
Karl Johnson
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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
Credits

Hot Fuzz (2007)
as PC Bob Walker

The Illusionist (2006)
as Doctor / Old Man

The Death of Stalin (2017)
as Dr. Lukomsky

King Lear (2018)
as Fool

Dream Horse (2021)
as Kerby

Mr. Turner (2014)
as Mr. Booth

The Edge of Love (2008)
as Dai Fred

The Last Vermeer (2019)
as Bernard Bakker

The Tempest (1979)
as Ariel, an airy spirit

Close My Eyes (1991)
as Colin

The Carer (2016)
as Joseph

Copying Beethoven (2006)
as Stefan Holtz

Peterloo (2018)
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
as Mr. Miller

A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
as Fitzgerald

Third Star (2010)
as Ticket Seller

Good Vibrations (2012)
as George Hooley

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
as De Lacey

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
as John Deakin

The Sea (2013)
as Blunden

Saint-Ex (1996)
as Didier Daurat

Heidi (2005)
as Old Man

Kaleidoscope (2017)
as John

77 Beds (2003)
as Spiritual Father

Pure (2002)
as Granddad

Winter Thaw (2016)
as Stepanovich

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Douglas Orton

Frozen (2005)
as Coastguard Bill

Jubilee (1978)
as Sphinx

Is Anybody There? (2009)
as Arthur (uncredited)

The Pier (2011)
as Larry McCarthy

Four Last Songs (2007)
as Erico

The Chatterley Affair (2006)
as Mr. Justice Byrne

Only Connect (1979)
as Colin

Contagion (2002)
as Ferrin

I Know You Know (2009)
as Ernie

Under Milk Wood (2014)
as Drowned / Voice

National Theatre Live: The Crucible (2023)
Actor

The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
as Father Lunt

The Shawl (1989)
as Charles

Let Him Have It (1991)
as Parris

National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
as Ghost / Gravedigger

Wittgenstein (1993)
as Ludwig Wittgenstein

When I'm Sixty-Four (2004)
as Billy

Dog Altogether (2007)
as Jack

Tomorrow La Scala! (2002)
as Sydney

The Magic Shop (1982)
Actor
Cold Harbour (1978)
as Geoff

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood (2021)
as Richard Jenkins

Mother (2016)
as Old Man in Café
Ladies and Gentlemen (—)
as Uncle Philip
Mr Invisible (2013)
as The Handler

Sons and Lovers (1981)
as Paul Morel
Aberfan: The Green Hollow (2016)
Actor

The Gospel According to St Derek (2014)
as Self

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006)
as Norman Douglas

The Black and Blue Lamp (1988)
as PC "Taffy" Hughes
England Expects (2004)
Actor

Chips with Everything (1975)
as Wilfe Seaford

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II (2020)
as Nagg





