
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 (71 movies)

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991

Tin Cup
1996

The Harrad Experiment
1973

Guilty as Sin
1993

A Boy and His Dog
1975

Dead Bang
1989

Long Flat Balls II
2008

Machete
2010

Moondance Alexander
2007

Return to Macon County
1975

Nash Bridges
2021

The Hot Spot
1990

Larry presents: Best of The 80s
2004

Born Yesterday
1993

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
2011

Paradise
1991

Django Unchained
2012

Goodbye Lover
1999

Sweet Hearts Dance
1988

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
2001

WWE: DX: One Last Stand
2011

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981

Torno a vivere da solo
2008

The Rebels
1979

Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980

In Pursuit of Honor
1995

Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
1988

Unit 234
2024

The Other Woman
2014

The City
1977

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
1978

Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023

Cold in July
2014

Alex of Venice
2015

First, You Cry
1978

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984

Cover Girls
1977

Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002

The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
1970

High Heat
2022

The Two-Five
1978

Heartbeat
1987

The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981

Zachariah
1971

Prachtig 80: Volume 2
2003

The Collective
2023

Seriously... Phil Collins
1990

Law of the Land
1976

Ski Lift to Death
1978

Word of Honor
2003

Blood of 1000 Virgins
2013

Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017

Vengeance: A Love Story
2017

Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979

Dragged Across Concrete
2019

Book Club
2018

Live Aid
1985

Lollipops and Roses
1971

Knives Out
2019

Bastardi
2008

Vault
2019

When in Rome
2010

G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011

Pennis from Heaven
2005

Rebel Ridge
2024

A Little White Lie
2023

The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992

Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’
1987

From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Heartbeat | 1987 | Writer |
| In the Company of Darkness | 1993 | Executive Producer |
| Nash Bridges | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Unit 234 | 2024 | Executive Producer |