCopying Beethoven
2006
as Stefan Holtz
MovieThe Illusionist
2006
as Doctor / Old Man
MovieThe Chatterley Affair
2006
as Mr. Justice Byrne
MovieElizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006
as Norman Douglas
MovieHeidi
2005
as Old Man
MovieFrozen
2005
as Coastguard Bill
MovieWhen I'm Sixty-Four
2004
as Billy
England Expects
2004
TVNew Tricks
2004
Movie77 Beds
2003
as Spiritual Father
MovieTomorrow La Scala!
2002
as Sydney
What's Your Problem?
2002
MoviePure
2002
as Granddad
TVBorn and Bred
2002
as Alec Rossendale
MovieContagion
2002
as Ferrin
TVDavid Copperfield
1999
as Tungay
TVVanity Fair
1998
as Major Loder
MovieLove Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as John Deakin
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Derek Lockwood
MovieSaint-Ex
1996
as Didier Daurat
An Independent Man
1995
as Bill Rutherford
TVThe Lifeboat
1994
as Hughie Jones
MovieWittgenstein
1993
as Ludwig Wittgenstein
MovieClose My Eyes
1991
as Colin
MovieLet Him Have It
1991
as Parris
TVRules of Engagement
1989
as Dave Gillespie
TVA Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'
MovieThe Shawl
1989
as Charles
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Saunders
MovieThe Black and Blue Lamp
1988
as PC "Taffy" Hughes
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Charles
MovieA Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Fitzgerald
MoviePrick Up Your Ears
1987
as Douglas Orton
TVScreenPlay
1986
as P.C. Taffy Hughes
TVThe Mysteries
1985
as Jesus / Abel
TVThe Bill
1984
TVNight Court
1984
as Dave Costanza
MovieThe Magic Shop
1982
TVBergerac
1981
as Henry Morant
MovieSons and Lovers
1981
as Paul Morel
TVSons and Lovers
1981
as Paul Morel
TVShoestring
1979
as Dennis Philips
MovieThe Tempest
1979
as Ariel, an airy spirit
MovieOnly Connect
1979
as Colin
The Other Side
1979
as Colin
Cold Harbour
1978
as Geoff
MovieJubilee
1978
as Sphinx
MovieChips with Everything
1975
as Wilfe Seaford
TVRainbow
1972
as Himself (singer)
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Wilf Seaford
TVThe Sooty Show
1955
as Himself
Ladies and Gentlemen
as Uncle Philip
