Acting
Karl Johnson
EN cinema · 61 credits
Born
1 March 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Wales, UK
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
Filmography
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Richard Jenkins
Dream Horse
as Kerby
The Last Vermeer
as Bernard Bakker
King Lear
as Fool
Peterloo
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
Kaleidoscope
as John
The Death of Stalin
as Dr. Lukomsky
The Carer
as Joseph
Winter Thaw
as Stepanovich
Mother
as Old Man in Café
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ghost / Gravedigger
Under Milk Wood
as Drowned / Voice
Mr. Turner
as Mr. Booth
The Sea
as Blunden
Mr Invisible
2013
Mr Invisible
as The Handler
Good Vibrations
as George Hooley
The Deep Blue Sea
as Mr. Miller
The Pier
as Larry McCarthy
Third Star
as Ticket Seller
I Know You Know
as Ernie
Is Anybody There?
as Arthur (uncredited)
The Edge of Love
as Dai Fred
Dog Altogether
as Jack
Four Last Songs
as Erico
Hot Fuzz
as PC Bob Walker
The Trial of Tony Blair
as Father Lunt
The Illusionist
as Doctor / Old Man
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
as Norman Douglas
Copying Beethoven
as Stefan Holtz
The Chatterley Affair
as Mr. Justice Byrne
Frozen
as Coastguard Bill
Heidi
as Old Man
When I'm Sixty-Four
as Billy
77 Beds
as Spiritual Father
Tomorrow La Scala!
as Sydney
Pure
as Granddad
Contagion
as Ferrin
Saint-Ex
as Didier Daurat
Wittgenstein
as Ludwig Wittgenstein
Close My Eyes
as Colin
Let Him Have It
as Parris
The Shawl
as Charles
The Black and Blue Lamp
as PC "Taffy" Hughes
A Prayer for the Dying
as Fitzgerald
Prick Up Your Ears
as Douglas Orton
Sons and Lovers
as Paul Morel
The Tempest
as Ariel, an airy spirit
Only Connect
as Colin
Jubilee
as Sphinx
Chips with Everything
as Wilfe Seaford