Clark Johnson

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Clark Johnson at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July 2009

Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American actor , director and television producer , best known for his leading role as Detective Meldrick Lewis in the television series Homicide . He is also known by his stage names Clark "Slappy" Jackson , Clarque Johnson, and J. Clark Johnson .

life and career

Clark Johnson was in September 1954 in Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania , the son of an African-American father and a white born mother. The family eventually moved to Canada , where he attended Concordia University in Montreal , Québec . He has three siblings, including jazz musician Molly Johnson and actress and singer Taborah Johnson . He also attended Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti , Ottawa University in Ottawa , before completing his studies at OCAD University . During his student days he played a few games in the Canadian Football League , but then decided to do something in the film business. He started out as a special effects artist in films and series before getting his first role in the 1982 film Labyrinth of the Monsters . In the further years of the 1980s he was hired for roles in the films Asphalt Kid , The Night of Adventure , The Steel Eagle II , Colors - Colors of Violence and Ultraman - My Secret Me . Johnson made his television debut in 1985 in the Canadian crime series In The Heat Of The Night as Jefferson .

His big breakthrough was the role of Detective Meldrick Lewis in the television series Homicide , which he played for a full six seasons. For this role he received a 1999 nomination at the NAACP Image Awards in the category Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series . During the course of the series, he also acted as a director in five episodes. In between, he took on the role of Hackney Transportist in John Badham's thriller Against Time . From 1998 to 2000 he directed individual episodes of Nikita , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , The West Wing - In the Center of Power and New York Cops - NYPD Blue , before playing his old role as Detective Meldrick Lewis in the television film Homicide: The Film resumed. From 2002 to 2008 he took over the direction of eight episodes of the series The Wire and seven episodes of The Shield - Law of Violence , with The Wire even playing the role of Augustus "Gus" in all ten episodes of the last season. Haynes was seen. For his staging of the pilot episode of The Shield , he was nominated at the 2001 Primetime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series category. Further engagements followed in 2003 and 2006 in the films SWAT - Die Spezialeinheit and The Sentinel - Whom can you trust? , where he was involved as a director and also played smaller roles. In 2008 he starred as Silence in Charles Officers Nurse.Fighter.Boy , for which he was nominated at the 2011 Genie Awards in the category Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role . In 2010 and 2011 he tried his hand at producing the pilot episodes of Memphis Beat and Lights Out as a television producer . Most recently he has directed episodes from The Chicago Code , Lost Girl , Homeland , The Walking Dead and Breakout Kings .

2013 he was to star Robert Bettencourt , a Senator from Pennsylvania , for the Amazon - web series Alpha House cast.

Filmography (selection)

As an actor
As a producer
As a director

Awards and nominations

year Award For category result
1995 Gemini Award ENG - right up close Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor Nominated
1996 Genius award Rude Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated
1999 Gemini Award Homicide Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2002 Emmy The Shield - Law of Violence Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Nominated
2010 Genius award Nurse.Fighter.Boy Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominated

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Clark Johnson Biography (1954-) . Film Reference . Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Felicia R. Lee: Bittersweet Work of Wrapping 'Wire' . The New York Times . January 4, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Clark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Clark Slappy (stage name); Johnson, Clarque (stage name); Johnson, J. Clark (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, director, and television producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States