Don Johnson 200053 225584504 2008-07-14T12:40:36Z Rjwilmsi 203434 no 'of' between a month and a year per [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Longer_periods|MOS]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{otherpeople|Don Johnson}} {{Infobox actor |name = Don Johnson |image = Don Johnson.JPEG |caption = Johnson in 1986 during an interview aboard an aircraft carrier |birthname = Donnie Wayne Johnson |birthdate = {{birth date and age|1949|12|15}} |birthplace = [[Flat Creek, Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]] |deathdate = |deathplace = |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |othername = |occupation = Actor, producer, director, singer-songwriter <ref name=tvguide/> |yearsactive = 1973 - present |spouse = [[Melanie Griffith]] (1976-1976, 1989-1996) <br/> [[Kelley Phleger]] (1998-present) |partner = Patti D'Arbanville (1981 - 1985) |children = '''With D'Arbanville:''' Jesse Wayne Johnson <br/> '''With Griffith:''' Dakota Mayi Johnson <br/> '''With Phleger:''' Atherton Grace Johnson, Jasper Breckinridge Johnson, and Deacon Johnson |parents = |influences = |influenced = |website = |academyawards = |afiawards = |baftaawards = |emmyawards = |goldenglobeawards = 1986 '''[[List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actor, Drama|Best TV Actor - Drama Series]]''' - ''[[Miami Vice]]'' |sagawards = |tonyawards = |awards = '''[[The Saturn Award]]''' <br/> 1974 '''[[Saturn Award for Best Actor (film)|Best Actor]]''' - ''[[A Boy and his Dog]]'' }} '''Donnie Wayne Johnson'''<ref name=tvguide>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/don-johnson/147651 |title=Don Johnson |work=TV Guide |publisher=www.tvguide.com |accessdate=2007-11-06}}</ref> (born [[December 15]] [[1949]]),<ref name=tvguide/> more commonly known as '''Don Johnson,''' is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] well known for his work in television and film. Johnson began his screen debut in the 1970 film ''[[The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart]]''. It wouldn't be until 1984 that Johnson would land his defining role. He played the lead role of [[James "Sonny" Crockett|Sonny Crockett]] in the popular 1980s TV cop series, ''[[Miami Vice]]''. This lead him to huge success and fame. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, ''[[Nash Bridges]]''. Johnson is a [[Golden Globe]] winning actor for his role in ''[[Miami Vice]]'', a winner of the APBA Offshore World Cup, and has received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name=hollywoodstar/> In addition to being an actor, he is also a singer, songwriter, producer, and director.<ref name=tvguide/> ==Early life & education== Johnson was born in [[Flat Creek, Missouri]], in 1949.<ref name=tvguide/> His father was a [[farmer]] while his mother was a [[beautician]]. At the age of 6, he moved from [[Missouri]] to [[Wichita, Kansas]]. He graduated from [[Wichita South High School|South High School]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]] in 1967 and attended the [[University of Kansas]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas]]. He is of [[English people|English origin]]. In the late 1960s, he was one of the male contestants on the popular [[television show]] ''[[The Dating Game]]''. In the late 1960s, Johnson was in a psychedelic rock band called Horses. Also in the band were future members of the band [[Kingfish (band)|Kingfish]], which featured [[Grateful Dead]] guitarist [[Bob Weir]]. The band put out one self-titled record on the [[White Whale Records|White Whale label]] in 1969, later re-issued on the [[Gear Fab Records|Gear Fab label]] in 2004 and then on the [[Rev-Ola Records|Rev-Ola label]] in 2005. ==Acting== ===Early Years=== Johnson studied drama at the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in [[San Francisco]]. His first major role was in the 1969 Los Angeles stage production of [[Fortune and Men's Eyes]] in which he played Smitty, the lead role. This exposure led to the quickly forgotten 1970 film ''[[The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart]]''. He continued to work on stage, film and television without breaking out into stardom. His notable films from this period were ''[[Zachariah (1971 film)|Zachariah]]'' (1971) ''[[The