Karl Johnson
60 movies · 37 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 1, 1948 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Wales, UK
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.
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Known for
Karl Johnson: movies and TV shows
Acting (97)
- Upcoming
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Richard Jenkins
- 2021 Dream Horse
as Kerby
- 2021
- 2020 Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
as Nagg
- 2019 The Last Vermeer
as Bernard Bakker
- 2018 Peterloo
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
- 2018 King Lear
as Fool
- 2017 Kaleidoscope
as John
- 2017 The Death of Stalin
as Dr. Lukomsky
- 2017
- 2016 Winter Thaw
as Stepanovich
- 2016
- 2016 The Carer
as Joseph
- 2016
- 2016 Mother
as Old Man in Café
- 2015 National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ghost / Gravedigger
- 2014 Mr. Turner
as Mr. Booth
- 2014
- 2014 Under Milk Wood
as Drowned / Voice
- 2013 Mr Invisible
as The Handler
- 2013
- 2013 The Sea
as Blunden
- 2013
- 2012 Good Vibrations
as George Hooley
- 2012
- 2011 The Deep Blue Sea
as Mr. Miller
- 2011 The Pier
as Larry McCarthy
- 2011 National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as De Lacey
- 2010 Third Star
as Ticket Seller
- 2009 Is Anybody There?
as Arthur (uncredited)
- 2009 I Know You Know
as Ernie
- 2008
- 2008 The Edge of Love
as Dai Fred
- 2008
- 2007 Ladies and Gentlemen
as Uncle Philip
- 2007 Dog Altogether
as Jack
- 2007 Hot Fuzz
as PC Bob Walker
- 2007 The Trial of Tony Blair
as Father Lunt
- 2007 Four Last Songs
as Erico
- 2006
- 2006 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
- 2005 Heidi
as Old Man
- 2005 Frozen
as Coastguard Bill
- 2004 When I'm Sixty-Four
as Billy
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 77 Beds
as Spiritual Father
- 2002 Tomorrow La Scala!
as Sydney
- 2002
- 2002 Pure
as Granddad
- 2002
- 2002 Contagion
as Ferrin
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as John Deakin
- 1997
- 1996 Saint-Ex
as Didier Daurat
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993 Wittgenstein
as Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1991 Close My Eyes
as Colin
- 1991 Let Him Have It
as Parris
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 The Shawl
as Charles
- 1989
- 1988 The Black and Blue Lamp
as PC "Taffy" Hughes
- 1988
- 1987 A Prayer for the Dying
as Fitzgerald
- 1987 Prick Up Your Ears
as Douglas Orton
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 Sons and Lovers
as Paul Morel
- 1981
- 1979
- 1979 The Tempest
as Ariel, an airy spirit
- 1979 Only Connect
as Colin
- 1979
- 1978 Cold Harbour
as Geoff
- 1978 Jubilee
as Sphinx
- 1975 Chips with Everything
as Wilfe Seaford
- 1965
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2014
- 1972 Rainbow
34 episodes
- 1955 The Sooty Show
1 episode