Karl Johnson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-03-01 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Wales, UK

Karl Johnson

Biography

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.

Acting

2006

The Illusionist

as Doctor / Old Man

2009

1981

Sons and Lovers

as Paul Morel

1978

Jubilee

as Sphinx

1989

The Shawl

as Charles

2011

The Deep Blue Sea

as Mr. Miller

1991

1993

Wittgenstein

as Ludwig Wittgenstein

2011

The Pier

as Larry McCarthy

1996

Saint-Ex

as Didier Daurat

1979

The Tempest

as Ariel, an airy spirit

2014

Under Milk Wood

as Drowned / Voice

2007

2007

2014

Mr. Turner

as Mr. Booth

2010

Third Star

as Ticket Seller

1978

Cold Harbour

as Geoff

2002

2007

Hot Fuzz

as PC Bob Walker

2016

The Carer

as Joseph

1987

2009

Is Anybody There?

as Arthur (uncredited)

1987

Prick Up Your Ears

as Douglas Orton

2005

Frozen

as Coastguard Bill

2015

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

as Ghost / Gravedigger

1991

2002

Pure

as Granddad

2013

The Sea

as Blunden

2012

Good Vibrations

as George Hooley

2017

2017

The Death of Stalin

as Dr. Lukomsky

2018

King Lear

as Fool

2018

Peterloo

as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

2016

Winter Thaw

as Stepanovich

2021

Dream Horse

as Kerby

2008

The Edge of Love

as Dai Fred

2005

Heidi

as Old Man

2013

Mr Invisible

as The Handler

2006

Copying Beethoven

as Stefan Holtz

2019

The Last Vermeer

as Bernard Bakker

2016

Mother

as Old Man in Café

2003

77 Beds

as Spiritual Father

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