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My Take
Johnny Whitworth is one of those faces I always recognize before I can place the name. He showed up as A.J. in Empire Records back in 1995, then held his own opposite serious company as Donny Ray Black in Coppola's The Rainmaker. What I find interesting is how he keeps resurfacing in genre work, from Vernon Gant in Limitless to Blackout in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Cage Wallace on The 100. He's never been the marquee name, but he's the kind of dependable supporting actor who quietly makes a scene land. That longevity across film and television earns my respect more than any single role does.
Overview
Johnny Whitworth (born October 31, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as A.J. in Empire Records (1995), as Donny Ray Black in Francis Ford Coppola's The Rainmaker (1997), as Vernon Gant in Limitless (2011), as Blackout in the Marvel superhero film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), and as Cage Wallace in The CW's series The 100.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Johnny Whitworth
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョニー・ホイットワース
- Reading
- じょにー・ほいっとわーす
- Born
- October 31, 1975 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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.