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