
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 Death of Stalin (2017)
as Dr. Lukomsky

The Illusionist (2006)
as Doctor / Old Man

King Lear (2018)
as Fool

The Edge of Love (2008)
as Dai Fred

The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
as Mr. Miller

Heidi (2005)
as Old Man

Good Vibrations (2012)
as George Hooley

Kaleidoscope (2017)
as John

Mr. Turner (2014)
as Mr. Booth

The Last Vermeer (2019)
as Bernard Bakker

Frozen (2005)
as Coastguard Bill

Dream Horse (2021)
as Kerby

A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
as Fitzgerald

National Theatre Live: The Crucible (2023)
Actor

Four Last Songs (2007)
as Erico

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Douglas Orton

Third Star (2010)
as Ticket Seller

Copying Beethoven (2006)
as Stefan Holtz

Close My Eyes (1991)
as Colin

Jubilee (1978)
as Sphinx

Only Connect (1979)
as Colin

The Carer (2016)
as Joseph

Peterloo (2018)
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

I Know You Know (2009)
as Ernie

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

Let Him Have It (1991)
as Parris

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
as De Lacey

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

77 Beds (2003)
as Spiritual Father

Wittgenstein (1993)
as Ludwig Wittgenstein

Pure (2002)
as Granddad
Ladies and Gentlemen (2007)
as Uncle Philip

Contagion (2002)
as Ferrin

Under Milk Wood (2014)
as Drowned / Voice

The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
as Father Lunt

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

The Tempest (1979)
as Ariel, an airy spirit
Aberfan: The Green Hollow (2016)
Actor

The Magic Shop (1982)
Actor

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

Winter Thaw (2016)
as Stepanovich

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

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

The Sea (2013)
as Blunden

The Black and Blue Lamp (1988)
as PC "Taffy" Hughes

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II (2020)
as Nagg

The Gospel According to St Derek (2014)
as Self
England Expects (2004)
Actor

The Pier (2011)
as Larry McCarthy
Mr Invisible (2013)
as The Handler

Untitled 13 (—)
Actor

Tomorrow La Scala! (2002)
as Sydney

The Chatterley Affair (2006)
as Mr. Justice Byrne

Chips with Everything (1975)
as Wilfe Seaford

Saint-Ex (1996)
as Didier Daurat

Dog Altogether (2007)
as Jack

The Shawl (1989)
as Charles

Sons and Lovers (1981)
as Paul Morel

Mother (2016)
as Old Man in Café
Cold Harbour (1978)
as Geoff





