Karl Johnson
Acting
Born: March 1, 1948 (age 78) · Wales, UK
Highest Rated
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
Hot Fuzz
2007
The Illusionist
2006
Halo
2022
The Death of Stalin
2017
Merlin
2008
Mr. Turner
2014
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Edge of Love
2008
Midsomer Murders
1997
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
Call the Midwife
2012
Copying Beethoven
2006
Photos (1)
Movies (54)
Hot Fuzz
PC Bob Walker
King Lear
Fool
The Death of Stalin
Dr. Lukomsky
The Illusionist
Doctor / Old Man
Mr. Turner
Mr. Booth
Dream Horse
Kerby
Peterloo
Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
The Edge of Love
Dai Fred
The Last Vermeer
Bernard Bakker
Let Him Have It
Parris
Prick Up Your Ears
Douglas Orton
Under Milk Wood
Drowned / Voice
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Ghost / Gravedigger
The Tempest
Ariel, an airy spirit
The Carer
Joseph
The Deep Blue Sea
Mr. Miller
A Prayer for the Dying
Fitzgerald
Close My Eyes
Colin
Copying Beethoven
Stefan Holtz
Is Anybody There?
Arthur (uncredited)
Third Star
Ticket Seller
Good Vibrations
George Hooley
Pure
Granddad
77 Beds
Spiritual Father
Heidi
Old Man
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
John Deakin
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
De Lacey
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023
Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Four Last Songs
Erico
The Trial of Tony Blair
Father Lunt
Dog Altogether
Jack
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Richard Jenkins
Frozen
Coastguard Bill
Jubilee
Sphinx
When I'm Sixty-Four
Billy
Kaleidoscope
John
I Know You Know
Ernie
Saint-Ex
Didier Daurat
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Norman Douglas
Contagion
Ferrin
Winter Thaw
Stepanovich
Chips with Everything
Wilfe Seaford
The Black and Blue Lamp
PC "Taffy" Hughes
The Pier
Larry McCarthy
The Chatterley Affair
Mr. Justice Byrne
The Sea
Blunden
Only Connect
Colin
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
Nagg
Sons and Lovers
Paul Morel
The Magic Shop
1982
Mother
Old Man in Café
The Shawl
Charles
Tomorrow La Scala!
Sydney
TV Shows (34)
Midsomer Murders
Derek Lockwood · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Saunders · 1 eps
Call the Midwife
Mr. Masterson · 1 eps
Night Court
Dave Costanza · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Wilf Seaford · 1 eps
The Bill
2 eps
New Tricks
1 eps
Halo
Hierarch Truth (voice) · 3 eps
Merlin
Taliesin · 1 eps
Bergerac
Henry Morant · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
Steve Earle · 1 eps
Lark Rise to Candleford
Twister Turrill · 40 eps
ScreenPlay
P.C. Taffy Hughes · 1 eps
Suspicion
Eric Cresswell · 2 eps
The Play on One
Charles · 1 eps
Shoestring
Dennis Philips · 1 eps
Lovesick
Richard · 1 eps
Atlantis
Itheus · 1 eps
Born and Bred
Alec Rossendale · 1 eps
David Copperfield
Tungay · 2 eps
Vanity Fair
Major Loder · 1 eps
Wolf
Colonel Frink · 3 eps
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Marcellus · 1 eps
Born to Kill
Mr. Williams · 4 eps
Mum
Reg · 18 eps
It's Kevin
Various · 1 eps
Truelove
Tom · 3 eps
Rules of Engagement
Dave Gillespie · 6 eps
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
Bill · 5 eps
Too Close
James de Cadenet · 3 eps
A Tale of Two Cities
Solomon Pross/'John Barsad' · 2 eps
The Lifeboat
Hughie Jones · 9 eps
The Mysteries
Jesus / Abel · 3 eps
Sons and Lovers
Paul Morel · 7 eps
