
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.
Filmography

Born and Bred
2002 · 9.0

The Magic Shop
1982 · 9.0
England Expects
2004 · 9.0

Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · 8.4

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 8.2

Halo
2022 · 8.2

The Lifeboat
1994 · 8.0

77 Beds
2003 · 8.0

Tomorrow La Scala!
2002 · 8.0

Chips with Everything
1975 · 8.0

Merlin
2008 · 7.8

Heidi
2005 · 7.8

Shoestring
1979 · 7.7

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011 · 7.7

Vanity Fair
1998 · 7.6

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · 7.6

Call the Midwife
2012 · 7.6

Hot Fuzz
2007 · 7.6

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015 · 7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997 · 7.5

Night Court
1984 · 7.3

New Tricks
2004 · 7.3

Mum
2016 · 7.3

The Illusionist
2006 · 7.3

It's Kevin
2013 · 7.2

Lovesick
2014 · 7.2

David Copperfield
1999 · 7.1

The Death of Stalin
2017 · 7.0

Bergerac
1981 · 7.0

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023 · 7.0

Dream Horse
2021 · 7.0

Sons and Lovers
1981 · 7.0

Third Star
2010 · 7.0
Mr Invisible
2013 · 7.0

The Bill
1984 · 6.8

Born to Kill
2017 · 6.8

Dog Altogether
2007 · 6.8

Suspicion
2022 · 6.8

Good Vibrations
2012 · 6.7

Peterloo
2018 · 6.7

Let Him Have It
1991 · 6.7

Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · 6.7

Wolf
2023 · 6.6

The Last Vermeer
2019 · 6.6

Mr. Turner
2014 · 6.6

Copying Beethoven
2006 · 6.5

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · 6.4

Atlantis
2013 · 6.4

Truelove
2024 · 6.4

Wittgenstein
1993 · 6.4

The Carer
2016 · 6.4

Is Anybody There?
2009 · 6.3
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016 · 6.3

The Edge of Love
2008 · 6.2

Under Milk Wood
2014 · 6.2

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 · 6.1

Pure
2002 · 6.1

King Lear
2018 · 6.0

ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0

The Play on One
1988 · 6.0

Jubilee
1978 · 6.0

The Trial of Tony Blair
2007 · 6.0

Too Close
2021 · 5.9

The Deep Blue Sea
2011 · 5.9

A Prayer for the Dying
1987 · 5.9

Frozen
2005 · 5.9

Close My Eyes
1991 · 5.8

I Know You Know
2009 · 5.8

The Tempest
1979 · 5.8

A Tale of Two Cities
1989 · 5.7

Kaleidoscope
2017 · 5.6

Four Last Songs
2007 · 5.4

The Sea
2013 · 5.4

When I'm Sixty-Four
2004 · 5.4

The Chatterley Affair
2006 · 5.3

BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 5.2

National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023 · 4.5

Rules of Engagement
1989 · 4.5

Contagion
2002 · 4.2

Saint-Ex
1996 · 4.2

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006 · 2.0

Only Connect
1979 · 0.0
What's Your Problem?
2002 · 0.0
An Independent Man
1995 · 0.0
The Other Side
1979 · 0.0

The Mysteries
1985 · 0.0

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021 · 0.0

The Pier
2011 · 0.0

The Black and Blue Lamp
1988 · 0.0

Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020 · 0.0

Winter Thaw
2016 · 0.0

Sons and Lovers
1981 · 0.0

Untitled 13
— · 0.0

Mother
2016 · 0.0
Cold Harbour
1978 · 0.0