Karl Johnson
Acting

Karl Johnson

Born 1 March 1948 · Wales, UK
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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

Hot Fuzz
The Illusionist
Halo
The Death of Stalin
Merlin
Mr. Turner
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Edge of Love
Midsomer Murders
The Deep Blue Sea
Copying Beethoven
Suspicion
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Dream Horse
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
The Last Vermeer
King Lear
Peterloo
Kaleidoscope
The Death of Stalin
The Carer
Winter Thaw
Mother
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Under Milk Wood
Mr. Turner
The Sea
Good Vibrations
The Deep Blue Sea
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
The Pier
Third Star
I Know You Know
The Edge of Love
Dog Altogether
Four Last Songs
Hot Fuzz
The Trial of Tony Blair
The Illusionist
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Copying Beethoven
The Chatterley Affair
Frozen
Heidi
When I'm Sixty-Four
77 Beds
Tomorrow La Scala!
Pure
Contagion
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Saint-Ex
Wittgenstein
Close My Eyes
Let Him Have It
The Shawl
The Black and Blue Lamp
A Prayer for the Dying
Prick Up Your Ears
The Magic Shop
Sons and Lovers
The Tempest
Only Connect
Jubilee
Chips with Everything
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