Eric Johnson is an actor originally from Canada, widely known to the American audience for episodes of the TV series "Rookie Cops", where he played the role of Luke Callahan.
Biography and the beginning of an acting career
Eric Johann Johnson was born on August 7, 1979, near the city of Edminton, namely in the province of Alberta, in a family of workers.
At the age of nine, parents, noticing the potential of their child, sent the young man to Stage Polaris theater studio. Even then, Eric Johnson showed great promise.
When the boy was 15 years old, director Jim Harrison invited Eric to play the role of young Brad Pitt in the film "Legends of the Fall". Johnson received his first major role in the film "Contempt", which appeared on the screen in 2000 and subsequently collected many awards, and was also nominated for the "Gemeni" award (the most prestigious award in the Canadian film industry).
Further aspiring young actor in 2001 will be invited to the shooting of the science fiction series "Smallville", in which Eric Johnson will play the character of Whitney Fordman.
Films that brought fame
Further proposals came one after another. In 2007, he landed a leading role in the television seriesFlash Gordon. Three years later, Eric was offered the lead role in the comedy-drama Mrs. Miracle in Manhattan.
Johnson tried himself in various roles. He played a detective in the police drama Rookie Cops and was also a bank robber.
In 2013, the famous director Steven Soderbergh invited Eric to play one of the main roles in the medical drama "Knickerbocker Hospital".
Eric's filmography includes several dozen films and series of various genres.
Some of the actor's latest works are the films "Surprise Babysitter", "Crash" and the acclaimed 2017 film "Fifty Shades Darker", where he plays Anastacia's boss Jack Hyde.
In 2001, the actor received the Best Leading Actor in a Drama Award.
Private life
In 2001, when Eric Johnson came to the shooting of the series "Secrets of Smallville", Eric Johnson met Adria Bald, who at that time was the assistant to the famous American actress Annette O'Toole. In 2004, the couple got married, three years after the wedding, Eric and Adria had a daughter, Callu Praore Johnson.
To date, Adria Bald has built a successful career as a screenwriter and producer. Eric Johnson himself continues his professional acting career, at the time of 2017 he was 37 years old.
We wish this talented actor more good roles, we hope to see Eric Johnson on our screens more often.
