Karl Johnson
View on IMDb ↗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
Born and Bred
The Magic Shop
Lark Rise to Candleford
Halo
Agatha Christie's Poirot
77 Beds
Tomorrow La Scala!
The Lifeboat
Chips with Everything
MerlinFilmography (98)
- 2024
TrueloveTom - 2023
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesBill - 2023
WolfColonel Frink - 2023
National Theatre Live: The Crucible - 2022
HaloHierarch Truth (voice) - 2022
SuspicionEric Cresswell - 2021
Dream HorseKerby - 2021
Too CloseJames de Cadenet - 2021
National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodRichard Jenkins - 2020
Endgame & Rough for Theatre IINagg - 2019
The Last VermeerBernard Bakker - 2018
PeterlooLord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary - 2018
King LearFool - 2017
The Death of StalinDr. Lukomsky - 2017
Born to KillMr. Williams - 2017
KaleidoscopeJohn - 2016
MumReg - 2016
The CarerJoseph - 2016Aberfan: The Green Hollow
- 2016
Winter ThawStepanovich - 2016
MotherOld Man in Café - 2015
National Theatre Live: HamletGhost / Gravedigger - 2014
LovesickRichard - 2014
Mr. TurnerMr. Booth - 2014
Under Milk WoodDrowned / Voice - 2014
The Gospel According to St DerekSelf - 2013
It's KevinVarious - 2013Mr InvisibleThe Handler
- 2013
AtlantisItheus - 2013
The SeaBlunden - 2012
Call the MidwifeMr. Masterson - 2012
Good VibrationsGeorge Hooley - 2011
National Theatre Live: FrankensteinDe Lacey - 2011
The Deep Blue SeaMr. Miller - 2011
The PierLarry McCarthy - 2010
Third StarTicket Seller - 2009
Is Anybody There?Arthur (uncredited) - 2009
I Know You KnowErnie - 2008
Lark Rise to CandlefordTwister Turrill - 2008
MerlinTaliesin - 2008
The Edge of LoveDai Fred - 2007
Hot FuzzPC Bob Walker - 2007
Dog AltogetherJack - 2007
The Trial of Tony BlairFather Lunt - 2007
Four Last SongsErico - 2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireMarcellus - 2006
The IllusionistDoctor / Old Man - 2006
Copying BeethovenStefan Holtz - 2006
The Chatterley AffairMr. Justice Byrne - 2006
Elizabeth David: A Life in RecipesNorman Douglas - 2005
HeidiOld Man - 2005
FrozenCoastguard Bill - 2004England Expects
- 2004
New Tricks - 2004
When I'm Sixty-FourBilly - 2003
77 BedsSpiritual Father - 2002
Born and BredAlec Rossendale - 2002
Tomorrow La Scala!Sydney - 2002
PureGranddad - 2002
ContagionFerrin - 2002What's Your Problem?
- 1999
David CopperfieldTungay - 1998
Vanity FairMajor Loder - 1998
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconJohn Deakin - 1997
Midsomer MurdersDerek Lockwood - 1996
Saint-ExDidier Daurat - 1995An Independent ManBill Rutherford
- 1994
The LifeboatHughie Jones - 1993
WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein - 1991
Let Him Have ItParris - 1991
Close My EyesColin - 1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotSaunders - 1989
A Tale of Two CitiesSolomon Pross/'John Barsad' - 1989
Rules of EngagementDave Gillespie - 1989
The ShawlCharles - 1988
The Play on OneCharles - 1988
The Black and Blue LampPC "Taffy" Hughes - 1987
Prick Up Your EarsDouglas Orton - 1987
A Prayer for the DyingFitzgerald - 1986
ScreenPlayP.C. Taffy Hughes - 1985
The MysteriesJesus / Abel - 1984
Night CourtDave Costanza - 1984
The Bill - 1982
The Magic Shop - 1981
Sons and LoversPaul Morel - 1981
BergeracHenry Morant - 1981
Sons and LoversPaul Morel - 1979
ShoestringDennis Philips - 1979
The TempestAriel, an airy spirit - 1979
Only ConnectColin - 1979The Other SideColin
- 1978
JubileeSphinx - 1978Cold HarbourGeoff
- 1975
Chips with EverythingWilfe Seaford - 1972
RainbowHimself (singer) - 1965
BBC Play of the MonthWilf Seaford - 1955
The Sooty ShowHimself - —Ladies and GentlemenUncle Philip