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{{Short description|American actor (born 1949)}}
{{Other people|Don Johnson}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Don Johnson
| image              = Don Johnson TIFF 2019.jpg
| caption            = Johnson in 2019
| birth_name         = Don Wayne Johnson
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Flat Creek, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date         =
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Actor
* producer
* singer
}}
| years_active       = 1969–present
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Unknown spouse|1968|1968|end=[[annulment|{{abbr|annul.|annulled}}]]}}
* {{marriage|Another unknown spouse|1973|1973|end=[[annulment|{{abbr|annul.|annulled}}]]}}
* {{marriage|[[Melanie Griffith]]|1976|1976|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage||1989|1996|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Kelley Phleger|1999}}
}}
| partner            = [[Patti D'Arbanville]] (1981–1985)
| children           = 5, including [[Jesse Johnson (actor)|Jesse]] and [[Dakota Johnson|Dakota]]
}}

'''Don Wayne Johnson'''<ref>{{cite book | editor-last=Block | editor-first=Charles | title=Current Biography Yearbook |title-link=Current Biography Yearbook | publisher=[[H. W. Wilson Company]] | year=1986 | page=250}}</ref><ref name="dlr" /><ref name="Parish" /> (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He played the role of [[James "Sonny" Crockett]] in the 1980s television series ''[[Miami Vice]]'', for which he won a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]], and received a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination. He also played the titular character in the 1990s series ''[[Nash Bridges]]''. Johnson received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1996.

Johnson has appeared in films such as ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'' (1975), ''[[The Hot Spot]]'' (1990), ''[[Guilty as Sin]]'' (1993), ''[[Tin Cup]]'' (1996), ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]'' (2010), ''[[Django Unchained]]'' (2012), ''[[Cold in July (film)|Cold in July]]'' (2014) and ''[[Knives Out]]'' (2019). He released the albums ''[[Heartbeat (Don Johnson album)|Heartbeat]]'' (1986) and ''[[Let It Roll (Don Johnson album)|Let It Roll]]'' (1989) as a singer. His cover version of "[[Heartbeat (Don Johnson song)|Heartbeat]]" peaked at number 5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

== Early life ==
Johnson was born on December 15, 1949, in his grandmother's house<ref>{{citation | title=Good Housekeeping | publisher=International Magazine Company | volume=202 | year=1986 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNgxAQAAIAAJ | page=115}}</ref> in [[Flat Creek, Missouri]].<ref name="Biography">{{cite web |title=Don Johnson |url=https://www.biography.com/people/don-johnson-9542537 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730230834/https://www.biography.com/people/don-johnson-9542537 |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=July 30, 2017 |website=biography.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks}}</ref> His mother, Nell (née Wilson), was a beautician. His father, Fredie Wayne Johnson, was a farmer.<ref name="dlr">{{cite news|last=Twardy|first=Chuck|title=Don Johnson at KU|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|date=February 23, 1986|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NBIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6337,4844901&dq=don-wayne-johnson-spent|access-date=September 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Parish">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSh2HyQ8OsQC&q=%22She+was+born+Melanie+Griffith%22&pg=PT162|title=The Hollywood Book of Breakups|first=James Robert|last=Parish|author-link=James Robert Parish|date=December 20, 2010|publisher=Wiley|isbn=9781118040676|via=Google Books}}</ref> At the time of his birth, Johnson's mother and father were 16 and 19 years old, respectively.<ref name="WSJ">{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Marc |author-link=Marc Myers |date=September 3, 2024 |title='Miami Vice' Star Don Johnson Fell Asleep in Class and Woke Up on Stage |url=https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/don-johnson-rebel-ridge-netflix-f3566fc1 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240903205943/https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/don-johnson-rebel-ridge-netflix-f3566fc1 |archive-date=September 3, 2024 |access-date=September 19, 2024 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> Johnson was raised in [[Wichita, Kansas]], where his parents relocated when he was five years old and where his father worked for [[Boeing|Boeing Aircraft]].<ref>{{citation | title=Good Housekeeping | publisher=International Magazine Company | volume=202 | year=1986 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNgxAQAAIAAJ | page=211}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Amy |date=May 5, 2023 |title=Don Johnson Reveals the Life Experience That Fuels His Creative Drive |url=https://parade.com/movies/don-johnson-book-club-the-next-chapter |access-date=June 20, 2024 |website=Parade}}</ref> He has described his childhood as "incredibly dysfunctional and abusive" as his parents were both frequently absent and stressed. His father subjected the children to [[corporal punishment]].<ref name="WSJ" /> According to Johnson, he was 12 years old when he lost his virginity to his 16-year-old babysitter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iley |first=Chrissy |date=June 2, 2018 |title=Don Johnson interview: the Miami Vice star on sex in your sixties, the women in his life and his new film, Book Club |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/don-johnson-interview-the-miami-vice-star-on-sex-in-your-sixties-the-women-in-his-life-and-his-new-film-book-club-trptsphz8 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240919074824/https://www.thetimes.com/article/don-johnson-interview-the-miami-vice-star-on-sex-in-your-sixties-the-women-in-his-life-and-his-new-film-book-club-trptsphz8 |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |access-date=September 19, 2024 |website=[[The Times]]}}</ref> Johnson's parents divorced when he was 12. He continued to live with his mother, younger sister and two younger brothers until he was 13, at which time he ended up in [[juvenile court]] and was sent to live with his father in Missouri.<ref name="Skylar">{{Cite web |last=Skylar |first=Jamie |date=April 4, 1999 |title=His Way |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-04-ca-23939-story.html |access-date=September 19, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="WSJ" />

