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      Karl Johnson

      Karl Johnson

      Highest Rated: 100% Jubilee (1978)

      Lowest Rated: 50% A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

      Birthday: Mar 1, 1948

      Birthplace: Wales, UK

      Actor Karl Johnson started his entertainment career when he was just 11 years old. Johnson's earliest roles were in film, including the horror movie "Night of the Ghouls" (1959) with Kenne Duncan, the Tor Johnson horror flick "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (1959) and the comedy "Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke" (1978) with Cheech Marin. He also appeared in "Jubilee" (1979), the comedy "Valley Girl" (1983) with Nicolas Cage and the Catherine Mary Stewart horror feature "Night of the Comet" (1984). He continued to act in productions like the David Hasselhoff drama "The Final Alliance" (1990), "Return of the Family Man" (1990) with Ron Smerczak and "Kwagga Strikes Back" (1991). He also appeared in "The Tempest" (1991). Recently, he tackled roles in the dramatic comedy "Tomorrow La Scala!" (2002) with Jessica Hynes, "Heidi" (2005) and "The Illusionist" (2006) with Edward Norton. He also appeared in the Stanley Tucci suspenseful mystery "Four Last Songs" (2007) and the action picture "Hot Fuzz" (2007) with Jim Broadbent. Most recently, Johnson acted in the Timothy Spall dramatic biopic "Mr. Turner" (2014).

      Highest rated movies

      Jubilee
      Mr. Turner
      King Lear
      Dream Horse
      Wittgenstein
      The Deep Blue Sea
      The Illusionist
      Peterloo

      Photos

      KALEIDOSCOPE, KARL JOHNSON, 2016. ©IFC MIDNIGHT

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      88% 97% Dream Horse Kerby (Character) $2.6M 2020
      67% 42% Peterloo Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary (Character) $116.7K 2018
      91% 61% King Lear Fool (Character) - 2018
      64% 45% Kaleidoscope John (Character) - 2016
      67% 60% The Carer Joseph (Character) - 2016
      No Score Yet 88% Winter Thaw Stepanovich (Character) - 2016
      97% 56% Mr. Turner Mr. Booth (Character) $4.2M 2014
      52% 37% The Sea Blunden (Character) - 2013
      No Score Yet 44% The Pier Larry McCarthy (Character) - 2011
      81% 52% The Deep Blue Sea Mr. Miller (Character) $1.1M 2011
      No Score Yet 100% National Theatre Live: Frankenstein De Lacey (Character) - 2011
      64% 50% I Know You Know Ernie (Character) - 2008
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dog Altogether Jack (Character) - 2007
      73% 83% The Illusionist Doctor/Old Man (Character) $39.8M 2006
      No Score Yet No Score Yet When I'm 64 Unknown (Character) - 2004
      No Score Yet 72% Pure Grandad (Character) $102.0K 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tomorrow La Scala! Sydney (Character) - 2002
      67% 61% Love Is the Devil: Study of a Portrait of Francis Bacon John Deakin (Character) $343.0K 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Saint-Ex Didier Daurat (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 47% Catherine the Great Sheshkovsky (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 57% Automatic Gamma 1 (Character) - 1994
      86% 75% Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein (Character) - 1993
      67% 56% Close My Eyes Colin (Character) - 1991
      No Score Yet 29% The Final Alliance Red (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet 9% White Ghost Brownie (Character) - 1988
      50% 53% A Prayer for the Dying Fitzgerald (Character) $1.4M 1987
      No Score Yet 50% Avenging Force Cmdr. Jeb Wallace (Character) $3.2M 1986
      67% 59% The Tempest Ariel (Character) - 1979
      100% 58% Jubilee Sphinx (Character) - 1978

      TV

      Credit
      100% No Score Yet Truelove Tom (Character) 2024
      78% 93% The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies Bill Newman (Character) 2023
      48% 27% Suspicion Eric Cresswell (Character) 2022
      98% 75% Landscapers Unknown (Character) 2021
      78% 71% Too Close James De Cadenet (Character) 2021
      100% 85% Mum Reg (Character) 2016 2018-2019
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Born to Kill Mr Williams (Character) 2017
      No Score Yet 94% Call the Midwife Mr. Masterson (Guest Star) 2013
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lark Rise to Candleford Twister Turrill (Character) 2008-2011
      85% 88% The Adventures of Merlin Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
      86% 96% Rome Porcius Cato (Guest Star) 2005
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Detective (Guest Star) 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bergerac Unknown (Character) 1989
      No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Julius Korso (Guest Star) 1984