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.
Personal Details
Movies (35)
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Richard Jenkins
2021
Dream Horse
as Kerby
2021
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
as Nagg
2020
The Last Vermeer
as Bernard Bakker
2019
Peterloo
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
2018
King Lear
as Fool
2018
Kaleidoscope
as John
2017
The Death of Stalin
as Dr. Lukomsky
2017
Winter Thaw
as Stepanovich
2016
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
The Carer
as Joseph
2016
Mother
as Old Man in Café
2016
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ghost / Gravedigger
2015
Mr. Turner
as Mr. Booth
2014
The Gospel According to St Derek
as Self
2014
Under Milk Wood
as Drowned / Voice
2014
Mr Invisible
as The Handler
2013
The Sea
as Blunden
2013
Good Vibrations
as George Hooley
2012
The Deep Blue Sea
as Mr. Miller
2011
The Pier
as Larry McCarthy
2011
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as De Lacey
2011
Third Star
as Ticket Seller
2010
Is Anybody There?
as Arthur (uncredited)
2009
I Know You Know
as Ernie
2009
The Edge of Love
as Dai Fred
2008
Dog Altogether
as Jack
2007
Hot Fuzz
as PC Bob Walker
2007
Four Last Songs
as Erico
2007
Copying Beethoven
as Stefan Holtz
2006
The Illusionist
as Doctor / Old Man
2006
The Chatterley Affair
as Mr. Justice Byrne
2006
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
as Norman Douglas
2006
Heidi
as Old Man
2005
TV Shows (15)
Truelove
as Tom
2024
The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
as Bill
2023
Wolf
as Colonel Frink
2023
Halo
as Hierarch Truth (voice)
2022
Suspicion
as Eric Cresswell
2022
Too Close
as James de Cadenet
2021
Born to Kill
as Mr. Williams
2017
Mum
as Reg
2016
Lovesick
as Richard
2014
Atlantis
as Itheus
2013
It's Kevin
as Various
2013
Call the Midwife
as Mr. Masterson
2012
Merlin
as Taliesin
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
as Twister Turrill
2008
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Marcellus
2006