He moved back home to Wichita for his senior year of high school, working part-time as a butcher's apprentice and ladies' shoe salesman. He attended [[Wichita South High School]], from which he graduated in 1967.<ref name="Skylar" /> When he was kicked off the school's football team, Johnson enrolled in a drama class to earn enough credits to graduate. Encouraged by his teacher, he played the lead role of Tony in ''[[West Side Story]]''. He was also exposed to the plays  of [[Molière]], [[Tennessee Williams]] and [[Shakespeare]]. During his last semester, he auditioned for the summer repertory program at the [[University of Kansas]] and won a partial scholarship. He was subsequently awarded a full scholarship to attend as a drama major.<ref name="WSJ" /> There, Johnson, 18, dated his 29-year-old acting teacher.<ref name="ie">{{cite web|work=[[Irish Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.ie/incoming/don-johnson-i-gave-up-my-vices-to-be-with-a-teacher-30395833.html|title=Don Johnson: I gave up my vices to be with a teacher|date=June 30, 2014|last=Maher|first=Kevin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040908/https://www.independent.ie/incoming/don-johnson-i-gave-up-my-vices-to-be-with-a-teacher-30395833.html|archive-date=March 8, 2016}}</ref> In his sophomore year, he left to San Francisco after passing an audition for the [[American Conservatory Theater]].<ref name="WSJ" />

== Acting career ==
=== Early years ===
Johnson's first major role was in the 1969 stage production of ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'', in which he played the lead role of Smitty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Don-Johnson-happy-to-let-his-beefcake-image-go-5701709.php|title=Don Johnson happy to let his beefcake image go|first=Ruthe|last=Stein|date=August 24, 2014|website=SFGATE}}</ref><ref name="Loder">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/don-johnson-wants-to-be-a-rock-roll-star-37467/|title=Don Johnson Wants to Be a Rock & Roll Star|first=Kurt|last=Loder|author-link=Kurt Loder|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 25, 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/96101/don-johnson-to-star-in-the-west-ends-guys-and-dolls-in-january/|title=Don Johnson to Star in the West End's Guys and Dolls in January|website=Broadway.com|date=November 22, 2006}}</ref> The play was produced and directed by [[Sal Mineo]] at the [[Coronet Theatre (Los Angeles)|Coronet Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>Michaud, Michael Gregg. ''Sal Mineo: A Biography''. Crown Archetype: New York.</ref> It included a "shockingly realistic prison rape" scene portrayed by Johnson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movie-reviews/2013/11/15/Sal-a-too-long-labor-of-love-for-director-Franco-MOVIE-REVIEW/stories/201311150076|title=Movie review: 'Sal' a too long labor of love for director Franco|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=November 14, 2013}}</ref> This exposure led to the quickly forgotten film ''[[The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart]]'' (1970). Johnson continued to work on stage, film and television without breaking into stardom. His notable films from this period were ''[[Zachariah (film)|Zachariah]]'' (1971), ''Lollipop and Roses'' (1971), ''[[The Harrad Experiment]]'' (1973) (a film in which Johnson displayed frontal nudity)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mycitypaper.com/articles/2006-04-20/cultureshock.shtml|title=This Week in A & E|website=mycitypaper.com|date= April 20–26, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SsNiDwAAQBAJ&q=%22don+johnson%22+harrad+frontal&pg=PT144|title=Incorrect Entertainment|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date=November 26, 2007|publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}}</ref> and ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'' (1975). In 1976, Johnson was the roommate of Sal Mineo at the time Mineo was murdered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunsetstript.com/2008/11/26/murder-of-sal-mineo-february-1976/ |title=The Murder of Sal Mineo |access-date=April 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220020230/http://www.sunsetstript.com/2008/11/26/murder-of-sal-mineo-february-1976/ |archive-date=February 20, 2013 }}</ref>

