Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

March 1, 1948 · 78 years old

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.

Known For

20 titles
1
Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

2007 · 2h 1m · Movie

An overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.

7.8
2
The Illusionist

The Illusionist

2006 · 1h 50m · Movie

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

7.5
3
Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

2014 · 2h 30m · Movie

J.M.W. Turner, an unconventional British painter, goes down memory lane and recalls his romantic relationship with a seaside landlady and the various accolades he received for his works of art.

6.8
4
The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

2011 · 1h 38m · Movie

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

6.2
5
Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

2006 · 1h 44m · Movie

A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.

6.7
6
Third Star

Third Star

2010 · 1h 32m · Movie

James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.

7.2
7
Dream Horse

Dream Horse

2021 · 1h 53m · Movie

Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racin...

6.9
8
The Last Vermeer

The Last Vermeer

2019 · 1h 58m · Movie

An artist is suspected of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, but there is more to the story than meets the eye.

6.7
9
A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

1987 · 1h 47m · Movie

I.R.A. hitman Martin is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He develops a bond with the priest and his niece, but his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.

6.3
10
Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations

2012 · 1h 43m · Movie

A chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene.

7.2
11
Peterloo

Peterloo

2018 · 2h 34m · Movie

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

6.5
12
King Lear

King Lear

2018 · 1h 55m · Movie

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

6.2
13
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

2011 · 2h 10m · Movie

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 Creature determines to track down his ...

8.5
14
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998 · 1h 27m · Movie

Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.

6.5
15
Jubilee

Jubilee

1978 · 1h 46m · Movie

Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.

5.9
16
Close My Eyes

Close My Eyes

1991 · 1h 48m · Movie

An estranged brother and sister begin an intense sexual relationship, behind the curtain of their otherwise normal working-class lives.

6.2
17
Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein

1993 · 1h 12m · Movie

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of...

6.9
18
Pure

Pure

2002 · 1h 36m · Movie

A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.

6.8
19
The Carer

The Carer

2016 · 1h 29m · Movie

When the question is to be or not to be, there is only one answer.

6.6
20
Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

2017 · 1h 40m · Movie

A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.

5.9
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