Biography
Karl Johnson
Acting
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.
Career works
97
Movies
59
Series
38
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
03/01/1948
Place of birth
Wales, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023 · 4.5
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021
Dream Horse
2021 · 7.0
Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
2020
The Last Vermeer
2019 · 6.5
Peterloo
2018 · 6.8
King Lear
2018 · 6.1
Kaleidoscope
2017 · 5.6
The Death of Stalin
2017 · 7.0
Winter Thaw
2016
The Carer
2016 · 6.6
Mother
2016
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015 · 7.5
Mr. Turner
2014 · 6.5
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014
Series
Truelove
2024 · 6.4
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023 · 7.1
Wolf
2023 · 6.6
Halo
2022 · 8.2
Suspicion
2022 · 6.8
Too Close
2021 · 5.9
Born to Kill
2017 · 6.8
Mum
2016 · 7.2
Lovesick
2014 · 7.2
Atlantis
2013 · 6.4
It's Kevin
2013 · 7.2
Call the Midwife
2012 · 7.5
Merlin
2008 · 7.8
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · 8.4
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · 7.6