=== ''Miami Vice'' and stardom ===
[[File:Don Johnson 1986 Navy.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Johnson in 1986]]
In 1984, after years of struggling to establish himself as a TV actor, Johnson landed a starring role as undercover police detective [[Sonny Crockett]] in the [[Michael Mann]]/[[Universal Television]] cop series, ''[[Miami Vice]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Sally Bedell |author-link=Sally Bedell Smith |date=January 3, 1985 |title='Miami Vice': Action TV With Some New Twists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/03/arts/miami-vice-action-tv-with-some-new-twists.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 20, 2016}}</ref> The show ran from 1984 to 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/222947_vin_diesel_miami_vice_reboot|title='Miami Vice' Reboot! Vin Diesel to Revive the 1980s Crime Cop Show|website=Entertainment Tonight|date=August 2, 2017}}</ref> ''Miami Vice'' made Johnson "a major international star".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article2300875.html|work=Miami Herald|title=Before they were stars: 'Miami Vice' was breeding ground for major talent|access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', "No one had more swagger in the Reagan era than Don Johnson. As Miami Vice's Sonny Crockett, the undercover detective and professional stubble-cultivator who lived on a houseboat with his pet alligator Elvis, he embodied masculine cool in the era of coke binges and Lamborghinis".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/the-sky-started-raining-panties-don-johnson-on-30-years-of-miami-vice-65016/|title='The Sky Rained Panties': Don Johnson on 'Miami Vice'|first1=Jesse|last1=Serwer|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 9, 2014}}</ref> The Sonny Crockett character typically wore thousand-dollar [[Versace]] and [[Armani]] suits over pastel cotton T-shirts, drove a Ferrari, wore expensive timepieces by [[Rolex]] and [[Ebel]], and lived on an [[Endeavour Yacht Corporation|Endeavour yacht]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoo |first=Fawnia Soo |date=August 3, 2024 |title=Breaking the Pastel Barrier: How 'Miami Vice' Changed Menswear Forever |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/miami-vice-michael-mann-costume-designers-interview-menswear-1235961920/ |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Benedek |first=Emily |date=March 28, 1985 |title=Inside 'Miami Vice' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/inside-miami-vice-53206/ |access-date=August 22, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hailwood |first=Adrian |date=October 7, 2021 |title=How Ebel became the chronograph's secret saviour |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/watches/article/ebel-chronograph |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=[[British GQ]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Filosa |first=Gwen |date=April 3, 2019 |title=This boat had a stylish role in 'Miami Vice.' Now it's back and looking good in the Keys |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article228729039.html |access-date=August 22, 2024 |work=[[Miami Herald]]}}</ref> ''Miami Vice'' was noted for its revolutionary use of music and [[cinematography]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Howard |date=September 28, 2014 |title=How 'Miami Vice' changed TV |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv-movies//article2261012.html |access-date=August 22, 2024 |work=[[Miami Herald]]}}</ref> and for its glitzy take on the police drama genre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Verhoeven |first=Paul F. |date=April 30, 2024 |title=Miami Vice is cheesy and brutally unsubtle – but it remains sexy as hell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/may/01/miami-vice-streaming-where-to-watch-cast-don-johnson-philip-michael-thomas |access-date=August 22, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In the show, Crockett's partner was Ricardo Tubbs, played by [[Philip Michael Thomas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/35-years-ago-miami-vice-changed-everything-you-know-about-cop-shows-and-fashion|title=35 years ago 'Miami Vice' changed everything you know about cop shows — and fashion|website=SFChronicle.com|date=September 12, 2019}}</ref>

