Michael Shannon
Actor · 2019
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Biography
Donald Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor, producer, director, singer and songwriter. He is best known for the role of Detective James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series "Miami Vice", for which he received a Golden Globe Award.
In 1984, after more than ten years of working in television, Johnson got the lead role of undercover police detective Sonny Crockett in Michael Mann and Universal Television's series "Miami Vice" (1984–1990). "Miami Vice" made him a "major international star". According to Rolling Stone, "no one in the Reagan era had more swagger than Don Johnson".
For his work on "Miami Vice" he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 1986 and was nominated for the same award in 1987. In 1985 he was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Between seasons of "Miami Vice" he gained additional fame thanks to television miniseries such as the 1985 remake "The Long, Hot Summer". In 1996 he played a supporting role in the film "Tin Cup" alongside Kevin Costner, Rene Russo and Cheech Marin. In 1996 Johnson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Later he starred in the CBS police drama "Nash Bridges" (1996–2001) 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.
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Interesting facts
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Don Johnson was born into a farmer's family. When he was 11 years old, his parents divorced, and together with his mother and four other children, Don moved to Wichita, Kansas.
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A big uproar in the American media was caused by an incident when Don did not wear socks to a meeting with American President Ronald Reagan. Johnson said in his defense that for him a sports jacket over a T-shirt was enough for meeting anyone except the Queen.