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Don Johnson
Don Wayne Johnson is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also played the titular character in the 1990s series Nash Bridges. Johnson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996.
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entertainment · American actor (born 1949) · singer · television actor · film actor · film producer · songwriter · film director · musician · actor · also Don Johnson, Donny Wayne Johnson, Johnson
Born 15 December 1949 · Q309788
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2021· 1 entry
Johnson co-starred on Kenan until its cancellation in May 2022
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2019· 1 entry
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
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2018· 1 entry
Starred as the character of Arthur, the love interest of Vivian, played by Jane Fonda in Bill Holderman's romantic-comedy Book Club
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2017· 1 entry
Published video “DonJohnsonVEVO Live Stream”.
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2015· 1 entry
Johnson began starring in the ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil
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2014· 2 entries
Published video “Don Johnson - Tell It Like It Is (Official Video)”.
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Johnson starred as the character "Jim Bob" opposite Sam Shepard and Michael C
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2013· 1 entry
Published video “Don Johnson - Heartbeat (Official Video)”.
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2008· 1 entry
In Norway, with Johnson making an appearance at the premiere
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1999· 1 entry
Johnson married San Francisco socialite and Montessori nursery school teacher Kelley Phleger, former longtime girlfriend of Governor Gavin Newsom, at the Pacific Heights mansion of Ann and Gordon Getty
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “The Essential Don Johnson”.
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1995· 1 entry
Johnson was romantically linked to model Kari Whitman
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “Let It Roll”.
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Played the sheriff of Los Angeles County Jerry Beck in John Frankenheimer's film Dead Bang
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1988· 1 entry
Starred in the romantic comedy Sweet Hearts Dance, alongside Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels and Elizabeth Perkins
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1986· 2 entries
Johnson achieved his first motor sport victory
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Released album “Heartbeat”.
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1985· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Miami Vice (1985).
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1984· 1 entry
After years of struggling to establish himself as a TV actor, Johnson landed a starring role as undercover police detective Sonny Crockett in the Michael Mann/Universal Television cop series, Miami Vice
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1980· 1 entry
Johnson dated Sally Adams, mother of actress Nicollette Sheridan
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1976· 1 entry
Johnson was the roommate of Sal Mineo at the time Mineo was murdered
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Awards for A Boy and His Dog (1975).
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1973· 1 entry
Johnson married his second wife, but the marriage was annulled days later
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1968· 1 entry
At the age of 18, Johnson married a dancer; the marriage was annulled around two months later
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1949· 2 entries
Born 1949-12-15.
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In his grandmother's house in Flat Creek, Missouri
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