Karl Johnson

Personal Info

Birthday

March 1, 1948

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Wales, UK

Karl Johnson

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

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Call the Midwife

Halo

Merlin

Night Court

Bergerac

BBC Play of the Month

Filmography

2021
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Richard Jenkins
Dream Horse
as Kerby
2020
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
as Nagg
2019
The Last Vermeer
as Bernard Bakker
2018
Peterloo
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
King Lear
as Fool
2017
Kaleidoscope
as John
The Death of Stalin
as Dr. Lukomsky
2016
Winter Thaw
as Stepanovich
The Carer
as Joseph
Mother
as Old Man in Café
2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ghost / Gravedigger
2014
Mr. Turner
as Mr. Booth
The Gospel According to St Derek
as Self
Under Milk Wood
as Drowned / Voice
2013
Mr Invisible
as The Handler
The Sea
as Blunden
2012
Good Vibrations
as George Hooley
2011
The Deep Blue Sea
as Mr. Miller
The Pier
as Larry McCarthy
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as De Lacey
2010
Third Star
as Ticket Seller
2009
Is Anybody There?
as Arthur (uncredited)
I Know You Know
as Ernie
2008
The Edge of Love
as Dai Fred
2007
Dog Altogether
as Jack
Hot Fuzz
as PC Bob Walker
Four Last Songs
as Erico
2006
Copying Beethoven
as Stefan Holtz
The Illusionist
as Doctor / Old Man
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
as Norman Douglas
2005
Heidi
as Old Man
Frozen
as Coastguard Bill
2004
When I'm Sixty-Four
as Billy
2003
77 Beds
as Spiritual Father
2002
Tomorrow La Scala!
as Sydney
Pure
as Granddad
1998
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as John Deakin
1996
Saint-Ex
as Didier Daurat
1993
Wittgenstein
as Ludwig Wittgenstein
1991
Close My Eyes
as Colin
Let Him Have It
as Parris
1989
The Shawl
as Charles
1987
A Prayer for the Dying
as Fitzgerald
Prick Up Your Ears
as Douglas Orton
1979
The Tempest
as Ariel, an airy spirit
1978
Cold Harbour
as Geoff
Jubilee
as Sphinx
1975
Chips with Everything
as Wilfe Seaford