Background
Johnson was born in Muswell Hill and raised in Tottenham. His mother was invested in stocks and his father a worker at United Parcel Service.
Johnson was born in Muswell Hill and raised in Tottenham. His mother was invested in stocks and his father a worker at United Parcel Service.
He also attended National Youth Theatre for three years.
He played Dom Andrews in Emmerdale from 2012 to 2014. Johnson had no interest in singing while he was in primary school, after he filled in a role for an absent drummer, he changed his mind. He did not go to drama school, but instead went to Mount View (Theatre Drama group and school in Crouch End).
He also joined another drama group at "The Haringey Theatre".
He also went to a dance group and learned ballet, contemporary dancing and break dancing which he performed for about 7 years. Johnson"s first professional acting role came in the play Four Seasons at the 1985 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Foreign the rest of the 1980s he made minor appearances in television series such as Casualty and London"s Burning, before playing detective Stevie Johnson in the London Weekend series Anna Lee. From 1994 to 1995 he played the supporting role of Detective Constable Michael Skelton in Cracker.
Between roles, Johnson worked for a local undertakers, driving the hearse and acting as a pallbearer.
At one funeral, a mourner recognised him from Cracker and asked for his autograph. Waking the Dead returned for a complete series in 2001, and Johnson has been a main cast member since, until the series ended in 2011. From 2000 to 2002, he appeared as Steve Robinson in Paul Abbott"s popular drama series Clocking Office.
From 2001 to 2002, he appeared as a main cast member in two series of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Babyfather.
In 2004, Johnson played the title character in the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company"s Othello. He also played Marcus Kirby in the British Broadcasting Corporation One school-based drama Waterloo Road.
He departed in the second half of series. In 2010, he appeared in In a Better World (film) as "Doctor Najeeb".
He also performed in a play, called ‘The Swallowing Dark’ at the Liverpool Playhouse and Theatre 503.
In 2011, he also starred as gangster boss Big Mike in Anuvahood and in 2008 as Big Manitoba in Adulthood In November 2011, Johnson appeared as "Sean Dolan" a Consultant paediatrician in British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Holby City. In 2012 it was announced that Johnson would be joining Emmerdale as single father Dominic "Dom" Andrews in the later part of the year. In 2013, he appeared as an gangster in a film thriller called Life Outside.
He also was a special guest DJ at a "MonologueSlam" event (actors showcase) at "The Green Carnation" cocktail lounge, Soho.
In 2013, he also co-produced with Christian Ashaiku a film called "Disorientated Generation" (about a Nigerian man living in London). The film was partially funded by Enfield Council, with a small grant from United Kingdom Film Council.
The film was originally shot in 2006. He is an advocate of colour-blind casting in British television:.
In 2000, he appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation One television pilot Waking the Dead, as Detective Sergeant Spencer Jordan, a member of a specialised police unit tasked with investigating "cold cases".