Karl Johnson: movies and TV shows
Karl Johnson has 98 credits in the archive: 60 films and 38 TV series, from 1955 to 2024. Highest rated: Born and Bred (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2024 · busiest year: 2002 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Truelove | Tom | TV | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2023 | Wolf | Colonel Frink | TV | 6.6 | 75 |
| 2023 | National Theatre Live: The Crucible | Film | 4.5 | 75 | |
| 2023 | The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies | Bill | TV | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2022 | Halo | Hierarch Truth (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 74 |
| 2022 | Suspicion | Eric Cresswell | TV | 6.7 | 74 |
| 2021 | Dream Horse | Kerby | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2021 | Too Close | James de Cadenet | TV | 5.9 | 73 |
| 2021 | National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood | Richard Jenkins | Film | — | 73 |
| 2020 | Endgame & Rough for Theatre II | Nagg | Film | — | 72 |
| 2019 | The Last Vermeer | Bernard Bakker | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2018 | King Lear | Fool | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin | Dr. Lukomsky | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2017 | Kaleidoscope | John | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 2017 | Born to Kill | Mr. Williams | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2016 | Mum | Reg | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2016 | Winter Thaw | Stepanovich | Film | — | 68 |
| 2016 | The Carer | Joseph | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2016 | Aberfan: The Green Hollow | Film | 6.3 | 68 | |
| 2016 | Mother | Old Man in Café | Film | — | 68 |
| 2015 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Ghost / Gravedigger | Film | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2014 | Lovesick | Richard | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Mr. Booth | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2014 | Under Milk Wood | Drowned / Voice | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2014 | The Gospel According to St Derek | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2013 | Atlantis | Itheus | TV | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2013 | It's Kevin | Various | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2013 | The Sea | Blunden | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 2013 | Mr Invisible | The Handler | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Mr. Masterson | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 2012 | Good Vibrations | George Hooley | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2011 | The Deep Blue Sea | Mr. Miller | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: Frankenstein | De Lacey | Film | 7.7 | 63 |
| 2011 | The Pier | Larry McCarthy | Film | — | 63 |
| 2010 | Third Star | Ticket Seller | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? | Arthur (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2009 | I Know You Know | Ernie | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2008 | Merlin | Taliesin | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Twister Turrill | TV | 8.4 | 60 |
| 2008 | The Edge of Love | Dai Fred | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | PC Bob Walker | Film | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2007 | The Trial of Tony Blair | Father Lunt | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2007 | Four Last Songs | Erico | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 2007 | Dog Altogether | Jack | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2006 | The Illusionist | Doctor / Old Man | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2006 | The Chatterley Affair | Mr. Justice Byrne | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Marcellus | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2006 | Copying Beethoven | Stefan Holtz | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2006 | Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes | Norman Douglas | Film | 2.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Heidi | Old Man | Film | 7.7 | 57 |
| 2005 | Frozen | Coastguard Bill | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | TV | 7.3 | 56 | |
| 2004 | When I'm Sixty-Four | Billy | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2004 | England Expects | Film | 9.0 | 56 | |
| 2003 | 77 Beds | Spiritual Father | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Alec Rossendale | TV | 9.0 | 54 |
| 2002 | Pure | Granddad | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2002 | Contagion | Ferrin | Film | 4.2 | 54 |
| 2002 | What's Your Problem? | TV | — | 54 | |
| 2002 | Tomorrow La Scala! | Sydney | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | David Copperfield | Tungay | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair | Major Loder | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1998 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | John Deakin | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Derek Lockwood | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1996 | Saint-Ex | Didier Daurat | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 1995 | An Independent Man | Bill Rutherford | TV | — | 47 |
| 1994 | The Lifeboat | Hughie Jones | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | Wittgenstein | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1991 | Close My Eyes | Colin | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It | Parris | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Saunders | TV | 8.2 | 41 |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Solomon Pross/'John Barsad' | TV | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1989 | Rules of Engagement | Dave Gillespie | TV | 4.5 | 41 |
| 1989 | The Shawl | Charles | Film | — | 41 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Charles | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1988 | The Black and Blue Lamp | PC "Taffy" Hughes | Film | — | 40 |
| 1987 | A Prayer for the Dying | Fitzgerald | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Douglas Orton | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | P.C. Taffy Hughes | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1985 | The Mysteries | Jesus / Abel | TV | — | 37 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 36 | |
| 1984 | Night Court | Dave Costanza | TV | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1982 | The Magic Shop | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Henry Morant | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1981 | Sons and Lovers | Paul Morel | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1981 | Sons and Lovers | Paul Morel | Film | — | 33 |
| 1979 | Shoestring | Dennis Philips | TV | 7.7 | 31 |
| 1979 | The Tempest | Ariel, an airy spirit | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1979 | Only Connect | Colin | Film | — | 31 |
| 1979 | The Other Side | Colin | TV | — | 31 |
| 1978 | Jubilee | Sphinx | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1978 | Cold Harbour | Geoff | Film | — | 30 |
| 1975 | Chips with Everything | Wilfe Seaford | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1972 | Rainbow | Himself (singer) | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Wilf Seaford | TV | 5.3 | 17 |
| 1955 | The Sooty Show | Himself | TV | 6.4 | 7 |
| Ladies and Gentlemen | Uncle Philip | Film | — | — |