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