
Karl Johnson
Born: 1948-03-01
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For

The Illusionist
2006★ 7.3

Tomorrow La Scala!
2002★ 9.0

Hot Fuzz
2007★ 7.6

The Deep Blue Sea
2011★ 5.9

The Death of Stalin
2017★ 7.0

The Sea
2013★ 5.4

The Chatterley Affair
2006★ 5.3

King Lear
2018★ 6.1

The Carer
2016★ 6.6

Winter Thaw
2016★ 0.0

Good Vibrations
2012★ 6.7

Jubilee
1978★ 5.9

Saint-Ex
1996★ 2.3

Heidi
2005★ 7.6

Peterloo
2018★ 6.8

The Shawl
1989★ 0.0

Frozen
2005★ 5.7

Dog Altogether
2007★ 6.8

Close My Eyes
1991★ 5.8

Pure
2002★ 6.1

Mother
2016★ 0.0

Dream Horse
2021★ 7.0

Wittgenstein
1993★ 6.4

The Edge of Love
2008★ 6.2

Kaleidoscope
2017★ 5.6

A Prayer for the Dying
1987★ 5.8

Mr. Turner
2014★ 6.5

National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023★ 4.5

The Black and Blue Lamp
1988★ 0.0

The Last Vermeer
2019★ 6.5

Copying Beethoven
2006★ 6.4

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011★ 7.8

Four Last Songs
2007★ 5.2

The Tempest
1979★ 5.7

Let Him Have It
1991★ 6.6

Prick Up Your Ears
1987★ 6.6

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998★ 6.0

I Know You Know
2009★ 5.8

Third Star
2010★ 7.0

Under Milk Wood
2014★ 6.0

The Magic Shop
1982★ 0.0

Is Anybody There?
2009★ 6.3

77 Beds
2003★ 8.0

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015★ 7.5

When I'm Sixty-Four
2004★ 5.0

Sons and Lovers
1981★ 0.0

The Pier
2011★ 0.0

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006★ 2.0

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021★ 0.0

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020★ 0.0

The Gospel According to St Derek
2014★ 0.0

Chips with Everything
1975★ 0.0