Background
He is the son of actors Don Johnson and Patti D."Arbanville.
He is the son of actors Don Johnson and Patti D."Arbanville.
Jesse majored in theater at Occidental College, in Los Angeles, and graduated in 2004.
In 2001, Jesse made his acting debut in a guest appearance of the Columbia Broadcasting System television series Nash Bridges, in the episode "Quack Fever". In 2003, he appeared as in the made-for-television film Word of Honor. In 2007, he made his feature film debut as in the 2007 film Redline, starring alongside Nathan Phillips and Eddie Griffin.
The film was released April 13, 2007 and debuted at #11 on the United States Box Office Chart and earned $6.8 million worldwide.
The film"s critical reaction was extremely negative. One critic called it "idiotic".
Also in 2007, he began filming a low budget independent Australian horror film called Prey. The film, starring Natalie Bassingthwaighte, had a limited release in Australia.
Labelled a box office bomb, it earned a lifetime gross of just over A$700.00 and was panned by critics.
Jake Wilson, reviewing the film for The Age in May, 2009, said: "A film that aims so low and fails so miserably deserves nothing but contempt". The Digital Video Disc was released in October 2009, both in Australia by Paramount in 2010, and in the United States by Xenon in 2011. Jesse starred as in the Paramount Digital Entertainment-produced Circle of Eight, which aired exclusively on Myspace.com.
Alongside Rachel Hunter, he appeared in the independent film My Life: Untitled (released in 2010) as.
He also starred in the indie comedy Head Over Spurs in Love (2010) as Bubba. In 2012 he starred in the Spanish television series of Con el culo al aire, in the role of, a young American from a billionaire"s family.
His most recent work was in the National Geographic Channel"s airing of Killing Lincoln (2013), in which he portrayed – the actor who assassinated the 16th American president, Abraham Lincoln. His performance has been received with good reviews, with many considering it to be his "breakout role".
He played the "Young Earl McGraw" in season 2 of the Netflix series From Dusk Till Dawn aired in in September 2015.
Quotations: "A film that aims so low and fails so miserably deserves nothing but contempt".