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Wil Johnson

Highest Rated: 52% Yes (2004)

Lowest Rated: 0% Pimp (2010)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Muswell Hill, London, England, UK

Born in 1965 in London, England, Wil Johnson had a speech impediment and panic attacks as a child and young man. Training as a tech at a theater school, Johnson filled in for an absent actor and his love of the craft was born. His first professional acting role came in the play "Four Seasons" at the influential Edinburg Fringe Festival in 1985. His first on screen role came two years later, with a supporting role on an episode of "Casualty" (BBC One, 1986-). His first series regular role was on the show "Anna Lee" (LWT, 1993-94), playing a private detective working with the title character (who is also a private detective, played by Imogen Stubbs). The show was made up of five two-hour programs, each based on a novel by the author Liza Cody. His next series regular role was playing a police detective for two seasons on the show "Cracker" (ITV, 1993-2006). In 2000 Johnson appeared in regular roles in two series. One was "Clocking Off" (BBC One 2000-03), a drama that followed the lives of a group of workers at a textile factory. The other was "Waking the Dead" (BBC One, 2000-2011). On the long-running cold-case investigation series, Johnson played Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan, one of the key investigators of the team. After his long run on the show, Johnson appeared in three seasons of the long running soap opera "Emmerdale" (ITV, 1972-). In 2016, it was announced that Johnson would take a role in the upcoming season of "Outlander" (Starz, 2014-).

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Highest rated movies

52% 74% Yes
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15% 49% Anuvahood
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0% 13% Pimp
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Amina
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Throw of a Dice
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Deadmeat
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Anna Lee: Diversion
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Transference
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Anna Lee: Dupe
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20% Hard Shoulder
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tell No Lies Detective Wright (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Transference Dad (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 71% Macbeth Captain (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Smoke Rising Simon (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amina Dr. Johnson (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 20% Hard Shoulder Carl Foster (Character) - 2012
15% 49% Anuvahood Mike (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Throw of a Dice Duncan Beckford (Character) - 2011
0% 13% Pimp Byron (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Disoriented Generation Ishmael (Character),
Producer
- 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadmeat Barry (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadmeat Barry (Character) - 2007
52% 74% Yes Virgil (Character) $396.0K 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Emotional Backgammon John (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buried Treasure Luke (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 60% South West Nine Freddy (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 86% Babymother Byron (Character) $5.1K 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anna Lee: The Cook's Tale Stevie Johnson (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anna Lee: Diversion Stevie Johnson (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anna Lee: Dupe Stevie Johnson (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anna Lee: Requiem Stevie Johnson (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anna Lee: Stalker Stevie Johnson (Character) - 1994

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No Score Yet 73% COBRA Ben Fanshawe (Character) 2023
86% 78% House of the Dragon Ser Vaemond Velaryon (Character) 2022
No Score Yet 60% The Larkins Old Reg (Character) 2021
No Score Yet 85% Death in Paradise Emmet Peterson (Character) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Waking the Dead DS Spencer Jordan (Character) 2000-2005 2007-2009 2011
No Score Yet 93% Cracker Skelton (Character) 1994-1995