Don Johnson
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.
124 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 124
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Raw
1993
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Conan
2010
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Miami Vice
1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Judging Amy
1999
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Nash Bridges
1996
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Champs-Elysées
1982
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Barnaby Jones
1973
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
Richard & Judy
2001
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
People's Choice Awards
1975
Matt Houston
1982
Django Unchained
2012
Knives Out
2019
Eight Is Enough
1977
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014
Watchmen
2019
Eastbound & Down
2009
Police Story
1973
Doctor Odyssey
2024
Classic Albums
1997
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
Rebel Ridge
2024
TripTank
2014
Kenan
2021
Machete
2010
Sick Note
2017
Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017
Vengeance: A Love Story
2017
The Other Woman
2014
The Hot Spot
1990
Dragged Across Concrete
2019
Just Legal
2005
Blood & Oil
2015
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
Tin Cup
1996
The Long Hot Summer
1985
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
When in Rome
2010
From Here to Eternity
1980
Beulah Land
1980
MADtv
1995
Big Hawaii
1977
Book Club
2018
The Harrad Experiment
1973
High Heat
2022
Clive James' Postcard from
1989
Cold in July
2014
A Boy and His Dog
1975
The Collective
2023
Vault
2019
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
The Rebels
1979
A Little White Lie
2023
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011
Live Aid
1985
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987
Guilty as Sin
1993
Dead Bang
1989
Goodbye Lover
1999
Nashville 99
1977
Born Yesterday
1993
Paradise
1991
Sweet Hearts Dance
1988
Nash Bridges
2021
Alex of Venice
2015
Unit 234
2024
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
2001
Moondance Alexander
2007
Commitment to Life
2023
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
Return to Macon County
1975
Word of Honor
2003
Zachariah
1971
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978
In Pursuit of Honor
1995
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980
Heartbeat
1987
Melanie
1982
Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013
WWE: DX: One Last Stand
2011
Pennis from Heaven
2005
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981
The City
1977
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
First, You Cry
1978
Ski Lift to Death
1978
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Bastardi
2008
Encore
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The Two-Five
1978
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
2004
Cover Girls
1977
Torno a vivere da solo
2008
Cease Fire
1985
Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show
1988
Long Flat Balls II
2008
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
1970
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014
Southern Discomfort
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Law of the Land
1976
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
1988
Lollipops and Roses
1971
Fortune and Men's Eyes
1969
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
2003
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
