Karl Johnson
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.
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the...
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The Illusionist
as Doctor / Old ManWith his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win...
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The Death of Stalin
as Dr. LukomskyWhen dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle...
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The Last Vermeer
as Bernard BakkerA soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second...
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The Edge of Love
as Dai FredWhen the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London,...
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Mr. Turner
as Mr. BoothEccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes...
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Dream Horse
as KerbyThe inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender,...
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Third Star
as Ticket SellerJames and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal...
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Peterloo
as Lord Sidmouth, the Home SecretaryAn epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a...
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Copying Beethoven
as Stefan HoltzA fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony....
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King Lear
as FoolAn aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and...
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Is Anybody There?
as Arthur (uncredited)A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
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Close My Eyes
as ColinAfter some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now...
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The Deep Blue Sea
as Mr. MillerThe wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force...
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as John DeakinIn the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his...
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A Prayer for the Dying
as FitzgeraldMartin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond...
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Prick Up Your Ears
as Douglas OrtonWhen the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at...
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Good Vibrations
as George HooleyThe story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley...
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Heidi
as Old ManSwiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his...
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The Carer
as JosephDorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage....
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Pure
as GranddadA young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him...
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National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as De LaceyChildlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out...
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Wittgenstein
as Ludwig WittgensteinA dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born,...
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Jubilee
as SphinxQueen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has...
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Let Him Have It
as ParrisIn 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by...
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When I'm Sixty-Four
as BillyWhen widowed cabbie Ray and retired teacher Jim meet by chance, they discover they long for the...
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Ghost / GravediggerAs a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's...
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The Tempest
as Ariel, an airy spiritProspero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's...
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Under Milk Wood
as Drowned / VoiceAn all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan...
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Frozen
as Coastguard BillIt's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but...
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Four Last Songs
as EricoA comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking...
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Kaleidoscope
as JohnA psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his...
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The Sea
as BlundenA man returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the...
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National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Richard JenkinsA community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams. The retired sea...
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Endgame & Rough for Theatre II
as NaggHamm is an ageing, blind tyrant who is confined to a wheelchair – but soon becomes locked in a...
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I Know You Know
as ErnieJamie, an 11-year-old boy, is fascinated by his father Charlie’s espionage work until the world...
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The Black and Blue Lamp
as uncreditedSatirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police...
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National Theater Live: The Crucible
as uncreditedA witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The...
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The Pier
as Larry McCarthyAfter 20 years of no contact with his father, Jack McCarthy (played by Hurley) travels from New...
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Dog Altogether
as JackJoseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he...
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Tomorrow La Scala!
as SydneyMembers of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security...
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Winter Thaw
as StepanovichIn late nineteenth-century Russia, Martin Avdeitch is a humble shoemaker whose life has been...
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Saint-Ex
as Didier DauratPoetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
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The Shawl
as CharlesMiss A, troubled by problems, consults a clairvoyant. Can he solve them for her by summoning the...
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Mother
as Old Man in CaféIn the aftermath of his mother's death, Edwin reaches out to his extended family for support.
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The Magic Shop
as uncreditedA father and son enter a magic shop that may contain real magic.
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The Gospel According to St Derek
as SelfUsing interviews with close family, friends and collaborators, The Gospel According to St. Derek...
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Sons and Lovers
as Paul MorelAn adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
as SaundersFrom England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...
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Midsomer Murders
as Derek LockwoodThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Halo
as Hierarch Truth (voice)Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the...
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The Bill
as uncreditedThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...
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Merlin
as TaliesinThe unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers,...
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Night Court
as Dave CostanzaAn eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on...
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Rome
as uncreditedA down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last...
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New Tricks
as uncreditedNew Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...
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Rainbow
as Himself (singer)Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories. Join George, Bungle, Zippy, and all...
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Bergerac
as Henry MorantBergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...
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Lark Rise to Candleford
as Twister TurrillSet in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the...
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Dalziel & Pascoe
as uncreditedBritish crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...
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Lovesick
as RichardAfter finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had...
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The Sooty Show
as HimselfThe Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967...
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The Play on One
as CharlesA series of plays specially written for television.
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Atlantis
as ItheusA fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and...
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David Copperfield
as TungayThe tale of David Copperfield from his birth and idyllic upbringing through hardship and...
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Shoestring
as uncreditedShoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his...
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Born to Kill
as Mr. WilliamsA haunting exploration of the mind of Sam, a teenager who's on the verge of acting out hidden...
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Suspicion
as Eric CresswellFive ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They...
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Mum
as RegA comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year...
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Too Close
as James de CadenetA dedicated forensic psychiatrist, Emma Robertson, is assigned to assess the sanity of Connie...
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Wolf
as Colonel FrinkDI Jack Caffery is a young man searching for himself. Obsessed with the neighbour he believes...
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Vanity Fair
as uncreditedBecky Sharp is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at...
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The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
as BillTwo very different women, Alice a formidable PA and Cheryl a best-selling fantasy author, become...
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Truelove
as TomA group of old friends reunited at a funeral make a drunken pact. Rather than let each other...
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The Mysteries
as Jesus / AbelNational Theatre Cottesloe production filmed for Channel 4
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A Tale of Two Cities
as BarsadA pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer,...
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Sons and Lovers
as Paul MorelSons and Lovers is a 1981 BBC television serial based on the D. H. Lawrence book Sons and...
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