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Karl Johnson

Acting

Born March 1, 1948 · Wales, UK

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.

Filmography46 titles

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008as Twister Turrill

Halo

2022as Hierarch Truth (voice)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Saunders

Merlin

2008as Taliesin

Heidi

2005as Old Man

Hot Fuzz

2007as PC Bob Walker

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

2006as Marcellus

Call the Midwife

2012as Mr. Masterson

Midsomer Murders

1997as Derek Lockwood

The Illusionist

2006as Doctor / Old Man

New Tricks

2004

Night Court

1984as Dave Costanza

Mum

2016as Reg

Lovesick

2014as Richard

David Copperfield

1999as Tungay

Dream Horse

2020as Kerby

The Death of Stalin

2017as Dr. Lukomsky

Third Star

2010as Ticket Seller

Suspicion

2022as Eric Cresswell

Peterloo

2018as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary

Born to Kill

2017as Mr. Williams

Good Vibrations

2012as George Hooley

The Bill

1984

Let Him Have It

1991as Parris

Prick Up Your Ears

1987as Douglas Orton

Bergerac

1981as Henry Morant

Wolf

2023as Colonel Frink

The Carer

2016as Joseph

The Last Vermeer

2019as Bernard Bakker

Mr. Turner

2014as Mr. Booth

Copying Beethoven

2006as Stefan Holtz

Truelove

2024as Tom

Atlantis

2013as Itheus

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996as Stevie Earle

Wittgenstein

1993as Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Edge of Love

2008as Dai Fred

King Lear

2018as Fool

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998as John Deakin

Too Close

2021as James de Cadenet

The Deep Blue Sea

2011as Mr. Miller

A Prayer for the Dying

1987as Fitzgerald

Jubilee

1978as Sphinx

The Tempest

1979as Ariel, an airy spirit

Kaleidoscope

2017as John

The Sea

2013as Blunden

The Pier

2011as Larry McCarthy