Karl Johnson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1948-03-01 (age 78)

From: Wales, UK

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.

Filmography (98)

TV★ 6.4
Truelove
2024
as Tom
TV★ 7.1
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Bill
TV★ 6.6
Wolf
2023
as Colonel Frink
MOVIE★ 4.5
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023
TV★ 8.2
Halo
2022
as Hierarch Truth (voice)
TV★ 6.7
Suspicion
2022
as Eric Cresswell
MOVIE
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021
as Richard Jenkins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dream Horse
2021
as Kerby
TV★ 5.9
Too Close
2021
as James de Cadenet
MOVIE
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020
as Nagg
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Vermeer
2019
as Bernard Bakker
MOVIE★ 6.8
Peterloo
2018
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
MOVIE★ 6.1
King Lear
2018
as Fool
MOVIE★ 5.6
Kaleidoscope
2017
as John
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Death of Stalin
2017
as Dr. Lukomsky
TV★ 6.8
Born to Kill
2017
as Mr. Williams
MOVIE
Winter Thaw
2016
as Stepanovich
MOVIE★ 6.3
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Carer
2016
as Joseph
TV★ 7.3
Mum
2016
as Reg
MOVIE
Mother
2016
as Old Man in Café
MOVIE★ 7.5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Ghost / Gravedigger
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mr. Turner
2014
as Mr. Booth
MOVIE
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Lovesick
2014
as Richard
MOVIE★ 6.0
Under Milk Wood
2014
as Drowned / Voice
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mr Invisible
2013
as The Handler
TV★ 6.4
Atlantis
2013
as Itheus
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Sea
2013
as Blunden
TV★ 7.2
It's Kevin
2013
as Various
MOVIE★ 6.8
Good Vibrations
2012
as George Hooley
TV★ 7.5
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mr. Masterson
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
as Mr. Miller
MOVIE
The Pier
2011
as Larry McCarthy
MOVIE★ 7.7
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
as De Lacey
MOVIE★ 7.1
Third Star
2010
as Ticket Seller
MOVIE★ 6.3
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Arthur (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
I Know You Know
2009
as Ernie
TV★ 7.8
Merlin
2008
as Taliesin
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Edge of Love
2008
as Dai Fred
TV★ 8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
as Twister Turrill
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dog Altogether
2007
as Jack
MOVIE★ 7.6
Hot Fuzz
2007
as PC Bob Walker
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Trial of Tony Blair
2007
as Father Lunt
MOVIE★ 5.4
Four Last Songs
2007
as Erico
TV★ 7.6
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Marcellus
MOVIE★ 6.5
Copying Beethoven
2006
as Stefan Holtz
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Illusionist
2006
as Doctor / Old Man
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Chatterley Affair
2006
as Mr. Justice Byrne
MOVIE★ 2.0
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006
as Norman Douglas
MOVIE★ 7.7
Heidi
2005
as Old Man
MOVIE★ 5.9
Frozen
2005
as Coastguard Bill
MOVIE★ 5.0
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004
as Billy
MOVIE★ 9.0
England Expects
2004
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
MOVIE★ 8.0
77 Beds
2003
as Spiritual Father
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tomorrow La Scala!
2002
as Sydney
TV
What's Your Problem?
2002
MOVIE★ 6.1
Pure
2002
as Granddad
TV★ 9.0
Born and Bred
2002
as Alec Rossendale
MOVIE★ 4.3
Contagion
2002
as Ferrin
TV★ 7.1
David Copperfield
1999
as Tungay
TV★ 7.6
Vanity Fair
1998
as Major Loder
MOVIE★ 6.0
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as John Deakin
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Derek Lockwood
MOVIE★ 4.3
Saint-Ex
1996
as Didier Daurat
TV
An Independent Man
1995
as Bill Rutherford
TV★ 8.0
The Lifeboat
1994
as Hughie Jones
MOVIE★ 6.4
Wittgenstein
1993
as Ludwig Wittgenstein
MOVIE★ 5.8
Close My Eyes
1991
as Colin
MOVIE★ 6.7
Let Him Have It
1991
as Parris
TV★ 4.5
Rules of Engagement
1989
as Dave Gillespie
TV★ 5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'
MOVIE
The Shawl
1989
as Charles
TV★ 8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Saunders
MOVIE
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988
as PC "Taffy" Hughes
TV★ 6.0
The Play on One
1988
as Charles
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Douglas Orton
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as P.C. Taffy Hughes
TV
The Mysteries
1985
as Jesus / Abel
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
TV★ 7.3
Night Court
1984
as Dave Costanza
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Magic Shop
1982
TV★ 6.7
Bergerac
1981
as Henry Morant
MOVIE
Sons and Lovers
1981
as Paul Morel
TV★ 7.0
Sons and Lovers
1981
as Paul Morel
TV★ 7.7
Shoestring
1979
as Dennis Philips
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Tempest
1979
as Ariel, an airy spirit
MOVIE
Only Connect
1979
as Colin
TV
The Other Side
1979
as Colin
MOVIE
Cold Harbour
1978
as Geoff
MOVIE★ 5.9
Jubilee
1978
as Sphinx
MOVIE★ 8.0
Chips with Everything
1975
as Wilfe Seaford
TV★ 6.8
Rainbow
1972
as Himself (singer)
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Wilf Seaford
TV★ 6.4
The Sooty Show
1955
as Himself
MOVIE
Ladies and Gentlemen
—
as Uncle Philip