Corey Johnson
Encyclopedia
Corey Johnson is an American
actor largely active in the United Kingdom
. Johnson was born John Johnson in New Orleans, Louisiana
.
His films include Out for a Kill
, The Contract, The Bourne Ultimatum
, Saving Private Ryan
, Guillermo del Toro
's adaptation of Hellboy
, the 2005 Ray Bradbury
film A Sound of Thunder
, and Harrison's Flowers
. He also appeared in the award-winning mini series by HBO; Band of Brothers. Johnson had a breakout year in 1999, first playing tomb-raider Daniels in The Mummy
, then the bungling, dim-witted assassin Bruno Decker in Do Not Disturb
opposite William Hurt
and Michael Chiklis
.
Johnson appeared as smug business tycoon Henry van Statten in "Dalek
", an episode of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who
. Other TV guest spots include Spooks
, Foyle's War
, Celeb and Nash Bridges
. He played the role of Louis Nacke II, a passenger, in United 93
. In April 2007 Johnson made his Broadway debut as Nixon
's Chief of Staff Jack Brennan
in Frost/Nixon
.
While appearing on Broadway, Johnson also filmed The Caller
with Elliot Gould and Frank Langella
.
In 2004, Johnson was nominated for a Best Actor award at the British TMAs
for his portrayal of Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge
. He has also provided voice acting for several video games including the video game tie-in with the movie Reign of Fire and Constantine
.
Johnson then played The Judge/Saint Peter in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
at the Almeida Theatre
in London
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor largely active in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Johnson was born John Johnson in New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
.
His films include Out for a Kill
Out for a Kill
Out for a Kill is a 2003 straight-to-video action film directed by Michael Oblowitz. It stars Steven Seagal- Plot :This Steven Seagal thriller sees Wong Dai , the world's most powerful Chinese drug kingpin, is sitting at a long table in an old building in Paris, France, going through the motions of...
, The Contract, The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum (film)
The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 American spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same title. This film is the third in the Bourne film series, being preceded by The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy...
, Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Robert Rodat. The film is notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944....
, Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...
's adaptation of Hellboy
Hellboy (film)
Hellboy is a 2004 supernatural superhero film, starring Ron Perlman, John Hurt and Selma Blair, directed by Guillermo del Toro. The film is based on the Dark Horse Comics work Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola. It was produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures...
, the 2005 Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...
film A Sound of Thunder
A Sound of Thunder (film)
A Sound of Thunder is a 2005 science fiction film directed by Peter Hyams. The film was planned originally for a 2002 release. However, flooding in Prague and other financial difficulties—including the bankruptcy of the original production company during post-production—resulted in a delayed...
, and Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers is a 2000 French film by Elie Chouraqui. It stars, among others, Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, Marie Trintignant, Gerard Butler and David Strathairn....
. He also appeared in the award-winning mini series by HBO; Band of Brothers. Johnson had a breakout year in 1999, first playing tomb-raider Daniels in The Mummy
The Mummy (1999 film)
The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film features substantial dialogue in ancient Egyptian language, spoken...
, then the bungling, dim-witted assassin Bruno Decker in Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb (1999 film)
Do Not Disturb is Dutch thriller film directed, written, produced and composed by Dick Maas. Maas produced it with Laurens Geels...
opposite William Hurt
William Hurt
William McGill Hurt is an American stage and film actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School, and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science-fiction feature Altered States , for which he received a Golden Globe nomination...
and Michael Chiklis
Michael Chiklis
Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor, voice actor, occasional director and television producer. Some of the previous roles for which he is best known include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, Thing in...
.
Johnson appeared as smug business tycoon Henry van Statten in "Dalek
Dalek (Doctor Who episode)
"Dalek" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 30 April 2005. It should not be confused with the first Dalek serial, The Daleks...
", an episode of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. Other TV guest spots include Spooks
Spooks
Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
, Foyle's War
Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...
, Celeb and Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
. He played the role of Louis Nacke II, a passenger, in United 93
United 93 (film)
United 93 is a 2006 fact-based historical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Greengrass that chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked during the September 11 attacks...
. In April 2007 Johnson made his Broadway debut as Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
's Chief of Staff Jack Brennan
Jack Brennan
John "Jack" Vincent Brennan is a retired American United States Marine Corps Reserve officer and political aide. He is best known as President Richard Nixon's post-resignation chief of staff.-Early life:...
in Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon is a 2006 play by British screenwriter and dramatist Peter Morgan. Its subject is the series of televised interviews that former United States President Richard Nixon granted David Frost in 1977 about his administration, including his role in the Watergate scandal.-Performance...
