Don Johnson was born on December 15, 1949 in
Flat Creek, Missouri.
Two great roles for Don Johnson were on two
different TV series' were he played the lead role in both,
on NASH BRIDGES he was Insp. Nash Bridges and on MIAMI VICE
he was Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett.
Actress Patti D'Arbanville and Don Johnson had
a son together his named Jesse Wayne Johnson (Jesse Johnson),
who was born in December 1982. Don Johnson also has a daughter,
with actress Melanie Griffith, named Dakota Johnson, who was
born October 4, 1989.
Jesse Johnson has appeared on his fathers hit
TV series NASH BRIDGES, Jesse was also in the TV movie WORD OF
HONOR, again with his dad Don Johnson. Dakota Johnson has also
become an actress, in 1999 she was in CRAZY IN ALABAMA, a part
that she was cast with her mom Melanie Griffith this was also
a movie that was directed by her step-father Antonio Banderas.
Donnie Wayne Johnson is Don Johnson's birth
name, he goes by the nickname DJ.
in the1993 hit movie GUILTY AS SIN, Don
Johnson had a lead role co-starring with Rebecca De Mornay
and Stephen Lang.
Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson have a true
Hollywood history together, when she was 14 they both
worked in THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT and they were married three
years later for the first time in 1972, however they divorced
in July of 1976. Several years later in June of 1989 Don Johnson
and Melanie Griffith remarried they had one child together
Dakota Johnson and later they divorced in February 1996.
During the time of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith's
second marriage to each other they co-starred in PARADISE
in 1991 and BORN YESTERDAY in 1993.
It was in 1970 that Don Johnson made his debut
role in THE MAGIC GARDEN OF STANLEY SWEETHEART, playing the
title role of Stanley Sweetheart.
Don Johnson's other notable credits include...
