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My Take
Don Johnson defined a decade's aesthetic — the pastel jackets and stubble of Miami Vice remain visual shorthand for the 1980s — and that kind of cultural saturation usually buries an actor. What I respect is that he refused to be buried. The Golden Globe for Sonny Crockett was earned with genuine, melancholy acting rather than mere style; Nash Bridges showed his easy command of a long-running lead; and his later supporting turns reveal a relaxed, flinty character actor aging on his own terms. A Missouri kid who also charted as a singer, he is far more versatile than the icon suggests. The Walk of Fame star feels almost insufficient.
Overview
Don Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Don Johnson
- Name (Japanese)
- ドン・ジョンソン
- Reading
- どん・じょんそん
- Born
- December 15, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Ox
- Origin
- Flat Creek, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / television actor / film actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Wichita South High School
- University
- University of Kansas
Awards & achievements
- 1985 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- 1975 Saturn Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer — see all → · Actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.