Johnson's work on ''Miami Vice'' earned him a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama]], in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/golden-globe-winners-see-who-took-home-the-trophies-30-years-ago/2260531/|title=Golden Globe Winners: See who took home the trophies 30 years ago|website=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|date=January 8, 2016}}</ref> He was nominated for the same award in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24549|title=HFPA - Awards Search|date=February 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215132811/http://www1.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24549|archive-date=February 15, 2008}}</ref> He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-06-ca-5019-story.html|title='Miami Vice' Leads Emmy List With 15 Citations|last=Margulies|first=Lee|date=August 6, 1985|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/don-johnson|title=Don Johnson|website=Television Academy}}</ref>

Between seasons on ''Miami Vice'', Johnson gained further renown through the TV miniseries ''[[The Long Hot Summer (1985 film)|The Long Hot Summer]]'' (1985), a remake of [[The Long, Hot Summer|the 1958 film]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jon |date=October 6, 1985 |title=Don Johnson Goes from 1 Hot Role to Another |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-10-06-8503080300-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=March 20, 2016}}</ref> During the time he was on ''Miami Vice'', he had set up an hour-long music video/pay cable program with videocassette versions of the programs Johnson had hosted being handled by distributor [[CBS/Fox Video]]. The project was a tie-in to his first album ''[[Heartbeat (Don Johnson album)|Heartbeat]]'', which was released by [[Epic Records|CBS/Epic Records]] in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 6, 1986|title=Johnson Will Lens Music Video Prod.|pages=35, 36|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In 1988, he starred in the romantic comedy ''[[Sweet Hearts Dance]]'', alongside [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Jeff Daniels]] and [[Elizabeth Perkins]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=September 23, 1988 |title=Review/Film; Love and Unhappiness in 'Sweet Hearts Dance' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/23/movies/review-film-love-and-unhappiness-in-sweet-hearts-dance.html |access-date=September 19, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1989 he played the sheriff of Los Angeles County Jerry Beck in [[John Frankenheimer]]'s film ''[[Dead Bang]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Van Gelder |first=Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=August 19, 1988 |title=At the Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/19/movies/at-the-movies.html |access-date=September 19, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Johnson played a variety of roles in well-produced films, including the role of drifter and car salesman Harry Maddox in [[Dennis Hopper]]'s ''[[The Hot Spot]]'' (1990) opposite [[Jennifer Connelly]] and [[Virginia Madsen]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lipper |first=Hal |date=October 27, 1990 |title=Hot plot fails to sizzle |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/10/27/hot-plot-fails-to-sizzle/ |access-date=September 19, 2024 |website=[[Tampa Bay Times]]}}</ref> He worked on two films with his wife Melanie Griffith, ''[[Paradise (1991 film)|Paradise]]'' (1991) and ''[[Born Yesterday (1993 film)|Born Yesterday]]'' (1993).<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 31, 1990 |title=Paradise |url=https://variety.com/1990/film/reviews/paradise-3-1200428793/ |access-date=September 19, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klady |first=Leonard |date=March 25, 1993 |title=Born Yesterday |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/reviews/born-yesterday-3-1200431660/ |access-date=September 19, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> He appeared alongside [[Mickey Rourke]] in ''[[Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man]]'' (1991),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=August 24, 1991 |title=Review/Film; Buddy Trip With Rourke And Johnson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/24/movies/review-film-buddy-trip-with-rourke-and-johnson.html |access-date=September 19, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and in [[Sidney Lumet]]'s thriller ''[[Guilty as Sin]]'' (1993), opposite [[Rebecca De Mornay]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohn |first=Lawrence |date=June 4, 1993 |title=Guilty As Sin |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/reviews/guilty-as-sin-2-1200432572/ |access-date=September 19, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

=== ''Nash Bridges'' ===
Johnson later starred in the 1996–2001 CBS-TV police drama ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' with [[Cheech Marin]], [[Jeff Perry (American actor)|Jeff Perry]], [[Jaime P. Gomez]], [[Kelly Hu]], Wendy Moniz, [[Annette O'Toole]], [[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]] as his daughter Cassidy, and [[James Gammon]] as his father Nick. Johnson portrayed the title role, an inspector (later promoted to captain) for the [[San Francisco Police Department]]. In ''Nash Bridges'', Johnson was again paired with a flashy convertible car, a yellow 1971 [[Plymouth Barracuda]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Howard |author-link=Howard Rosenberg |date=March 29, 1996 |title=Don Johnson Is 'Nash Bridges,' Supercop |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-29-ca-52450-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref>

