Karl Johnson

Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1948, Wales, UK
Movies: 60

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.

Upcoming Karl Johnson Movies

Untitled 13

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.6

Hot Fuzz

2007

7.3

The Illusionist

2006

7.0

The Death of Stalin

2017

6.5

Mr. Turner

2014

6.2

The Edge of Love

2008

5.9

The Deep Blue Sea

2011

6.5

Copying Beethoven

2006

6.7

Peterloo

2018

6.5

The Last Vermeer

2019

7.0

Third Star

2010

Filmography

2023	National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2021	National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood	Richard Jenkins
2021	Dream Horse	Kerby
2020	Endgame & Rough for Theatre II	Nagg
2019	The Last Vermeer	Bernard Bakker
2018	Peterloo	Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
2018	King Lear	Fool
2017	Kaleidoscope	John
2017	The Death of Stalin	Dr. Lukomsky
2016	Winter Thaw	Stepanovich
2016	Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016	The Carer	Joseph
2016	Mother	Old Man in Café
2015	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Ghost / Gravedigger
2014	Mr. Turner	Mr. Booth
2014	The Gospel According to St Derek	Self
2014	Under Milk Wood	Drowned / Voice
2013	Mr Invisible	The Handler
2013	The Sea	Blunden
2012	Good Vibrations	George Hooley
2011	The Deep Blue Sea	Mr. Miller
2011	The Pier	Larry McCarthy
2011	National Theatre Live: Frankenstein	De Lacey
2010	Third Star	Ticket Seller
2009	Is Anybody There?	Arthur (uncredited)
2009	I Know You Know	Ernie
2008	The Edge of Love	Dai Fred
2007	Ladies and Gentlemen	Uncle Philip
2007	Dog Altogether	Jack
2007	Hot Fuzz	PC Bob Walker
2007	The Trial of Tony Blair	Father Lunt
2007	Four Last Songs	Erico
2006	Copying Beethoven	Stefan Holtz
2006	The Illusionist	Doctor / Old Man
2006	The Chatterley Affair	Mr. Justice Byrne
2006	Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes	Norman Douglas
2005	Heidi	Old Man
2005	Frozen	Coastguard Bill
2004	When I'm Sixty-Four	Billy
2004	England Expects
2003	77 Beds	Spiritual Father
2002	Tomorrow La Scala!	Sydney
2002	Pure	Granddad
2002	Contagion	Ferrin
1998	Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon	John Deakin
1996	Saint-Ex	Didier Daurat
1993	Wittgenstein	Ludwig Wittgenstein
1991	Close My Eyes	Colin
1991	Let Him Have It	Parris
1989	The Shawl	Charles
1988	The Black and Blue Lamp	PC "Taffy" Hughes
1987	A Prayer for the Dying	Fitzgerald
1987	Prick Up Your Ears	Douglas Orton
1982	The Magic Shop
1981	Sons and Lovers	Paul Morel
1979	The Tempest	Ariel, an airy spirit
1979	Only Connect	Colin
1978	Cold Harbour	Geoff
1978	Jubilee	Sphinx
1975	Chips with Everything	Wilfe Seaford

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