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Donnie Wayne Johnson (nacido el 15 de diciembre de 1949) es un actor, productor, director, cantante y compositor estadounidense. [1] Interpretó el papel de James "Sonny" Crockett en la serie de televisión de los 80 Miami Vice , ganando un Globo de Oro por su trabajo en el papel. También tuvo el papel principal epónimo en la serie policial Nash Bridges de la década de 1990 . Johnson ha recibido una estrella en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood . [2]

Vida temprana [ editar ]

Donnie Wayne Johnson [3] nació el 15 de diciembre de 1949 en Flat Creek, Missouri , [1] hijo de Nell (de soltera Wilson), una esteticista, y Wayne Fred Johnson (1930-2017), un granjero. [4] [5] En el momento de su nacimiento, la madre y el padre de Johnson tenían 17 y 19 años, respectivamente. [6] Johnson se crió en la pobreza en Wichita, Kansas , donde sus padres se mudaron cuando él tenía seis años. [6]

Se graduó de Wichita South High School , donde participó en el programa de teatro de la escuela secundaria. En su último año, interpretó el papel principal de Tony en West Side Story . Su biografía señaló que había aparecido anteriormente en "Burnt Cork and Melody" y "The Hullabaloo". Después de graduarse de la escuela secundaria en 1967, se matriculó en la Universidad de Kansas como estudiante de teatro, pero se retiró después de un año. [6] Posteriormente se trasladó a San Francisco , California para asistir al American Conservatory Theatre . [6]

Actuando [ editar ]

Carrera temprana [ editar ]

Johnson's first major role was in the 1969 Los Angeles stage production of Fortune and Men's Eyes, in which he played the lead role of Smitty.[7][8][9] The play included a "shockingly realistic prison rape" scene portrayed by Johnson.[10] This exposure led to the quickly forgotten film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970). Johnson continued to work on stage, film and television without breaking into stardom. His notable films from this period were Zachariah (1971), The Harrad Experiment (1973) (a film in which Johnson displayed frontal nudity),[11][12] Lollipop and Roses (1974) and Un niño y su perro (1975). En 1976, Johnson era el compañero de cuarto del actor Sal Mineo en el momento en que Mineo fue asesinado. [13]

Miami Vice [ editar ]

En 1984, después de años de luchar por establecerse como actor de televisión, Johnson consiguió un papel protagónico como el detective de policía encubierto Sonny Crockett en la serie policial de Michael Mann / Universal Television , Miami Vice . [14] El programa se desarrolló entre 1984 y 1990. [15] Miami Vice convirtió a Johnson en "una gran estrella internacional". [16] Según Rolling Stone, "No one had more swagger in the Reagan era than Don Johnson. As Miami Vice‘s Sonny Crockett, the undercover detective and professional stubble-cultivator who lived on a houseboat with his pet alligator Elvis, he embodied masculine cool in the era of coke binges and Lamborghinis".[17] El personaje de Sonny Crockett usualmente vestía trajes de Versace y Hugo Boss de mil dólaressobre camisetas de algodón pastel; conducía un Ferrari; usaba relojes costosos de Rolex y Ebel; y vivía en un yate Endeavour . [ cita requerida ] Miami Vice se destacó por su uso revolucionario de la música, la cinematografía y las imágenes; y por su deslumbrante interpretación del género del drama policial. [ cita requerida ] En el programa, el socio de Crockett era Ricardo Tubbs, interpretado por Philip Michael Thomas . [18]

Johnson's work on Miami Vice earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama in 1986.[19] Johnson was nominated for the same award in 1987;[20] he was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1985.[21][22]

Between seasons on Miami Vice, Johnson gained further renown through TV miniseries such as the 1985 remake of The Long, Hot Summer.[23]

Nash Bridges[edit]

Johnson 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 Nash's father, Nick Bridges. Johnson portrayed the title role, an inspector (later promoted to captain) for the San Francisco Police Department. In Nash Bridges, Johnson was again paired with a flashy convertible car; this time, the car was a Yellow 1971 Plymouth Barracuda.[24]

2000s[edit]

Don Johnson with Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006

In the fall of 2005, Johnson briefly starred in The WB courtroom television drama show Just Legal as a jaded lawyer with a young and idealistic protégé/partner (Jay Baruchel); the show was canceled in October 2005 after just three of the eight produced episodes aired. In January 2007, Johnson began a run in the West End of London production of Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit.[25]

Johnson also had a role in the Norwegian comedy Lange Flate Ballær 2 ("Long Flat Balls II"), directed by Johnson's friend Harald Zwart. Johnson did the movie as a favor to Zwart. The movie was launched on March 14, 2008 in Norway, with Johnson making an appearance at the premiere. He next appeared in When in Rome with Danny DeVito, Anjelica Huston, and Kristen Bell.[26]

2010s[edit]

Johnson had a supporting role in Robert Rodriguez's film Machete. Johnson played Von Jackson, "a twisted border vigilante leading a small army." The film was released on September 3, 2010. 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.[27]