Harrad Experiment]]'' (1973) and ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]'' (1975). ===Miami Vice=== After numerous years of struggling to establish himself as an accomplished TV actor (in such fare as ''[[Revenge of the Stepford Wives]]'') and a string of failed pilot movies which were never followed by an actual TV series, in September 1984, Johnson's fortunes changed when he became a household name as a result of his starring role as [[Sonny Crockett]] in the popular 1980s cop series, ''[[Miami Vice]]''. In this role, Johnson played a police detective working undercover as a drug smuggler. He typically wore thousand dollar Versace and Hugo Boss suits over pastel cotton t-shirts, drove a [[Ferrari Daytona|Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona]] (later a [[Ferrari Testarossa]]) and lived on a 42-foot yacht with his pet [[alligator]] Elvis. ''Miami Vice'' was noted for its revolutionary use of [[music]], [[cinematography]], and [[imagery]] as well as a more glitzy take on the [[police drama]] genre. In between seasons, Don Johnson gained further renown through several TV [[miniseries]], such as the 1985 TV [[remake]] of ''[[The Long Hot Summer]]''. ===Nash Bridges=== Johnson later starred in the 1996-2001 drama ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' with [[Cheech Marin]] and [[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]]. Johnson played the title role of Nash Bridges, a detective for the [[San Francisco Police Department]]. In ''Nash Bridges'' Johnson was again paired with a flashy convertible car, this time an electric yellow 1971 [[Plymouth Barracuda]]. ===2000s=== In the fall of 2006, he briefly starred in [[The WB Television Network|The WB]] courtroom television drama show ''[[Just Legal]]'' as a jaded lawyer with a very young and idealistic protegé/partner ([[Jay Baruchel]]); the show was cancelled in October 2006 after just three episodes aired. In January 2007, Johnson began a run in the [[London West End]] production of ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' as Nathan Detroit. American actor/dancer [[Patrick Swayze]] preceded Johnson in the role. Don Johnson also has a role in the [[Norway|Norwegian]] comedy "[[Lange flate ballær 2]]" (Long, flat balls 2), directed by [[Harald Zwart]]. The movie was launched [[March 13th]] [[2008]] in [[Norway]], with Johnson making an appearance at the premiere. ==Music== Johnson released two albums of pop music in the 1980s, one in 1986 and the other in 1989. His single "Heartbeat", the title track from his first album, reached #5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] singles chart. Previously, Johnson worked with [[Gregg Allman]] and [[Dickie Betts]] of the [[Allman Brothers]], co-writing the songs "Blind Love" and "Can't Take It with You" with Dickie Betts, which appeared on their 1979 album, ''Enlightened Rogues''.<ref name=coolcops/><ref name=tvguide/> ====Releases==== *''[[Heartbeat (album)|Heartbeat]]'' album (1986) **''Heartbeat - Full Length Video'' VHS (1987) *''[[Let It Roll (Don Johnson album)|Let It Roll]]'' album (1989) *"[[Till I Loved You]]" (duet with [[Barbra Streisand]] and title track from her 1990 album) *''[[The Essential (Don Johnson album)|The Essential]]'' album (2003) *''Untitled Album''<ref>[http://www.armyarcherd.com/2006/07/miami_viceversa.html Army Archerd: "Miami Vice"-Versa<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Personal life== ===Relationships and family=== At 22, Johnson began a four-year liaison with 14-year-old [[Melanie Griffith]] with whom he appeared with in ''[[The Harrad Experiment]]''.<ref name=coolcops>{{cite journal |last=Zoglin |first=Richard |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 1985-09-16 |title=Cool Cops, Hot Show |journal=Time Magazine |publisher=Time Inc. |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959822,00.html |accessdate= 2007-11-02}}</ref> Johnson was married twice to actress [[Melanie Griffith]] (briefly in 1976 and then from 1989-1996). On [[April 29]] [[1999]], he married San Francisco socialite and former preschool teacher [[Kelley Phleger]]. Johnson lived with [[Pamela Des Barres|Pamela Miller]] in the early 1970s. From 1981 to 1985 with [[Patti D'Arbanville]].