1949-12-15 ( 75 years old ) in Flat Creek, Missouri, USA
Donald Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor, producer, director, singer, and songwriter. He's best known for his role as Det. James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, winning a Golden Globe for his work in the role.
In 1984, after more then a decade of acting on television, Johnson landed a starring role as undercover police detective Sonny Crockett in the Michael Mann/Universal Television cop series, Miami Vice (1984-1990). Miami Vice made him "a major international star." According to Rolling Stone, "No one had more swagger in the Reagan era than Don Johnson."
His work on Miami Vice earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, in 1986, and he was nominated for the same award in 1987. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1985. Between seasons on Miami Vice, he gained further renown through TV miniseries such as the 1985 remake of The Long, Hot Summer. In 1996, he had a supporting role in Tin Cup, along with Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, and Cheech Marin. Johnson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996.
He later starred in the 1996–2001 CBS-TV police drama Nash Bridges with Cheech Marin, Jeff Perry, Jaime P. Gomez, Kelly Hu, Wendy Moniz, Annette O'Toole, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as his daughter Cassidy, and James Gammon as his father Nick.
In October 2010, he began appearing on the HBO series Eastbound & Down, playing Kenny Powers' long-lost father, going by the alias "Eduardo Sanchez." He also reprised his role as Sonny Crockett for a Nike commercial with LeBron James in which the NBA player contemplates acting and appears alongside Johnson on Miami Vice.
He had a supporting role in the 2012 Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained, playing a southern plantation owner named Spencer "Big Daddy" Bennett. In 2014, Johnson starred as the character "Jim Bob" opposite Sam Shepard and Michael C. Hall in Jim Mickle's critically acclaimed crime film, Cold in July. In 2014, he had a supporting role in the film The Other Woman as Cameron Diaz's character's father. In 2015, Johnson began starring in the ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil.
In 2018, he starred as the character of Arthur, the love interest of Vivian, played by Jane Fonda in Bill Holderman's romantic-comedy Book Club. In 2019, Johnson played the role of Richard Drysdale in Rian Johnson's murder-mystery Knives Out; and starred as Police Chief Judd Crawford in the HBO series Watchmen.
In 2021, he co-starred on Kenan, until its cancellation in May 2022. He also appeared in a Nash Bridges television film, with co-star Cheech Marin, on the USA Network in 2021.
Movies
Unit 234
2024-09-04
Rebel Ridge
2024-08-27
The Collective
2023-08-04
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023-05-11
A Little White Lie
2023-03-03
High Heat
2022-12-16
Nash Bridges
2021-11-27
Knives Out
2019-11-27
Vault
2019-07-25
Dragged Across Concrete
2019-02-21
Book Club
2018-05-18
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017-09-23
Vengeance: A Love Story
2017-03-16
Alex of Venice
2015-04-17
Cold in July
2014-05-23
The Other Woman
2014-04-16
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013-05-14
Django Unchained
2012-12-25
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011-09-09
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011-09-02
WWE: DX: One Last Stand
2011-04-05
Machete
2010-09-01
When in Rome
2010-01-29
Torno a vivere da solo
2008-12-05
Long Flat Balls II
2008-03-14
Bastardi
2008-01-04
Moondance Alexander
2007-04-22
Pennis from Heaven
2005-03-28
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
2004-01-16
Word of Honor
2003-12-06
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
2003-12-01
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
2001-01-20
Goodbye Lover
1999-04-16
Tin Cup
1996-08-16
In Pursuit of Honor
1995-03-18
Guilty as Sin
1993-06-04
Born Yesterday
1993-03-26
Paradise
1991-09-18
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991-08-23
The Hot Spot
1990-10-12
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990-09-08
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989-05-21
Dead Bang
1989-03-24
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
1988-12-19
Sweet Hearts Dance
1988-09-23
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
1988-01-22
G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987-08-01
Heartbeat
1987-05-10
Cease Fire
1985-10-18
Live Aid
1985-07-13
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984-09-16
Melanie
1982-02-12
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981-10-14
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981-10-09
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981-03-01
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980-10-12
The Rebels
1979-05-14
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979-01-08
First, You Cry
1978-11-08
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978-10-23
The Two-Five
1978-04-14
Ski Lift to Death
1978-03-03
Cover Girls
1977-05-18
The City
1977-01-12
Law of the Land
1976-04-29
Return to Macon County
1975-07-23
A Boy and His Dog
1975-03-23
The Harrad Experiment
1973-05-11
Lollipops and Roses
1971-06-05
Zachariah
1971-01-24
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
1970-05-26
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