Karl Johnson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-03-01 (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.
Acting
(2023)
(2021)
Dream Horse
as Kerby
(2021)
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Richard Jenkins
(2020)
(2019)
The Last Vermeer
as Bernard Bakker
(2018)
King Lear
as Fool
(2018)
Peterloo
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
(2017)
The Death of Stalin
as Dr. Lukomsky
(2017)
Kaleidoscope
as John
(2016)
The Carer
as Joseph
(2016)
Mother
as Old Man in Café
(2016)
(2016)
Winter Thaw
as Stepanovich
(2015)
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ghost / Gravedigger
(2014)
Mr. Turner
as Mr. Booth
(2014)
Under Milk Wood
as Drowned / Voice
(2014)
(2013)
The Sea
as Blunden
(2013)
Mr Invisible
as The Handler
(2012)
Good Vibrations
as George Hooley
(2011)
The Deep Blue Sea
as Mr. Miller
(2011)
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as De Lacey
(2011)
The Pier
as Larry McCarthy
(2010)
Third Star
as Ticket Seller
(2009)
Is Anybody There?
as Arthur (uncredited)
(2009)
I Know You Know
as Ernie
(2008)
The Edge of Love
as Dai Fred
(2007)
Hot Fuzz
as PC Bob Walker
(2007)
Four Last Songs
as Erico
(2007)
Dog Altogether
as Jack
(2006)
The Illusionist
as Doctor / Old Man
(2006)
Copying Beethoven
as Stefan Holtz
(2006)
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
as Norman Douglas
(2005)
Heidi
as Old Man
(2005)
Frozen
as Coastguard Bill
(2004)
When I'm Sixty-Four
as Billy
(2004)
(2002)
Pure
as Granddad
(2002)
Tomorrow La Scala!
as Sydney
(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
(1991)
Let Him Have It
as Parris
(1989)
The Shawl
as Charles
(1988)
(1987)
A Prayer for the Dying
as Fitzgerald
(1987)
Prick Up Your Ears
as Douglas Orton
(1982)
(1981)
Sons and Lovers
as Paul Morel
(1979)
The Tempest
as Ariel, an airy spirit
(1978)
Jubilee
as Sphinx
(1978)
Cold Harbour
as Geoff