JOHNSON, Clark 1954–

(Clark "Slappy" Jackson, J. Clark Johnson)

PERSONAL

Born September 10, 1954, in Philadelphia, PA; married second wife Heather Salmon (a model and special events coordinator), November 26, 1994; children: (first marriage) Cassandra, Michaela. Education: Attended Eastern Michigan University and Loyola Film School, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; trained for the stage at Actor's Laboratory, New York City.

Addresses: Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actor and director. Member of the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Played football with the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts.

Awards, Honors: Gemini Award nomination, best guest performance in a series by an actor, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1995, for E.N.G.; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1996, for Rude; Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1999, for Homicide: Life on the Street; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing for a drama series, 2002, for The Shield.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Reporter #1, Utilities, 1981.

Michael, Killing 'em Softly (also known as Man in 5A), 1981.

Dave, Skullduggery (also known as Warlock), 1983.

Moriarty, Blindside, 1986.

Winston, Wild Thing, Atlantic, 1987.

Black gang leader, Adventures in Babysitting (also known as A Night on the Town), 1987.

Mark Halstead, Nowhere to Hide, 1987.

Mr. Nice Guy, 1987.

Graves, Iron Eagle II (also known as L'aigle de fer II and Iron Eagle II: The Battle beyond the Fog), TriStar, 1988.

C.R.A.S.H. Officer Lee, Colors, Orion, 1988.

J. J., Renegades, Universal, 1989.

Detective Gilliam, The Finishing Touch, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1992.

Blood Brothers (also known as Native Strangers), 1993.

Trevor/"Mad Dog," Final Round (also known as Human Target), Worldvision Home Video, 1993.

Bob Covington, Drop Zone, Paramount, 1994.

Bush, Soul Survivor (also known as Survivant dans l'ame), 1995.

(As J. Clark Johnson) Cab driver, Nick of Time, 1995.

Reese, Rude, 1995.

Clive, Lulu, 1996.

Mr. Pool, The Planet of Junior Brown (also known as Junior's Groove), 1997.

Dr. Jorden, Have Mercy, 1999.

Gary, Fear of Fiction, 2000.

Dean, Love Comes Down (also known as Cris du coeur), Unapix Entertainment, 2000.

Uncle John Walker, On Their Knees, Rogers Video, 2001.

Deke's handsome partner, S.W.A.T., Columbia, 2003.

Abe Fielder, The Limb Salesman, Shoreline Entertainment, 2004.

Film Director:

S.W.A.T., Columbia, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Detective Dave Jefferson, Night Heat, CBS, 1986–88.

Al Pendleton, Hot Shots, CBS, 1986–87.

Clarke Roberts, E.N.G., 1990.

Voice, Hammerman, 1991.

Detective Meldrick Lewis, Homicide: Life on the Street

(also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1993–99.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Perry, Rona Jaffe's "Mazes and Monsters" (also known as Mazes and Monsters and Dungeons and Dragons), CBS, 1982.

Technician, Murder in Space, Showtime, 1985.

Messenger, Seduced, CBS, 1985.

Ralph, Starcrossed, ABC, 1985.

Technician, Murder: By Reason of Insanity (also known as My Sweet Victim), 1985.

Second agent, Courage (also known as Mother Courage), CBS, 1986.

Television reporter, Doing Life (also known as Truth or Die), NBC, 1986.

Medical examiner, Rockabye, CBS, 1986.

Detective Morton, Hostage (also known as Against Her Will), 1988.

Ron Pauley, Personals, 1990.

Young Doctor, Polly: Comin' Home!, 1990.

Spenser, Psychic, 1992.

Sergeant Mike Delaney, Coopersmith, 1992.

Master Chang, Model by Day, 1994.

Glenn James, Silent Witness: What a Child Saw, 1994.

Michael Hall, The Prosecutors, NBC, 1996.

Detective Meldrick Lewis, Homicide: The Movie, NBC, 2000.

James Perry, Deliberate Intent, Fox, 2000.