<ref name=coolcops/> Johnson had a relationship with [[Barbra Streisand]] and created a single with her called "Till I Loved You" in the late 1980s. According to [[Cybill Shepherd]]'s autobiography ''Cybill Disobedience'' (2000), she and Johnson enjoyed a single sexual encounter when they co-starred in the TV Mini-series ''[[The Long Hot Summer]]'' (1985). Johnson had a relationship with [[Jeanne Anderson]] in 1996. Johnson has 5 children: *With D'Arbanville, a son, [[Jesse Johnson (actor)|Jesse Wayne Johnson]] (born on [[December 7]] [[1982]]) *With Griffith, a daughter, [[Dakota Johnson|Dakota Mayi Johnson]] (born [[October 4]] [[1989]]) *With Phleger, a daughter, Atherton Grace Johnson (born on [[December 28]] [[1999]]), and two sons, Jasper Breckinridge Johnson (born on [[June 6]] [[2002]]) and Deacon Johnson (born on [[April 29]] [[2006]]). ===Law infractions=== Johnson has had several brushes with the law. When he was 12 years old, Johnson was arrested for [[hotwiring]] cars and sent to reform school.<ref name=hollywoodstar>http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Don_Johnson/1114596</ref> In 1997, two cast members on ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' accused Johnson of [[sexual assault]]. Both cases were settled with confidential settlements. In 2001, a 36-year-old woman accused Johnson of grabbing and bruising her arm and lewdly propositioning her outside a restroom at [[San Francisco]] restaurant Mas Sake. The woman's friends went to confront Johnson but said he fled out the back door. Johnson said he was considering buying an advertisement in the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' to state his side of the story, but later decided to post the notices on his website. Due to insufficient evidence, no charges were filed.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/johnson1.html The Smoking Gun: Archive<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.lowtek.com/nash/nashbits/ Nash Bridges: Nashbits News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In November 2002,<ref name=customs>{{cite news |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-03-12-johnson_x.htm |title=Germany inspects papers linked to Johnson |date=2003-03-12 |accessdate=2008-02-08 |work=The Associated Press |publisher=USA Today |last=Cironneau |first=Lionel |location=Germany}}</ref> [[Germany|German]] customs officers at the [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-[[Germany|German]]<ref name=customs/> border performed a routine search of Johnson's car.<ref name=customs/> Bank statements evidencing US$8 billion in transactions found in the trunk of his car.<ref name=customs/><ref name=money/><ref name=laundering/> He was accompanied in his black [[Mercedes-Benz]]<ref name=money>{{cite news |url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|80536|1|,00.html |title=Don Johnson's Eight Billion Dollar Problem |date=2003-03-11 |accessdate=2008-02-08 |work=Zap2it |publisher=Tribune Media Services, Inc.}}</ref> by three men: an investment adviser,<ref name=money/> a personal assistant,<ref name=money/> and a third of unknown identity.<ref name=money/> Initially it was thought Johnson was involved in [[money-laundering]],<ref name=laundering>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/16/don.johnson.ap/ |title=Don Johnson denies laundering money |date=2003-03-16 |accessdate=2008-02-08 |work=Associated Press |publisher=CNN}}</ref> but he was cleared of wrongdoing.<ref name=cleared>{{cite news |url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|81493|1|,00.html |title=Germany Clears Don Johnson in Financial Documents Probe |date=2003-03-08 |accessdate=2008-02-08 |work=Zap2it |publisher=Tribune Media Services, Inc.}}</ref> Upon receiving word of the incident, German [[tabloid]]s began exploiting and perpetuating the story, at times pointing at the irony (as perceived by them) that Don Johnson has frequently portrayed police officers in his acting works. Johnson explained the incident by saying "I was meeting with some [[United States|American]] businessmen in [[Zurich]] for a film financing,<ref name=laundering/> for a film fund that I was putting together for my company. They gave me some bank statements and some resumes and some other documents, some things to prove that they could perform as investors." The police found and copied these documents, and the money laundering story grew somehow out of this.