Personal Info
Birthday
March 1, 1948
Place of Birth
Wales, UK
Known For
Acting
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 Filmography (90)
6.4
Truelove
TV Series2024
7.1
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
TV Series2023
6.6
Wolf
TV Series2023
4.5
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
Movie2023
8.2
Halo
TV Series2022
6.7
Suspicion
TV Series2022
0.0
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Movie2021
7.0
Dream Horse
Movie2021
5.9
Too Close
TV Series2021
0.0
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
Movie2020
6.5
The Last Vermeer
Movie2019
6.8
Peterloo
Movie2018
6.1
King Lear
Movie2018
5.6
Kaleidoscope
Movie2017
7.0
The Death of Stalin
Movie2017
6.8
Born to Kill
TV Series2017
0.0
Winter Thaw
Movie2016
6.6
The Carer
Movie2016
7.3
Mum
TV Series2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Mother
Movie2016
7.5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Movie2015
6.5
Mr. Turner
Movie2014
0.0
The Gospel According to St Derek
Movie2014
7.2
Lovesick
TV Series2014
6.0
Under Milk Wood
Movie2014
6.4
Atlantis
TV Series2013
5.4
The Sea
Movie2013
7.2
It's Kevin
TV Series2013
6.7
Good Vibrations
Movie2012
7.5
Call the Midwife
TV Series2012
5.9
The Deep Blue Sea
Movie2011
0.0
The Pier
Movie2011
7.7
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Movie2011
7.0
Third Star
Movie2010
6.3
Is Anybody There?
Movie2009
5.8
I Know You Know
Movie2009
7.8
Merlin
TV Series2008
6.2
The Edge of Love
Movie2008
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV Series2008
6.8
Dog Altogether
Movie2007
7.6
Hot Fuzz
Movie2007
6.0
The Trial of Tony Blair
Movie2007
5.4
Four Last Songs
Movie2007
7.6
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV Series2006
6.5
Copying Beethoven
Movie2006
7.3
The Illusionist
Movie2006
No Backdrop
5.3
The Chatterley Affair
Movie2006
2.0
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Movie2006
7.7
Heidi
Movie2005
5.9
Frozen
Movie2005
No Backdrop
5.0
When I'm Sixty-Four
Movie2004
7.3
New Tricks
TV Series2004
8.0
77 Beds
Movie2003
No Backdrop
8.0
Tomorrow La Scala!
Movie2002
6.1
Pure
Movie2002
9.0
Born and Bred
TV Series2002
4.3
Contagion
Movie2002
7.1
David Copperfield
TV Series1999
7.6
Vanity Fair
TV Series1998
6.0
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Movie1998
7.5
Midsomer Murders
TV Series1997
4.3
Saint-Ex
Movie1996
No Backdrop
8.0
The Lifeboat
TV Series1994
6.4
Wittgenstein
Movie1993
5.8
Close My Eyes
Movie1991
6.7
Let Him Have It
Movie1991
4.5
Rules of Engagement
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
0.0
The Shawl
Movie1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV Series1989
0.0
The Black and Blue Lamp
Movie1988
6.0
The Play on One
TV Series1988
5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
Movie1987
6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
Movie1987
No Backdrop
6.0
ScreenPlay
TV Series1986
No Backdrop
0.0
The Mysteries
TV Series1985
6.8
The Bill
TV Series1984
7.3
Night Court
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
9.0
The Magic Shop
Movie1982
6.7
Bergerac
TV Series1981
No Backdrop
0.0
Sons and Lovers
Movie1981
No Backdrop
7.0
Sons and Lovers
TV Series1981
7.7
Shoestring
TV Series1979
5.8
The Tempest
Movie1979
0.0
Only Connect
Movie1979
5.9
Jubilee
Movie1978
No Backdrop
8.0
Chips with Everything
Movie1975
6.8
Rainbow
TV Series1972
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
TV Series1965
6.4
The Sooty Show
TV Series1955