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Karl Johnson (actor)

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Karl Johnson
Born (1948-03-01) 1 March 1948 (age 76)
Wales
Karl Johnson's voice
Johnson describing his favourite pub The Pineapple in Kentish Town for the VocalEyes podcast London Beyond Sight, 1 October 2012.[1]

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.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Television

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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[6]
  • 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

References

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  1. ^ "Karl Johnson on The Pineapple Pub". London Beyond Sight. 1 October 2012. VocalEyesAD.
  2. ^ Open Culture: Wittgenstein Archived 6 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 7 May 2014
  3. ^ BBC One - Lark Rise to Candleford. Accessed 7 May 2014
  4. ^ "Irish Film Board - Film Directory - Features - The Pier". Directory.irishfilmboard.ie. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ^ "History with a human face". The Sunday Telegraph. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. ^ Patrick O'Kane (2 May 2012). Actors' Voices: The People Behind the Performances: The People Behind the Performances. Oberon Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-84943-336-5.
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