<ref>Don Johnson on Larry King Live, March 14, 2003</ref> ==Reception== ===Awards & recognitions=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Year ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Result ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Award ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Category ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | TV/Film |- | | 1974 || '''Winner''' || [[The Saturn Award]] || [[Saturn Award for Best Actor (film)|Best Actor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=all&query=Don+Johnson |title=Awards Database: Don Johnson |accessdate=2008-01-09 |work=The Envelope: The Awards Insider |publisher=LA Times}}</ref> || ''[[A Boy and his Dog]]'' |- | 1985 || '''Nominated''' || [[Emmy Awards]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]<ref name=emmys>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php |title=Advanced Primetime Awards Search |accessdate=2007-11-03 |publisher=www.emmys.tv |work=Academy of Television Arts and Science}}</ref> || rowspan="3"| ''[[Miami Vice]]'' |- | 1986 || '''Winner''' || rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Awards]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama|Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama]]<ref name=golden>{{cite web |url=http://www1.hfpa.org/browse/film/24549 |title=Miami Vice |work=Hollywood Foreign Press Association/Golden Globes |publisher=www.hfpa.org |accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref> |- | 1987 || '''Nominated''' || Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama<ref name=golden/> |- | 1988 || '''Won''' || APBA Offshore World Cup || Superboat class<ref name=tvguide/> || - |- | 1996 || '''Awarded''' || [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] || Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]<ref name=hollywoodstar/> || - |} ===In popular culture=== *The [[Finnish people|Finnish]] music group [[Don Johnson Big Band]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.donjohnsonbigband.com/en/biography/ |title=Biography |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=Don Johnson Big Band |publisher=www.donjohnsonbigband}}</ref> *In a [[Calvin and Hobbes]] comic, when [[Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes character)|Calvin]] and [[Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes character)|Hobbes]] are getting ready to go to a dinner with [[Secondary characters in Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin's parents]], Hobbes asks, "Do you think I should shave?", to which Calvin replies "Nah, go for the Don Johnson fuzzy look." *The ''Don Johnson'' is a popular ''[[Miami Vice]]'' themed drink made from vodka, gin, [[curacao]], and orange juice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barmeister.com/drinks/recipe/3483/ |title=Cocktail Recipe: Don Johnson's Blazer |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=BarMeister: Online guide to drinking |publisher=www.barmeister.com}}</ref> *In the 2002 movie ''[[Showtime (film)|Showtime]]'', [[Eddie Murphy|Eddie Murphy's]] character, Officer Trey Sellers, says upon entering Det. Mitch Preston's ([[Robert De Niro]]) newly refurbished apartment, "Maybe we should call Don Johnson and tell him we found his apartment." ==Filmography== {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 100%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Other notes |- | 1970 || ''[[The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart]]'' || Stanley Sweetheart ||| |- | 1971 || ''[[Zachariah (1971 film)|Zachariah]]'' || Matthew ||| |- | rowspan="2" |1973 || ''[[The Harrad Experiment]]'' || Stanley Cole ||| |- | ''[[Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' || || One episode |- | rowspan="2" |1974 || ''[[Lollipops and Roses (film)|Lollipops and Roses]]'' || || |- | ''[[A Boy and his Dog]]'' || Vic || [[The Saturn Award]] - Best Actor |- | 1975 || ''[[Return to Macon County]]'' || Harley McKay || |- | 1976 || ''[[Law of the Land]]'' || || |- | rowspan="3" |1977 || ''[[The City (1977)|The City]]'' || || tv pilot |- | ''[[Eight is Enough (1977)|Trial