Karl Johnson (actor)

Karl Johnson (actor)
Karl Johnson (born 1 March 1948) is a Welsh actor, who has worked on stage, film and television. His notable roles to date include 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.
Filmography
Film
Jubilee (1978) - Sphinx
The Tempest (1979) - Ariel, an airy spirit
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) - Douglas Orton
A Prayer for the Dying (1987) - Fitzgerald
Close My Eyes (1991) - Colin
Let Him Have It (1991) - Parris
Wittgenstein (1993) - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) - John Deakin
Tomorrow La Scala (2002) - Sydney
Pure (2002) - Grandad
Frozen (2005) - Coastguard Bill
Heidi (2005) - Old Man
The Illusionist (2006) - Doctor / Old Man
Copying Beethoven (2006) - Stefan Holtz
Four Last Songs (2007) - Erico
Hot Fuzz (2007) - PC Bob Walker
The Edge of Love (2008) - Dai Fred (uncredited)
Is Anybody There? (2008) - Arthur (uncredited)
I Know You Know (2008) - Ernie
Third Star (2010) - Ticket Seller
Frankenstein (2011) - de Lacey
The Pier (2011) - Larry McCarthy
The Deep Blue Sea (2011) - Mr Miller
Good Vibrations (2012) - George
The Sea (2013) - Blunden
Mr Turner (2014) - Mr Booth
Hamlet (2015) - Ghost of Hamlet's Father / Gravedigger
The Carer (2016) - Joseph
Kaleidoscope (2016) - John
Winter Thaw (2016) - Stepanovich
The Death of Stalin (2017) - Dr. Lukomsky
Peterloo (2018) - Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
King Lear (2018) - The Fool
Dream Horse (2020) - Kerby
Television
Rainbow (1973–1974) - Karl, part of the music trio
Sons and Lovers (1981) - Paul Morel
A Tale of Two Cities (1989) - Barsad
Rules of Engagement (1989 TV series) - Dave Gillespie
The Bill (1989–2004) - Jon Jennings / Len Rogers / Geoff Hallwood / D.I. Osborne
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1993, TV Series, 1 episode: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan) - Saunders
Catherine the Great (1995, TV Movie) - Sheshkovsky
An Independent Man (1995) - Bill Rutherford
The Temptation of Franz Schubert (1997, TV Movie) - Doctor
Wing and a Prayer (1997)
Vanity Fair (1998) - Major Loder
David Copperfield (1999) - Tungay
Without Motive (2000–2001) - Robert Jackson
Born and Bred (2003) - Alec Rossendale
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003, TV Movie) - Fall
When I'm 64 (2004, TV Movie) - Billy
Dalziel and Pascoe: Soft Touch (2004) - Stevie Earle
Midsomer Murders (2005) - Derek Lockwood
Rome (2005–2007) - Porcius Cato
The Chatterley Affair (2006, TV Movie) - Mr. Justice Byrne
Nostradamus (2006, TV Movie)
New Tricks (2006) - Gary Kendall
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) - Marcellus
As You Like It (2006)
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011) - Twister Turrill
Small Island (2009) - Arthur Bligh
Merlin (2010) - Taliesin
Call the Midwife (2013) - Mr. Masterson
Plebs (2014) - Judge
Why We Went to War (2015)
Lovesick (2016) - Richard
Mum (2016–2019) - Reg
King Lear (2018, TV Movie) - Fool
Ray's DazeSelected stage career
The Seafarer, as James 'Sharky' Harkin, National Theatre, London
Tales From The Vienna Woods, National Theatre, London
Scenes from the Big Picture, National Theatre, London
Hamlet, National Theatre, London
The Walls, National Theatre, London
Cardiff East, National Theatre, London
The Ends of the Earth, National Theatre, London
Machine Wreckers, National Theatre, London
The Shape of The Table, National Theatre, London
Black Snow, National Theatre, London
Golden Boy, National Theatre, London
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, National Theatre, London
The Sea, National Theatre, London
Uncle Vanya, National Theatre, London
Don Quixote, National Theatre, London
A Midsummer Night's Dream, National Theatre, London
The Fawn, National Theatre, London
Glengarry Glen Ross, National Theatre, London
Wild Honey, National Theatre, London
The Rivals, National Theatre, London
The Mysteries, National Theatre, London
Animal Farm, National Theatre, London
Almost Nothing/At The Table, Royal Court Theatre, London
Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen, Royal Court Theatre, London
This Is A Chair, Royal Court Theatre, London
The Night Heron, Royal Court Theatre, London
Boy Gets Girl, Royal Court Theatre, London
The Weir, Royal Court Theatre, London
Been So Long, Royal Court Theatre, London
Just a Little Less Than Normal, Royal Court Theatre, London
Sudlow's Dawn, Royal Court Theatre, London
Irish Eyes and English Tears, Royal Court Theatre, London
In The Company of Men, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
TV Times, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
Knight of the Burning Pestle, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
Amadeus, Peter Hall Company
The Country Wife, Centreline Productions
The Last Yankee, Leicester Haymarket
Woyzeck, Foco Novo at Lyric Hammersmith
War Crimes, ICA
The Dresser, Leatherhead
Hedda Gabler, Yvonne Arnaud Guildford
Much Ado About Nothing, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
As You Like It, Old Vic
Vieux Carre, West End
Frankenstein, National Theatre, London
Barking in Essex'', Wyndham's Theatre
References
External links
1948 births
Living people
Welsh male film actors
Welsh male stage actors
Welsh male television actors
21st-century Welsh male actors
20th-century Welsh male actors