.
While appearing on Broadway, Johnson also filmed The Caller
The Caller (2008 film)
The Caller is a 2008 film by Richard Ledes. The film, which stars Frank Langella and Elliot Gould, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Made in NY Narrative Award. The screenplay was co-authored with Alain Didier-Weill.-Plot:...
with Elliot Gould and Frank Langella
Frank Langella
-Early life:Langella, an Italian American, was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, the son of Angelina and Frank A. Langella Sr., a business executive who was the president of the Bayonne Barrel and Drum Company. Langella attended Washington Elementary School and Bayonne High School in Bayonne...
.
In 2004, Johnson was nominated for a Best Actor award at the British TMAs
TMA Awards
The TMA Awards, established in 1991, are presented annually by the Theatrical Management Association in recognition of creative excellence and outstanding work in United Kingdom theatres...
for his portrayal of Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...
. He has also provided voice acting for several video games including the video game tie-in with the movie Reign of Fire and Constantine
Constantine (film)
Constantine is a 2005 American action horror film directed by Francis Lawrence as his directorial debut, starring Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, with Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, and Djimon Hounsou...
.
Johnson then played The Judge/Saint Peter in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a 2005 play by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis first staged off-Broadway at The Public Theater on 2 March 2005 directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.-Plot summary:...
at the Almeida Theatre
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Selected credits
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Innocent The Innocent The Innocent may refer to:* The Innocent , a film directed by Luchino Visconti* The Innocent , a drama film starring Andrew Hawley, Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson... |
Lou | Film Debut |
| 1994 | Under the Hammer | Peter Pollack | Television |
| 1995 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Ice Hockey Coach Jackson | Television |
| 1996 | Bud Tucker in Double Trouble | Various | Video Game (Voice Only) |
| 1996 | Over Here Over Here Over Here is a 2-part television miniseries made in 1996 by the BBC chronicling the lives of US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crews on a Royal Air Force Spitfire base during World War II... |
Webster | TV Movie |
| 1997 | Realms of the Hauntings | Additional Characters | Video Game (Voice Only) |
| 1997 | Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror is a point-and-click adventure game released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation. The remastered edition has been recently announced by Revolution Software and will be coming to iOS devices in late 2010 with Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows ports following in... |
Various | Video Game (Voice Only) - As John Johnson |
| 1997 | Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. It has been shown on ITV3 as recently as August 2011; series 1–6 are available on Region 2 DVDs.... |
Eugene Styles | TV |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Robert Rodat. The film is notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944.... |
Radioman | |
| 1999 | The Mummy The Mummy (1999 film) The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film features substantial dialogue in ancient Egyptian language, spoken... |
Mr Daniels | |
| 1999 | Shadow Man Shadow Man (video game) Shadow Man is a video game developed by Acclaim Studios Teesside and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was designed by Guy Miller and Simon Phipps and is loosely based on the Shadowman comic book series published by Valiant Comics. The game was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64,... |
Marco Cruz/Milton T. Pike | Video Games (Voice Only) |
| 1999 | Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb is the debut album from the dance, pop singer-songwriter Joanne Accom released in 2001. It was a work in progress for 2 and a half years before it was released.Regarding the album Joanne stated: -Track listing:-Album:- Singles :... |
Bruno Decker | |
| 2000 | Harrison's Flowers Harrison's Flowers Harrison's Flowers is a 2000 French film by Elie Chouraqui. It stars, among others, Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, Marie Trintignant, Gerard Butler and David Strathairn.... |
Peter Francis | |
| 2001 | Nash Bridges Nash Bridges Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of... |
Edward Bender | Television |
| 2001 | Last Run | Jon Neely | |
| 2001 | Shadow Man: 2econd Coming Shadow Man: 2econd Coming Shadow Man: 2econd Coming is an action-adventure video game developed by Acclaim Studios Teesside and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and is loosely based on the Shadowman comic book series published by Valiant Comics... |
Thomas Deacon/Gabe/Various | Video Game (Voice) |
| 2001 | Endgame Endgame In chess and chess-like games, the endgame is the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board.... |
Max Bergman | |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers Band of Brothers Band of Brothers is a 2001 ten-part, 11-hour television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen E. Ambrose. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who had collaborated on the World War II film Saving Private Ryan... |
Major Louis Kent | Television |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... |
Henry van Statten | Television |
| 2006 | United 93 | Louis J. Nacke II | Film |
| 2011 | Beaver Falls | Rick Sr. | Television |