Karl Johnson (actor)
Karl Johnson is a Welsh actor, who has worked on stage, film and television. His notable roles to date include 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
Film
Jubilee - SphinxThe Tempest - Ariel, an airy spiritPrick Up Your Ears - Douglas OrtonA Prayer for the Dying - FitzgeraldClose My Eyes - ColinLet Him Have It - ParrisWittgenstein - Ludwig WittgensteinLove Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon - John DeakinTomorrow La Scala - SydneyPure - GrandadFrozen - Coastguard BillHeidi - Old ManThe Illusionist - Doctor / Old ManCopying Beethoven - Stefan HoltzFour Last Songs - EricoHot Fuzz - PC Bob WalkerThe Edge of Love - Dai Fred Is Anybody There? - Arthur I Know You Know - ErnieThird Star - Ticket SellerFrankenstein - de LaceyThe Pier - Larry McCarthyThe Deep Blue Sea - Mr MillerGood Vibrations - George HooleyThe Sea - BlundenMr Turner - Mr BoothHamlet - Ghost of Hamlet's Father / GravediggerThe Carer - JosephKaleidoscope - JohnWinter Thaw - StepanovichThe Death of Stalin - Dr. LukomskyPeterloo - Lord Sidmouth, the Home SecretaryKing Lear - The FoolDream Horse - Kerby
Television
Rainbow - Karl, part of the music trioSons and Lovers - Paul MorelA Tale of Two Cities - BarsadRules of Engagement - Dave GillespieThe Bill - Jon Jennings / Len Rogers / Geoff Hallwood / D.I. OsborneAgatha Christie's Poirot - SaundersCatherine the Great - SheshkovskyAn Independent Man - Bill RutherfordThe Temptation of Franz Schubert - DoctorWing and a Prayer Vanity Fair - Major LoderDavid Copperfield - TungayWithout Motive - Robert JacksonBorn and Bred - Alec RossendaleThe Mayor of Casterbridge - FallWhen I'm 64 - BillyDalziel and Pascoe: Soft Touch - Stevie EarleMidsomer Murders - Derek LockwoodRome - Porcius CatoThe Chatterley Affair - Mr. Justice ByrneNostradamus Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes - Norman DouglasNew Tricks - Gary KendallAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire - MarcellusAs You Like It Lark Rise to Candleford - Twister TurrillSmall Island - Arthur BlighMerlin - TaliesinCall the Midwife - Mr. MastersonPlebs - JudgeWhy We Went to War Lovesick - RichardMum - RegKing Lear - FoolRay's DazeHalo - TruthTruelove (TV series) - Tom
Selected stage career
The Seafarer, as James 'Sharky' Harkin, National Theatre, LondonTales From The Vienna Woods, National Theatre, LondonScenes from the Big Picture, National Theatre, LondonHamlet, National Theatre, LondonThe Walls, National Theatre, LondonCardiff East, National Theatre, LondonThe Ends of the Earth, National Theatre, LondonMachine Wreckers, National Theatre, LondonThe Shape of The Table, National Theatre, LondonBlack Snow, National Theatre, LondonGolden Boy, National Theatre, LondonThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, National Theatre, LondonThe Sea, National Theatre, LondonUncle Vanya, National Theatre, LondonDon Quixote, National Theatre, LondonA Midsummer Night's Dream, National Theatre, LondonThe Fawn, National Theatre, LondonGlengarry Glen Ross, National Theatre, LondonWild Honey, National Theatre, LondonThe Rivals, National Theatre, LondonThe Mysteries, National Theatre, LondonAnimal Farm, National Theatre, LondonAlmost Nothing/At The Table, Royal Court Theatre, LondonNot Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen, Royal Court Theatre, LondonThis Is A Chair, Royal Court Theatre, LondonThe Night Heron, Royal Court Theatre, LondonBoy Gets Girl, Royal Court Theatre, LondonThe Weir, Royal Court Theatre, LondonBeen So Long, Royal Court Theatre, LondonJust a Little Less Than Normal, Royal Court Theatre, LondonSudlow's Dawn, Royal Court Theatre, LondonIrish Eyes and English Tears, Royal Court Theatre, LondonIn The Company of Men, Royal Shakespeare Company, StratfordTV Times, Royal Shakespeare Company, StratfordKnight of the Burning Pestle, Royal Shakespeare Company, StratfordAmadeus, Peter Hall CompanyThe Country Wife, Centreline ProductionsThe Last Yankee, Leicester HaymarketWoyzeck, Foco Novo at Lyric HammersmithWar Crimes, ICAThe Dresser, LeatherheadHedda Gabler, Yvonne Arnaud GuildfordMuch Ado About Nothing, Open Air Theatre, Regent's ParkAs You Like It, Old VicVieux Carre, West EndFrankenstein, National Theatre, LondonBarking in Essex, Wyndham's TheatreThe Cherry Orchard, St. Ann's Warehouse