Paul Johansson - American actor, the son of the legendary athlete Earl Johansson

Paul Johansson is an American actor, screenwriter, director. Was born in 1964, on January, 26th. He is the son of the legendary hockey player Earl Johnson, who changed his surname to Johansson to confirm the Swedish origin. The replacement was carried out successfully, the Swedish origin of Earl was no longer questioned. And the son, besides owning the Swedish language, speaks French fluently.

Cinema and Sports

Paul Johansson was born in the US, but grew up in the Canadian city of Vancouver. Was engaged in athleticism, like his father, became an NHL player. He brought the hockey team of his university to the first place among colleges. Then I decided to try my hand at basketball. Two years he played in the national team of Canada, in 1986 in China and Korea, and in 1987 he devoted to the national teams of Israel and Greece.

Nevertheless, at some point, Paul Johansson suddenly decides to change his bright enough sports career to the dazzling lights of Hollywood.

The first role went to a novice actor in the popular TV series "Santa Barbara", it happened in 1984. The debut was successful, soon Paul Johansson starred in other TV shows, such as "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Parker Levies can not stay" and others.

Being a convinced bachelor, the actor could spend all his time in California, in Venice, at one of the studios in Wilmington, in the state of North Carolina.

The first major role

Once Paul was lucky, he got the lead role in the action movie "Midnight Witness" directed by Peter Foldy. Then in 1997, Paul Johansson, whose films became increasingly prominent, played in the melodrama of Nika Kasavetis "She is Beautiful", and the following year successfully performed the role in the detective "Carnival of Souls" by Iain Kessner and Adam Grossman.

In 2000, the actor brilliantly played the role of a soldier Wes in a western Matthews called "Angels in armor." Then the director Paul Matthews invited Johansson to his next project - the militant "Immortal Warriors", where he played the main character.

A separate story in Paul's career can be considered the film "Alpha Dog", where he plays episodes with Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis.

In 2002, the actor played a big enough role in the Canadian-American drama production of director Anne Wheeler titled "On the verge of insanity." In the same period, Paul took part in the thriller of Shiach Dominic "Descending the Darkness". And then the actor starred in the action movie "Saints from the Boondock."

In 1998, Johansson's directorial debut took place. It was a short film "Conversations in Limbo," for which Paul personally wrote the script, and on the main roles he invited Troy Duffy and Nick Cassavetes. And then Paul Johansson took the most active part in creating a multi-part "Hill of one tree", acting as a production director.

Personal life

The private life of the actor is not particularly attractive to reporters, he has not yet created a family, he has no children. The whole interest of the journalistic brotherhood for a long time was supported by a fictitious story about some kind of mythical or rape, or harassment of a young journalist who received an editorial mission to interview Paul Johansson. And that he allegedly maliciously used scabs such as "I can direct my ball so that it will enter your throat" ... The tension is more than obvious - the sensation did not work.

Otherwise, the personal life of the actor is closely related to sports, meetings on the field, games, competitions. Thus, Paul Johansson, whose personal life is serene enough, can not count on sensational revelations. The actor continues to live peacefully, is removed in the next film and plays football.

Paul Johansson: filmography

Scenarios:

• "Conversations in Limbo" (1998);
• "The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie" (2004).

Directing:

• "Atlas Shrugged";
• "The incredible story of Mrs. Ritchie";
• "One tree's hill";
• "Conversations in Limbo".

Artist roles

As an actor, the hero of the article starred in such films as:

• "Dear Eleanor";
• "And again, love";
• "The beauty and the Beast";
• "Atlas Shrugged";
• "All Saints' Day";
• "Think like a criminal";
• "Theory of temptation";
• "Immortal Warriors";
• "Sex and the City";
• "The incredible story of Mrs. Ritchie";
• "One tree's hill";
• "Darkness descends";
• "Angels in the Shell";
• "On the verge of insanity";
• "The Last Dance";
• "East Park";
• "Island of Hope";
• "Artist of desires";
• "The investigation is being conducted by Da Vinci";
• "First wave";
• "Carnival of Souls";
• "The Last Conflict";
• "Dead Man's Pistol";
• "She is beautiful";
• "Thermal killer";
• "Lonely dove";
• "The Drew Kerry Show";
• "Justice of Burke";
• "A party in Beverly Hills";
• "Curfew" ;
• "They came from outer space";
• "Parker Lewis is not lost";
• "Girls from the support team";
• "Bathing suit".

Currently, Paul Johansson works immediately on several fronts, a number of dramatic scenarios are waiting for their turn. The actor is reluctant to act, prefers to act as a director. Some film projects also need quality production, and Johansson would like to try his hand at this difficult affair.