
Karl Johnson
Born March 1, 1948 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Hot Fuzz

The Illusionist

The Death of Stalin

The Deep Blue Sea

Heidi

The Edge of Love

King Lear

Good Vibrations

Mr. Turner

Dream Horse

The Last Vermeer

A Prayer for the Dying

National Theatre Live: The Crucible

Copying Beethoven

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

Peterloo

Close My Eyes

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Only Connect

Frozen

Third Star

Prick Up Your Ears

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Kaleidoscope

I Know You Know

Is Anybody There?

Let Him Have It

Jubilee

When I'm Sixty-Four

Wittgenstein

Pure

The Sea
TV Shows

Night Court

Rainbow

Merlin

BBC Play of the Month

New Tricks

Halo

Dalziel and Pascoe

The Sooty Show

Bergerac

Born and Bred

ScreenPlay

Lark Rise to Candleford

Atlantis

Shoestring

Lovesick

The Play on One

Suspicion

David Copperfield

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Mum

Vanity Fair

Wolf

Born to Kill

Truelove

Too Close

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

The Lifeboat

It's Kevin

A Tale of Two Cities

Rules of Engagement

Sons and Lovers

The Mysteries
More Movies

The Carer

The Tempest

The Trial of Tony Blair

Contagion

Under Milk Wood

Saint-Ex

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

Four Last Songs

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

The Black and Blue Lamp

The Chatterley Affair

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II

Mother

The Gospel According to St Derek

The Pier

77 Beds

The Magic Shop

Tomorrow La Scala!

Sons and Lovers

Unreleased
Untitled 13

The Shawl

Chips with Everything

Dog Altogether