In September 2011, Johnson had a cameo in the comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy with Jason Sudeikis.[28] Johnson had a supporting role in the 2012 Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained, playing a southern plantation owner named Spencer 'Big Daddy' Bennett.[29] 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.[30] In 2015 Johnson began starring in the ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil.[31]

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.[32] In 2019, Johnson played the role of Richard Drysdale in Rian Johnson's murder-mystery Knives Out;[33] and starred as Police Chief Judd Crawford in the HBO series Watchmen.[34]

Music[edit]

Johnson released two albums of pop music in the 1980s. Heartbeat was released in 1986. Let it Roll was released in 1989. His single "Heartbeat" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[35]

"Till I Loved You", a duet with then-girlfriend Barbra Streisand, was a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released on the Columbia Records studio album Till I Loved You on October 25, 1988. The song was re-released on the Streisand album Duets in 2002.

Powerboat racing[edit]

In 1986, Johnson scored his first motor sport victory. He won a 1,100-mile powerboat race up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to St. Louis. Characterized by shipmates as an aggressive, fearless pilot who did not make mistakes, Johnson was named the American Power Boat Association's 1988 World Champion of the Offshore World Cup.[36]

Personal life[edit]

Relationships and family[edit]

Johnson in 1989

Johnson has been married five times to a total of four women. Three of his marriages were brief; the first two were annulled within a matter of days.[1][37] The names of Johnson's first two wives have not been made public, though they are said to have been a dancer and a "rich bimbo."[38] In the early 1970s, Johnson lived with groupie Pamela Des Barres.[39]

During the first half of 1972, Johnson met Melanie Griffith, the 14-year-old daughter of his Harrad Experiment co-star Tippi Hedren.[40] When Griffith was 15, she and Johnson began living together in a rented house in Laurel Canyon.[40] On her 18th birthday they became engaged, and were married in January 1976; they separated that July and divorced in November.[41][42] They reunited and conceived a daughter close to the start of 1989,[40] Dakota Johnson (born October 4, 1989) and were married again from that year until 1996.[43]

In 1980, Johnson dated Sally Adams, mother of actress Nicollette Sheridan.[44] In January of the following year, he met former Warhol model Patti D'Arbanville at a Los Angeles restaurant.[45] The pair lived together from 1981 to 1985, but never married.[42] Johnson and D'Arbanville have a son, Jesse Wayne Johnson (born December 7, 1982).[46] Cybill Shepherd has written of a liaison with Johnson during the making of the television miniseries The Long Hot Summer (1985).[47]

Johnson next had a relationship with Barbra Streisand, lasting into at least September 1988.[40] Just days after breaking up with Streisand, Johnson, then 38, was linked to 18-year-old Uma Thurman.[48] He was also briefly involved with Dead Bang co-star Penelope Ann Miller before reuniting with Griffith.[48] In 1996–1997, Johnson dated Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, who played his daughter on Nash Bridges.[49] Johnson was 47 at the time, while O'Keefe was 18.

On April 29, 1999, Johnson married San Francisco socialite and Montessori nursery school teacher Kelley Phleger, former longtime girlfriend of Governor Gavin Newsom,[50] at the Pacific Heights mansion of Ann and Gordon Getty.[51] Actor Robert Wagner served as best man, and Mayor Willie Brown presided over the civil ceremony.[51] Johnson and Phleger have three children together: a daughter, Atherton Grace (born December 28, 1999),[52] and two sons, Jasper Breckinridge (born June 6, 2002),[53] and Deacon (born April 29, 2006).[54][55]

Legal issues[edit]

In November 2002, German customs officers at the Swiss–German border performed a routine search of Johnson's car.[56] Bank statements evidencing US$8 billion in transactions were found in the trunk of his car.[56][57][58] He was accompanied in his black Mercedes-Benz by three men: an investment adviser, a personal assistant, and a third unknown individual who could not be identified.[57] Initially it was thought Johnson was involved in money laundering,[58] but he was cleared of wrongdoing.[59]

In May 2008, within hours of losing his Woody Creek, Colorado, home to foreclosure, Johnson paid off his $14.5 million debt.[60]

In July 2010, a Los Angeles jury awarded Johnson $23.2 million in a lawsuit against production company Rysher Entertainment, from whom Johnson sought a share of profits commensurate with his ownership of half the copyright of Nash Bridges.[61] Rysher announced it would appeal the verdict.[61] In January 2013, Rysher settled the suit with a $19 million payment.[62]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Compilation albums[edit]

Singles[edit]

Featured singles[edit]

Videography[edit]

  • 1987: Heartbeat - Full Length Video (VHS) - (Release date: May 10, 1987)

Awards and recognitions[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Hershkovits, David. Don Johnson, in series, 2M Communications Production[s]. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. ISBN 0-312-90165-8
  • Latham, Caroline. Miami Magic: Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, the Inside Story of the Stars of 'Miami Vice' [and of their other television and film work]. New York: Zebra Books, 1985. N.B.: The subtitle given, lacking on the t.p., is from the pbk. book's front cover. ISBN 0-8217-1800-2

External links[edit]

  • Don Johnson at IMDb