Marriage]]'' || || |- | ''[[Cover Girls]]'' || || |- | rowspan="6" |1978 || ''[[Swan Lake (film)|Swan Lake]]'' || Benno (English version) (voice) || |- | ''[[Pressure Point]]'' || || |- | ''[[Ski Lift to Death]]'' || || |- | ''[[The Two-Five]]'' || || |- | ''[[Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold]]'' || || |- | ''[[First, You Cry]]'' || || |- | rowspan="3" |1979 || ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' || || |- | ''[[Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill]]'' || || TV Movie |- | ''[[The Rebels]]'' || || Miniseries |- | rowspan="4" |1980 || ''[[Soggy Bottom, USA]]'' || Jacob Gorch || |- | ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' || || Canceled after 13 episodes |- | ''[[Beulah Land]]'' || || Miniseries |- | ''[[Revenge of the Stepford Wives]]'' || || TV Movie |- | rowspan="2" |1981 || ''[[Elvis and the Beauty Queen]]'' || || TV Movie |- | ''[[The Two Lives of Carol Letner]]'' || || TV Movie |- | 1982 || ''[[Melanie (film)|Melanie]]'' || Carl || |- | 1984 - 1989 || ''[[Miami Vice]]'' || Det. James "Sonny" Crockett || 111 Episodes<br>Golden Globe Winner: Best TV Actor - Drama |- | rowspan="2" |1985 || ''[[Cease Fire (1985 film)|Cease Fire]]'' || Tim Murphy || |- | ''[[The Long Hot Summer]]'' || || TV Movie |- | 1987 || ''[[G.I. Joe: The Movie]] || Lt. Falcon (voice) || direct-to-video |- | 1988 || ''[[Sweet Hearts Dance]]'' || [[Wiley Boon]] || |- | 1989 || ''[[Dead Bang]]'' || Jerry Beck || |- | 1990 || ''[[The Hot Spot]]''|| Harry Madox || |- |rowspan="2"| 1991 || ''[[Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man]]'' || Marlboro || |- | ''[[Paradise (1991 film)|Paradise]]'' || Ben Reed || |- |rowspan="2"| 1993 || ''[[Born Yesterday (1993 film)|Born Yesterday]]'' || Paul Verrall || |- | ''[[Guilty as Sin]]'' || David Edgar Greenhill || |- | 1995 || ''[[In Pursuit of Honor]]'' || Sgt. John Libbey || [[HBO]] Movie |- | 1996 - 2001 || ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' || Nash Bridges || Executive producer<br>122 Episodes |- | 1996 || ''[[Tin Cup]]'' || David Simms || |- | 1998 || ''[[Goodbye Lover]]'' || Ben Dunmore || |- | 2003 || ''[[Word of Honor]]'' || Lt. Benjamin Tyson || TV Movie<br>Co-executive producer |- | 2005 || ''[[Just Legal]]'' || Grant H. Cooper|| Cancelled after 3 episodes the rest of the episodes were later aired<br>8 episodes (2005-2006) |- | rowspan="2" |2007 || ''[[Moondance Alexander]]'' || Dante || |- | ''[[Super Bowl XLI]] in-studio discussion team. (CBS) || || |- | 2008 || ''[[Lange Flate Ballær 2]]'' || Admiral Burnett || [[Norway|Norwegian]] film |- | - || ''Developing Sports Themed TV Series''<ref>[http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=146078&x=articles&s=showbiz No more Mr. Vice guy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> || || |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{imdb name|id=0000467|name=Don Johnson}} *{{tvtome person|id=1584|name=Don Johnson}} *[http://thewb.warnerbros.com/web/show_bio.jsp?id=JL-A-DJohnson-Cast%20Bio Don Johnson cast bio on The WB] *[http://www.theatre.com/photo_op/id/3005559 Photos of Don Johnson in the West End production of Guys and Dolls on Theatre.com] {{start box}} {{s-awards}} {{succession box |before=[[James Caan]]<br>for ''[[Rollerball]]'' (tie) |title=[[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Saturn Award - Best actor]]<br>for ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]'' |years=1974 |after=[[David Bowie]]<br>for ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''}} {{end box}} {{Miami Vice}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Don}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Barry County, Missouri]] [[Category:People from Wichita, Kansas]] [[Category:University of Kansas alumni]] [[Category:Kansas actors]] [[Category:American actor-singers]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (television) winners]] [[Category:English Americans]] [[Category:Hollywood Walk of Fame]] [[Category:Miami Vice]] [[Category:Nash Bridges]] [[de:Don Johnson]] [[es:Don Johnson]] [[fr:Don Johnson]] [[it:Don Johnson]] [[hu:Don Johnson]] [[nl:Don Johnson]] [[ja:ドン・ジョンソン]] [[no:Don Johnson]] [[pl:Don Johnson]] [[pt:Don Johnson]] [[sk:Don Johnson]] [[fi:Don Johnson]] [[sv:Don Johnson]] [[zh:唐強生]]