1948Born, Wales
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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
Hot FuzzPC Bob Walker
The IllusionistDoctor / Old Man
HaloHierarch Truth (voice)
The Death of StalinDr. Lukomsky
MerlinTaliesin2024TrueloveTom · 3 episodesShow
2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesBill · 5 episodesShow
2023WolfColonel Frink · 3 episodesShow
2023National Theatre Live: The CrucibleMovie
2022HaloHierarch Truth (voice) · 3 episodesShow
2022SuspicionEric Cresswell · 2 episodesShow
2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodRichard JenkinsMovie
2021Dream HorseKerbyMovie
2021Too CloseJames de Cadenet · 3 episodesShow
2020Endgame & Rough for Theatre IINaggMovie
2019The Last VermeerBernard BakkerMovie
2018PeterlooLord Sidmouth, the Home SecretaryMovie
2018King LearFoolMovie
2017KaleidoscopeJohnMovie
2017The Death of StalinDr. LukomskyMovie
2017Born to KillMr. Williams · 4 episodesShow
2016Winter ThawStepanovichMovie
2016Aberfan: The Green HollowMovie
2016The CarerJosephMovie
2016MumReg · 18 episodesShow
2016MotherOld Man in CaféMovie
2015National Theatre Live: HamletGhost / GravediggerMovie
2014Mr. TurnerMr. BoothMovie
2014LovesickRichard · 1 episodeShow
2014Under Milk WoodDrowned / VoiceMovie
2013Mr InvisibleThe HandlerMovie
2013AtlantisItheus · 1 episodeShow
2013The SeaBlundenMovie
2013It's KevinVarious · 1 episodeShow
2012Good VibrationsGeorge HooleyMovie
2012Call the MidwifeMr. Masterson · 1 episodeShow
2011The Deep Blue SeaMr. MillerMovie
2011The PierLarry McCarthyMovie
2011National Theatre Live: FrankensteinDe LaceyMovie
2010Third StarTicket SellerMovie
2009Is Anybody There?Arthur (uncredited)Movie
2009I Know You KnowErnieMovie
2008MerlinTaliesin · 1 episodeShow
2008The Edge of LoveDai FredMovie
2008Lark Rise to CandlefordTwister Turrill · 40 episodesShow
2007Ladies and GentlemenUncle PhilipMovie
2007Dog AltogetherJackMovie
2007Hot FuzzPC Bob WalkerMovie
2007The Trial of Tony BlairFather LuntMovie
2007Four Last SongsEricoMovie
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireMarcellus · 1 episodeShow
2006Copying BeethovenStefan HoltzMovie
2006The IllusionistDoctor / Old ManMovie
2006The Chatterley AffairMr. Justice ByrneMovie
2006Elizabeth David: A Life in RecipesNorman DouglasMovie
2005HeidiOld ManMovie
2005FrozenCoastguard BillMovie
2004When I'm Sixty-FourBillyMovie
2004England ExpectsMovie
2004New Tricks1 episodeShow
200377 BedsSpiritual FatherMovie
2002Tomorrow La Scala!SydneyMovie
2002What's Your Problem?1 episodeShow
2002PureGranddadMovie
2002Born and BredAlec Rossendale · 1 episodeShow
2002ContagionFerrinMovie
1999David CopperfieldTungay · 2 episodesShow
1998Vanity FairMajor Loder · 1 episodeShow
1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconJohn DeakinMovie
1996Saint-ExDidier DauratMovie
1996Dalziel and PascoeSteve Earle · 1 episodeShow
1995An Independent ManBill Rutherford · 7 episodesShow
1994The LifeboatHughie Jones · 9 episodesShow
1993WittgensteinLudwig WittgensteinMovie
1991Close My EyesColinMovie
1991Let Him Have ItParrisMovie
1989Rules of EngagementDave Gillespie · 6 episodesShow
1989A Tale of Two CitiesSolomon Pross/'John Barsad' · 2 episodesShow
1989The ShawlCharlesMovie
1988The Black and Blue LampPC "Taffy" HughesMovie
1988The Play on OneCharles · 1 episodeShow
1987A Prayer for the DyingFitzgeraldMovie
1987Prick Up Your EarsDouglas OrtonMovie
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