Don Johnson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-12-15 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Flat Creek, Missouri, USA
Don Johnson
Biography
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.
Acting
(2024)
Rebel Ridge
as Chief Sandy Burnne
(2024)
(2023)
The Collective
as Liam
(2023)
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Arthur
(2023)
A Little White Lie
as T. Wasserman
(2022)
High Heat
as Ray
(2021)
Nash Bridges
as Nash Bridges
(2019)
Knives Out
as Richard Drysdale
(2019)
Dragged Across Concrete
as Chief Lt. Calvert
(2019)
Vault
as Gerry
(2018)
Book Club
as Arthur
(2017)
Brawl in Cell Block 99
as Warden Tuggs
(2017)
Vengeance: A Love Story
as Jay Kirkpatrick
(2015)
Alex of Venice
as Roger
(2014)
The Other Woman
as Frank
(2014)
Cold in July
as Jim Bob
(2013)
Blood of 1000 Virgins
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Django Unchained
as Spencer "Big Daddy" Bennett
(2011)
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
as Miles Deep
(2011)
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Jerry Keppler (uncredited)
(2011)
WWE: DX: One Last Stand
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Machete
as Von Jackson
(2010)
When in Rome
as Beth's Dad
(2008)
Bastardi
as Sante Patene
(2008)
Torno a vivere da solo
as Nico
(2008)
Long Flat Balls II
as Admiral Burnett
(2007)
Moondance Alexander
as Dante
(2005)
Pennis from Heaven
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
Word of Honor
as Benjamin Tyson
(2003)
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
as Self
(2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2001)
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Goodbye Lover
as Ben Dunmore
(1996)
Tin Cup
as David Simms
(1995)
In Pursuit of Honor
as Sgt. John Libbey
(1993)
Guilty as Sin
as David Greenhill
(1993)
Born Yesterday
as Paul Verrall
(1991)
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
as Robert Lee Anderson / The Marlboro Man
(1991)
Paradise
as Ben Reed
(1990)
The Hot Spot
as Harry Madox
(1990)
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
(1989)
Dead Bang
as Jerry Beck
(1989)
Miami Vice: Freefall
as Detective James Crockett
(1988)
Sweet Hearts Dance
as Wiley Boon
(1988)
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
as Self
(1988)
(1987)
G.I. Joe: The Movie
as Lt. Falcon (voice)
(1987)
Heartbeat
as Documentary Filmmaker
(1985)
Live Aid
as Self
(1985)
Cease Fire
as Tim Murphy
(1985)
Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
as Detective James Crockett
(1984)
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Det. James “Sonny” Crockett
(1982)
Melanie
as Carl
(1981)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Jacob Gorch
(1981)
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
as Elvis Presley
(1981)
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
as Bob Howard
(1980)
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
as Officer Andy Brady
(1979)
The Rebels
as Judson Fletcher
(1979)
(1978)
Ski Lift to Death
as Mike Sloan
(1978)
First, You Cry
as Daniel Easton
(1978)
The Two-Five
as Charlie Morgan
(1978)
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
as Gunther
(1977)
The City
as Sgt. Brian Scott
(1977)
Cover Girls
as Johnny Wilson
(1976)
Law of the Land
as Quirt
(1975)
A Boy and His Dog
as Vic
(1975)
Return to Macon County
as Harley McKay
(1973)
The Harrad Experiment
as Stanley Cole
(1971)
Zachariah
as Matthew
(1971)
Lollipops and Roses
as Frank
(1970)
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
as Stanley Sweetheart
Crew
(2024)
Unit 234
Executive Producer
(2021)
Nash Bridges
Executive Producer
(1993)
In the Company of Darkness
Executive Producer
(1987)
Heartbeat
Writer