
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

Dream Horse (2021)
as Kerby

The Last Vermeer (2019)
as Bernard Bakker

King Lear (2018)
as Fool

The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
as Mr. Miller

Mr. Turner (2014)
as Mr. Booth

The Edge of Love (2008)
as Dai Fred

Under Milk Wood (2014)
as Drowned / Voice

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Douglas Orton

A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
as Fitzgerald

Let Him Have It (1991)
as Parris

Copying Beethoven (2006)
as Stefan Holtz

The Tempest (1979)
as Ariel, an airy spirit

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

Peterloo (2018)
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
as De Lacey

Heidi (2005)
as Old Man

Close My Eyes (1991)
as Colin

National Theatre Live: The Crucible (2023)
Actor

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

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

The Carer (2016)
as Joseph

Good Vibrations (2012)
as George Hooley
Aberfan: The Green Hollow (2016)
Actor

Only Connect (1979)
as Colin

I Know You Know (2009)
as Ernie

Pure (2002)
as Granddad

Third Star (2010)
as Ticket Seller

The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
as Father Lunt

Frozen (2005)
as Coastguard Bill

Jubilee (1978)
as Sphinx

Four Last Songs (2007)
as Erico

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

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

The Chatterley Affair (2006)
as Mr. Justice Byrne

Saint-Ex (1996)
as Didier Daurat

Kaleidoscope (2017)
as John

Contagion (2002)
as Ferrin

Wittgenstein (1993)
as Ludwig Wittgenstein

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

77 Beds (2003)
as Spiritual Father

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

Winter Thaw (2016)
as Stepanovich

The Sea (2013)
as Blunden

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II (2020)
as Nagg

The Gospel According to St Derek (2014)
as Self

Dog Altogether (2007)
as Jack

Sons and Lovers (1981)
as Paul Morel

Tomorrow La Scala! (2002)
as Sydney

The Magic Shop (1982)
Actor
Ladies and Gentlemen (2007)
as Uncle Philip

Chips with Everything (1975)
as Wilfe Seaford

The Pier (2011)
as Larry McCarthy

Mother (2016)
as Old Man in Café

Untitled 13 (—)
Actor
England Expects (2004)
Actor
Cold Harbour (1978)
as Geoff
Mr Invisible (2013)
as The Handler

The Shawl (1989)
as Charles





