Don Johnson

Donnie Wayne Johnson born December 15 1949 is an American actor producer director singer and songwriter Hes most 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 MannUniversal Television cop series Miami Vice 19841990 Miami Vice made him a major international star According to Rolling Stone No one had more swagger in the Reagan era than Don Johnson Johnsons 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 Johnson later starred in the 19962001 CBSTV police drama Nash Bridges with Cheech Marin Jeff Perry Jaime P Gomez Kelly Hu Wendy Moniz Annette OToole Jodi Lyn OKeefe 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 longlost 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 Johnson 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 Mickles critically acclaimed crime film Cold in July In 2014 he had a supporting role in the film The Other Woman as Cameron Diazs characters 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 Holdermans romanticcomedy Book Club In 2019 Johnson played the role of Richard Drysdale in Rian Johnsons murdermystery Knives Out and starred as Police Chief Judd Crawford in the HBO series Watchmen In 2021 Johnson costarred on Kenan until its cancellation in May 2022 He also appeared in a Nash Bridges television film with costar Cheech Marin on the USA Network in 2021