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Welsh actor
Karl Johnson |
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Born | (1948-03-01) 1 March 1948 (age 76)
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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.
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Filmography
Film
Television
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Rainbow (1973–1974) - Karl, part of the music trio
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Sons and Lovers (1981) - Paul Morel
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A Tale of Two Cities (1989) - Barsad
- Rules of Engagement - Dave Gillespie
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The Bill (1989–2004) - Jon Jennings / Len Rogers / Geoff Hallwood / D.I. Osborne
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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)
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Vanity Fair (1998) - Major Loder
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David Copperfield (1999) - Tungay
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Without Motive (2000–2001) - Robert Jackson
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Born and Bred (2003) - Alec Rossendale
- The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003, TV Movie) - Fall
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When I'm 64 (2004, TV Movie) - Billy
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Dalziel and Pascoe:
Soft Touch (2004) - Stevie Earle
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Midsomer Murders (2005) - Derek Lockwood
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Rome (2005–2007) - Porcius Cato
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The Chatterley Affair (2006, TV Movie) - Mr. Justice Byrne
- Nostradamus (2006, TV Movie)
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Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006) -
Norman Douglas
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New Tricks (2006) - Gary Kendall
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) - Marcellus
- As You Like It (2006)
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Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011) - Twister Turrill
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Small Island (2009) - Arthur Bligh
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Merlin (2010) -
Taliesin
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Call the Midwife (2013) - Mr. Masterson
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Plebs (2014) - Judge
- Why We Went to War (2015)
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Lovesick (2016) - Richard
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Mum (2016–2019) - Reg
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King Lear (2018, TV Movie) - Fool
- Ray's Daze
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Truelove (TV series) (2024) - Tom
Selected stage career
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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
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- 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
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Barking in Essex,
Wyndham's Theatre
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