Karl Johnson  | |
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| Born | 1 March 1948 | 
Karl Johnson (born 1 March 1948) 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,[2] 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.[3]
Filmography
Film
- Jubilee (1978) - Sphinx
 - The Tempest (1979) - Ariel, an airy spirit
 - Prick Up Your Ears (1987) - Douglas Orton
 - A Prayer for the Dying (1987) - Fitzgerald
 - Close My Eyes (1991) - Colin
 - Let Him Have It (1991) - Parris
 - Wittgenstein (1993) - Ludwig Wittgenstein
 - Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) - John Deakin
 - Tomorrow La Scala (2002) - Sydney
 - Pure (2002) - Grandad
 - Frozen (2005) - Coastguard Bill
 - Heidi (2005) - Old Man
 - The Illusionist (2006) - Doctor / Old Man
 - Copying Beethoven (2006) - Stefan Holtz
 - Four Last Songs (2007) - Erico
 - Hot Fuzz (2007) - PC Bob Walker
 - The Edge of Love (2008) - Dai Fred (uncredited)
 - Is Anybody There? (2008) - Arthur (uncredited)
 - I Know You Know (2008) - Ernie
 - Third Star (2010) - Ticket Seller
 - Frankenstein (2011) - de Lacey
 - The Pier (2011)[4] - Larry McCarthy
 - The Deep Blue Sea (2011) - Mr Miller
 - Good Vibrations (2012) - George Hooley
 - The Sea (2013) - Blunden
 - Mr Turner (2014) - Mr Booth
 - Hamlet (2015) - Ghost of Hamlet's Father / Gravedigger
 - The Carer (2016) - Joseph
 - Kaleidoscope (2016) - John
 - Winter Thaw (2016) - Stepanovich
 - The Death of Stalin (2017) - Dr. Lukomsky
 - Peterloo (2018)[5] - Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
 - King Lear (2018) - The Fool
 - Dream Horse (2020) - Kerby
 
Television
- Rainbow (1973–1974) - Karl, part of the music trio
 - Sons and Lovers (1981) - Paul Morel
 - A Tale of Two Cities (1989) - Barsad
 - Rules of Engagement - Dave Gillespie
 - The Bill (1989–2004) - Jon Jennings / Len Rogers / Geoff Hallwood / D.I. Osborne
 - Agatha Christie's Poirot (1993, TV Series, 1 episode: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan) - Saunders
 - Catherine the Great (1995, TV Movie) - Sheshkovsky
 - An Independent Man (1995) - Bill Rutherford
 - The Temptation of Franz Schubert (1997, TV Movie) - Doctor
 - Wing and a Prayer (1997)
 - Vanity Fair (1998) - Major Loder
 - David Copperfield (1999) - Tungay
 - Without Motive (2000–2001) - Robert Jackson
 - Born and Bred (2003) - Alec Rossendale
 - The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003, TV Movie) - Fall
 - When I'm 64 (2004, TV Movie) - Billy
 - Dalziel and Pascoe: Soft Touch (2004) - Stevie Earle
 - Midsomer Murders (2005) - Derek Lockwood
 - Rome (2005–2007) - Porcius Cato
 - The Chatterley Affair (2006, TV Movie) - Mr. Justice Byrne
 - Nostradamus (2006, TV Movie)
 - Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006) - Norman Douglas
 - New Tricks (2006) - Gary Kendall
 - Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) - Marcellus
 - As You Like It (2006)
 - Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011) - Twister Turrill
 - Small Island (2009) - Arthur Bligh
 - Merlin (2010) - Taliesin
 - Call the Midwife (2013) - Mr. Masterson
 - Plebs (2014) - Judge
 - Why We Went to War (2015)
 - Lovesick (2016) - Richard
 - Mum (2016–2019) - Reg
 - King Lear (2018, TV Movie) - Fool
 - Ray's Daze
 
Selected stage career
- The Seafarer, as James 'Sharky' Harkin, National Theatre, London
 - Tales From The Vienna Woods, National Theatre, London
 - Scenes from the Big Picture, National Theatre, London
 - Hamlet, National Theatre, London[6]
 - The Walls, National Theatre, London
 - Cardiff East, National Theatre, London
 - The Ends of the Earth, National Theatre, London
 - Machine Wreckers, National Theatre, London
 - The Shape of The Table, National Theatre, London
 - Black Snow, National Theatre, London
 - Golden Boy, National Theatre, London
 - The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, National Theatre, London
 - The Sea, National Theatre, London
 - Uncle Vanya, National Theatre, London
 - Don Quixote, National Theatre, London
 - A Midsummer Night's Dream, National Theatre, London
 - The Fawn, National Theatre, London
 - Glengarry Glen Ross, National Theatre, London
 - Wild Honey, National Theatre, London
 - The Rivals, National Theatre, London
 - The Mysteries, National Theatre, London
 - Animal Farm, National Theatre, London
 - Almost Nothing/At The Table, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - This Is A Chair, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - The Night Heron, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - Boy Gets Girl, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - The Weir, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - Been So Long, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - Just a Little Less Than Normal, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - Sudlow's Dawn, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - Irish Eyes and English Tears, Royal Court Theatre, London
 - In The Company of Men, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
 - TV Times, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
 - Knight of the Burning Pestle, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
 - Amadeus, Peter Hall Company
 - The Country Wife, Centreline Productions
 - The Last Yankee, Leicester Haymarket
 - Woyzeck, Foco Novo at Lyric Hammersmith
 - War Crimes, ICA
 - The Dresser, Leatherhead
 - Hedda Gabler, Yvonne Arnaud Guildford
 - Much Ado About Nothing, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
 - As You Like It, Old Vic
 - Vieux Carre, West End
 - Frankenstein, National Theatre, London
 - Barking in Essex, Wyndham's Theatre
 
References
- ↑ "Karl Johnson on The Pineapple Pub". London Beyond Sight. 1 October 2012. VocalEyesAD.
 - ↑ Open Culture: Wittgenstein Archived 6 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 7 May 2014
 - ↑ BBC One - Lark Rise to Candleford. Accessed 7 May 2014
 - ↑ "Irish Film Board - Film Directory - Features - The Pier". Directory.irishfilmboard.ie. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
 - ↑ "History with a human face". The Sunday Telegraph. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
 - ↑ Patrick O'Kane (2 May 2012). Actors' Voices: The People Behind the Performances: The People Behind the Performances. Oberon Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-84943-336-5.
 
External links
- Karl Johnson at IMDb
 
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