Karl Johnson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Wales, UK, 1948-03-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Jubilee	Sphinx	59
2	1978	Cold Harbour	Geoff	0
3	1979	The Tempest	Ariel, an airy spirit	60
4	1981	Sons and Lovers	Paul Morel	0
5	1982	The Magic Shop		0
6	1987	Prick Up Your Ears	Douglas Orton	66
7	1987	A Prayer for the Dying	Fitzgerald	58
8	1988	The Black and Blue Lamp		0
9	1989	The Shawl	Charles	0
10	1991	Let Him Have It	Parris	66
11	1991	Close My Eyes	Colin	60
12	1993	Wittgenstein	Ludwig Wittgenstein	63
13	1996	Saint-Ex	Didier Daurat	30
14	1998	Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon	John Deakin	60
15	2002	Pure	Granddad	62
16	2002	Tomorrow La Scala!	Sydney	0
17	2004	England Expects		80
18	2004	When I'm Sixty-Four	Billy	53
19	2005	Frozen	Coastguard Bill	57
20	2005	Heidi	Old Man	75
21	2006	Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes	Norman Douglas	20
22	2006	The Illusionist	Doctor / Old Man	73
23	2006	Copying Beethoven	Stefan Holtz	64
24	2007	Four Last Songs	Erico	58
25	2007	Hot Fuzz	PC Bob Walker	76
26	2007	Dog Altogether	Jack	68
27	2008	The Edge of Love	Dai Fred	62
28	2009	I Know You Know	Ernie	58
29	2009	Is Anybody There?	Arthur (uncredited)	62
30	2010	Third Star	Ticket Seller	71
31	2011	National Theatre Live: Frankenstein	De Lacey	80
32	2011	The Pier	Larry McCarthy	0
33	2011	The Deep Blue Sea	Mr. Miller	59
34	2012	Good Vibrations	George Hooley	67
35	2013	The Sea	Blunden	61
36	2013	Mr Invisible	The Handler	70
37	2014	Under Milk Wood	Drowned / Voice	61
38	2014	The Gospel According to St Derek	Self	0
39	2014	Mr. Turner	Mr. Booth	65
40	2015	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Ghost / Gravedigger	75
41	2016	Mother	Old Man in Café	0
42	2016	The Carer	Joseph	67
43	2016	Aberfan: The Green Hollow		63
44	2016	Winter Thaw	Stepanovich	0
45	2017	The Death of Stalin	Dr. Lukomsky	70
46	2017	Kaleidoscope	John	55
47	2018	King Lear	Fool	60
48	2018	Peterloo	Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary	68
49	2019	The Last Vermeer	Bernard Bakker	65
50	2020	Endgame & Rough for Theatre II	Nagg	0
51	2021	Dream Horse	Kerby	70
52	2021	National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood	Richard Jenkins	0
53	2023	National Theater Live: The Crucible		80

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Sooty Show	Himself	61
2	1972	Rainbow	Himself (singer)	67
3	1979	Shoestring		68
4	1981	Sons and Lovers	Paul Morel	50
5	1981	Bergerac	Henry Morant	65
6	1984	Night Court	Dave Costanza	73
7	1984	The Bill		67
8	1985	The Mysteries	Jesus / Abel	0
9	1988	The Play on One	Charles	60
10	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Saunders	81
11	1989	A Tale of Two Cities	Barsad	50
12	1989	Rules of Engagement	Dave Gillespie	20
13	1994	The Lifeboat		0
14	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe		64
15	1997	Midsomer Murders	Derek Lockwood	75
16	1998	Vanity Fair		78
17	1999	David Copperfield	Tungay	71
18	2002	What's Your Problem?		0
19	2004	New Tricks		74
20	2005	Rome		83
21	2008	Lark Rise to Candleford	Twister Turrill	83
22	2008	Merlin	Taliesin	78
23	2013	Atlantis	Itheus	64
24	2014	Lovesick	Richard	73
25	2016	Mum	Reg	74
26	2017	Born to Kill	Mr. Williams	70
27	2021	Too Close	James de Cadenet	59
28	2022	Suspicion	Eric Cresswell	68
29	2022	Halo	Hierarch Truth (voice)	83
30	2023	Wolf	Colonel Frink	69
31	2023	The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies	Bill	70
32	2024	Truelove	Tom	69