Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson (born 1 March 1948, in Wales) is a Welsh actor, notable for acting on stage, film and television. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University. His most notable role to date was the title role in Derek Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein. He is also well known for the part of Cato the Younger in the television drama series Rome and for playing the character Twister in the BBC costume drama series Lark Rise to Candleford.

Selected filmography

• The Sea 2013
• The Pier (Gerard Hurley) 2011 ^[1]
• Four Last Songs, Erico 2007
• Hot Fuzz, PC Bob Walker 2007
• The Illusionist 2006
• Heidi
• Pure 2002
• Tomorrow La Scala 2002
• Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 1998
• Wittgenstein 1993
• Close My Eyes
• Prick Up Your Ears
• Jubilee
• Avenging Force
• The Tempest
• The Tent (film)
• The Magic Shop (film)
• Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG

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
• 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^[2]

Selected TV career

• Rainbow (1973 - 1974), as part of the music trio with Julian Littman and Charmaine Dore (aka Charlie Dore)
• Small Island
• Lark Rise to Candleford
• New Tricks
• The Chatterley Affair
• Nostradamus
• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
• Why We Went to War
• Midsomer Murders
• Rome
• Ray's Daze
• Born and Bred
• The Mayor of Casterbridge
• Without Motive
• David Copperfield
• Vanity Fair
• The Temptation of Franz Schubert
• Wing and a Prayer
• An Independent Man
• As You Like It
• Catherine the Great
• When I'm 64
• Sons and Lovers
• "Call the Midwife", Season 2, Episode 6, as Mr. Masterson

References

1. ↑ "Irish Film Board - Film Directory - Features - The Pier". Directory.irishfilmboard.ie. Retrieved 2013-02-25. 
2. ↑ "Lee Evans - 'I really wanted to get back into theatre'". whatsonstage.com. Whats On Stage. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013. 

External links

• Karl Johnson at the Internet Movie Database