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.
Known For
Filmography
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021
Dream Horse
2021
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020
The Last Vermeer
2019
Peterloo
2018
King Lear
2018
Kaleidoscope
2017
The Death of Stalin
2017
Winter Thaw
2016
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
The Carer
2016
Mother
2016
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
Mr. Turner
2014
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014
Under Milk Wood
2014
Mr Invisible
2013
The Sea
2013
Good Vibrations
2012
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
The Pier
2011
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
Third Star
2010
Is Anybody There?
2009
I Know You Know
2009
The Edge of Love
2008
Dog Altogether
2007
Hot Fuzz
2007
The Trial of Tony Blair
2007
Four Last Songs
2007
Copying Beethoven
2006
The Illusionist
2006
The Chatterley Affair
2006
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006
Heidi
2005
Frozen
2005
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004
England Expects
2004
77 Beds
2003
Tomorrow La Scala!
2002
Pure
2002
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
Saint-Ex
1996
Wittgenstein
1993
Close My Eyes
1991
Let Him Have It
1991
The Shawl
1989
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
The Magic Shop
1982
Sons and Lovers
1981
The Tempest
1979
Cold Harbour
1978
Jubilee
1978
Chips with Everything
1975
Ladies and Gentlemen
Truelove
2024
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
Wolf
2023
Halo
2022
Suspicion
2022
Too Close
2021
Born to Kill
2017
Mum
2016
Lovesick
2014
Atlantis
2013
It's Kevin
2013
Call the Midwife
2012
Merlin
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
New Tricks
2004
What's Your Problem?
2002
Born and Bred
2002
David Copperfield
1999
Vanity Fair
1998
Midsomer Murders
1997
The Lifeboat
1994
Rules of Engagement
1989
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Play on One
1988
ScreenPlay
1986
The Mysteries
1985
The Bill
1984
Night Court
1984
Bergerac
1981
Sons and Lovers
1981
Shoestring
1979
The Other Side
1979
Rainbow
1972
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Sooty Show
1955