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Don Johnson

Don Johnson

Actor · b. 1949 · 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.

Movies24

  • Movie8.2

    Django Unchained

    2012 · 28K votes

  • Movie7.8

    Knives Out

    2019 · 14K votes

  • Movie7.0

    Rebel Ridge

    2024 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Hot Spot

    1990 · 312 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Dragged Across Concrete

    2019 · 1.2K votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Other Woman

    2014 · 3.8K votes

  • Movie5.9

    When in Rome

    2010 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie6.3

    Machete

    2010 · 3.7K votes

  • Movie7.0

    Brawl in Cell Block 99

    2017 · 1.6K votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Collective

    2023 · 165 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Vengeance: A Love Story

    2017 · 346 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Book Club

    2018 · 847 votes

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  • Movie6.6

    G.I. Joe: The Movie

    1987 · 122 votes

  • Movie6.3

    A Boy and His Dog

    1975 · 402 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Cold in July

    2014 · 843 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Tin Cup

    1996 · 609 votes

  • Movie5.6

    A Little White Lie

    2023 · 62 votes

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  • Movie5.6

    High Heat

    2022 · 181 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Unit 234

    2024 · 39 votes

  • Movie5.8

    In Pursuit of Honor

    1995 · 30 votes

  • Movie5.9

    A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

    2011 · 360 votes

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  • TV4.9
  • TV5.1
  • TV6.8

    Raw

    1993 · 374 votes

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV7.2

    Conan

    2010 · 265 votes

  • TV5.3

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 217 votes

  • TV5.6

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 51 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Graham Norton Show

    2007 · 290 votes

  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV7.4

    Miami Vice

    1984 · 541 votes

  • TV5.6

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    2003 · 179 votes

  • TV7.5

    Judging Amy

    1999 · 84 votes

  • TV3.4

    Richard & Judy

    2001 · 13 votes

  • TV6.8

    Champs-Elysées

    1982 · 9 votes

  • TV6.7

    Tales of the Unexpected

    1979 · 54 votes

  • TV6.6

    Nash Bridges

    1996 · 115 votes

  • TV6.3

    Matt Houston

    1982 · 28 votes

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  • TV7.1

    Barnaby Jones

    1973 · 31 votes

  • TV7.4
  • TV9.2

    People's Choice Awards

    1975 · 6 votes

  • TV7.0

    Police Story

    1973 · 20 votes

  • TV7.6

    Watchmen

    2019 · 1.7K votes