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Karl Johnson
Born: 1948-03-01 in Wales, UK
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.
Rated Filmography (45)
Sorted by Score9.0
The Magic Shop
1982
8.0
Tomorrow La Scala!
2002
8.0
77 Beds
2003
8.0
Chips with Everything
1975
7.7
Heidi
2005
7.7
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
7.6
Hot Fuzz
2007
7.5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
7.3
The Illusionist
2006
7.0
Third Star
2010
7.0
The Death of Stalin
2017
7.0
Dream Horse
2021
6.8
Dog Altogether
2007
6.7
Peterloo
2018
6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
6.7
Good Vibrations
2012
6.6
Let Him Have It
1991
6.6
The Carer
2016
6.5
Mr. Turner
2014
6.5
The Last Vermeer
2019
6.5
Copying Beethoven
2006
6.4
Wittgenstein
1993
6.3
Is Anybody There?
2009
6.2
The Edge of Love
2008
6.1
Pure
2002
6.1
King Lear
2018
6.1
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
6.0
Under Milk Wood
2014
6.0
The Trial of Tony Blair
2007
6.0
Jubilee
1978
5.9
The Deep Blue Sea
2011
5.9
Frozen
2005
5.9
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
5.8
I Know You Know
2009
5.8
The Tempest
1979
5.8
Close My Eyes
1991
5.6
Kaleidoscope
2017
5.4
The Sea
2013
5.4
Four Last Songs
2007
5.4
When I'm Sixty-Four
2004
5.3
The Chatterley Affair
2006
4.5
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
2023
4.3
Saint-Ex
1996
4.2
Contagion
2002
2.0
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006