Karl Johnson
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: March 1, 1948
Place of Birth: Wales, UK
Known For
Tomorrow La Scala!
Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.
Born and Bred
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
Lark Rise to Candleford
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a vanished corner of rural England and a heart-warming drama series teeming with wit, wisdom and romance.
Halo
Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
77 Beds
One sleepless night Ishmael, a young spacey urban nomad, starts counting back through all the beds he has ever slept in.
Merlin
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing tale.
Heidi
Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wild country, especially accompanying young goatherd Peter. Grandpa refuses to send her to school in the city, but aunt Detie returns and forces him to give in. She's sent to a posh lady in Frankfurt, where she'll be a companion for crippled daughter Clara after school hours.
Vanity Fair
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Filmography
as Tom
as Colonel Frink
as Hierarch Truth (voice)
as Eric Cresswell
as Richard Jenkins
as Kerby
as James de Cadenet
as Bernard Bakker
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary
as Fool
as John
as Dr. Lukomsky
as Mr. Williams
as Stepanovich
as Joseph
as Reg
as Old Man in Café
as Ghost / Gravedigger
as Mr. Booth
as Richard
as Drowned / Voice
as Itheus
as Blunden
as Various
as George Hooley
as Mr. Masterson
as Mr. Miller
as Larry McCarthy
as De Lacey
as Ticket Seller
as Arthur (uncredited)
as Ernie
as Taliesin
as Dai Fred
as Twister Turrill
as Jack
as PC Bob Walker
as Erico
as Marcellus
as Stefan Holtz
as Doctor / Old Man
as Mr. Justice Byrne
as Norman Douglas
as Old Man
as Coastguard Bill
as Billy
as Spiritual Father
as Sydney
as Granddad
as Alec Rossendale
as Tungay
as John Deakin
as Derek Lockwood
as Didier Daurat
as Stevie Earle
as Hughie Jones
as Ludwig Wittgenstein
as Colin
as Parris
as Solomon Pross/'John Barsad'
as Charles
as Saunders
as PC "Taffy" Hughes
as Charles
as Fitzgerald
as Douglas Orton
as Jesus / Abel
as Dave Costanza
as Henry Morant
as Paul Morel
as Paul Morel
as Dennis Philips
as Ariel, an airy spirit
as Sphinx
as Wilfe Seaford
as Himself (singer)
as Wilf Seaford
as Himself