Task Force: Caviar (also known as Un reglement de comptes), CanWest Global, 2000.

Jimmy, Disappearing Acts, HBO, 2000.

Virtual Mom, CBC and Nickelodeon, 2000.

(As Clark "Slappy" Johnson) Emory Jackson, Boycott,

HBO, 2001.

Sergeant detective Stephen Tree, Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery, CTV, 2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Butch, The Women of Brewster Place, ABC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Richard Bradley, Heart and Soul, NBC, 1988.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(In archive footage) Himself and Detective Meldrick Lewis, Anatomy of a "Homicide: Life on the Street" (documentary), PBS, 1998.

Presenter, The 30th NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jason Davis, "East Side Angels," The Littlest Hobo, 1981.

Mr. Turner, "Arrivederci Roma," The Littlest Hobo, 1984.

Officer Stoker, "Man on the Edge," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, 1987.

Lennie, "Hostages," Katts and Dog, CTV and The Family Channel, 1988.

"The Track Star," My Secret Identity, syndicated, 1988.

Young, "Unto Us A Child Is Born," War of the Worlds, 1989.

Fish, "Dinosaur," Diamonds, USA Network and CBC, 1989.

"Hard Choice," Katts and Dog, CTV and The Family Channel, 1990.

"Death's a Beach," Sweating Bullets, 1991.

Chaffey, "The Mariah Connection," Sweating Bullets, CBS, 1991.

"Bang, Bang You're Dead," Katts and Dog, CTV and The Family Channel, 1992.

Cole's attorney McNeil, "Silence Is Golden," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994.

Casey Brooks/Lieutenant Travis Drake, "Can't Run Can't Hide," Forever Knight, syndicated, 1994.

Detective Derrick Clark, "Jane Doe: Parts 1 & 2," Cold Squad, CTV, 1998.

Ray Hamilton, "Rookie," The Hoop Life, Showtime, 1999.

Tyrell Johnson, "Lovers and Other Strangers," Soul Food, Showtime, 2002.

Also appeared in SCTV; as Sonny Ross, "Southern Comfort," North of 60; Flammo the Magician, "Dudley Meets Flammo," The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon.

Television Director; Movies:

Boycott, HBO, 2001.

Television Director; Pilots:

The Shield, F/X, 2002.

Money, NBC, 2004.

The Secret Service, ABC, 1004.

The Cell, Showtime, 2004.

NY–70, NBC, 2005.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Map of the Heart," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1996.

"Betrayal," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1997.

Fast Track, HBO, 1997.

"Valentine's Day," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1997.

"Full Court Press," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1998.

"The Twenty Percent Solution," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1998.

"Our Lady of the Machine," Welcome to Paradox, Sci–Fi Channel, 1998.

"Sophomore Jinx," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(also known as Law & Order: SVU), NBC, 1999.

"Lucky Luciano," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2000.

"Unhand Me," City of Angels, CBS, 2000.

"Gorky Parkette," The City, 2000.

"Six Meetings before Lunch," The West Wing, NBC, 2000.

"Nature or Nurture," Third Watch, NBC, 2000.

"Every Beat of My Heart," The Beat, UPN, 2000.

"In Transition," Soul Food, Showtime, 2002.

"The Spread," The Shield, F/X, 2002.

"Blowback," The Shield, F/X, 2002.

"The Target," The Wire, HBO, 2002.

"The Detail," The Wire, HBO, 2002.

"The Pager," The Wire, HBO, 2002.

"Lamentation on the Reservation," The Jury, Fox, 2004.

"Playing Tight," The Shield, F/X, 2004.

"Blood and Water," The Shield,/FX, 2004.

Also directed Under African Skies, The Family Channel; "Last Night," La femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network.

WRITINGS

Other:

Contributed two short stories to an anthology, Waiting in the Wings, edited by Lynn Green, and published by Oxford University Press.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, January 10, 1997, p. 46. TV Guide, December 28, 1996, p. 39.