=== 2001–2010 ===
[[File:DemiAshtonDon06.jpg|thumb|upright=1.18|Don Johnson with [[Demi Moore]] and [[Ashton Kutcher]] at the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2006]]

In the fall of 2005, Johnson briefly starred in [[The WB]] courtroom television drama show ''[[Just Legal]]'' as a jaded lawyer with a young and idealistic protégé/partner ([[Jay Baruchel]]); the show was canceled in October 2005 after just three of the eight produced episodes aired. In January 2007, Johnson began a run in the [[West End of London]] production of ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' as Nathan Detroit.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nathan |first=John |date=November 23, 2006 |title=Don Johnson to Join London's Guys and Dolls |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/don-johnson-to-join-londons-guys-and-dolls-com-136612 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=March 20, 2016}}</ref>

Johnson also had a role in the Norwegian comedy ''[[Lange Flate Ballær 2]]'' ("Long Flat Balls II"), directed by Johnson's friend [[Harald Zwart]]. Johnson did the movie as a favor to Zwart. The movie was launched on March 14, 2008, in Norway, with Johnson making an appearance at the premiere. He next appeared in ''[[When in Rome (2010 film)|When in Rome]]'' with [[Danny DeVito]], [[Anjelica Huston]] and [[Kristen Bell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37346/celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-with-a-trailer-machete |title=Celebrate Cinco De Mayo With a Trailer for Machete |publisher=Dreadcentral.com |date=September 3, 2010 |access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref>

Johnson had a supporting role in [[Robert Rodriguez]]'s film ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]''. Johnson played Von Jackson, "a twisted border vigilante leading a small army". The film was released on September 3, 2010. In October 2010, he began appearing on the [[HBO]] series ''[[Eastbound & Down]]'', playing [[Kenny Powers (character)|Kenny Powers]]' long-lost father, going by the alias "Eduardo Sanchez". He also reprised his role as Sonny Crockett for a [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] commercial with [[LeBron James]] in which the NBA player contemplates acting and appears alongside Johnson on ''Miami Vice''.<ref name="nike">{{cite news|title=The coolest voice in LeBron James' head belongs to -- Don Johnson?|pages=Ministry of Gossip|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 26, 2010|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/10/lebron-james-nike-ad-what-should-i-do-don-johnson.html|access-date=October 27, 2010}}</ref>

=== 2011–present ===
In September 2011, Johnson had a cameo in the comedy ''[[A Good Old Fashioned Orgy]]'' with [[Jason Sudeikis]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945138/|title=A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy|author=John Anderson|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref> Johnson had a supporting role in the 2012 Quentin Tarantino film ''[[Django Unchained]]'', playing a southern plantation owner named Spencer 'Big Daddy' Bennett.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/don-johnson-django-unchained-sandy-135709/ |title=Don Johnson Joins Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' |publisher=screenrant.com |author=Sandy Schaefer |date=October 2011 |access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Johnson starred as the character "Jim Bob" opposite Sam Shepard and Michael C. Hall in Jim Mickle's critically acclaimed crime film, ''[[Cold in July (film)|Cold in July]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foundas |first=Scott |date=January 23, 2014 |title='Cold in July' Review: Jim Mickle's Superior Texas Pulp Fiction |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/sundance-film-review-cold-in-july-1201067814/ |work=Variety |access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> In 2015, Johnson began starring in the ABC prime time soap opera ''[[Blood & Oil]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/don-johnson-cast-boom-abc-pilot-1201448971/|title='Boom': Don Johnson Set Exec Produce & Star In ABC Drama Pilot - Variety|author=Elizabeth Wagmeister|work=Variety|date=March 9, 2015|access-date=May 11, 2015}}</ref>

In 2018, he starred as the character of Arthur, the love interest of Vivian, played by [[Jane Fonda]] in Bill Holderman's romantic-comedy ''[[Book Club (film)|Book Club]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Braun |first=Liz |date=May 17, 2018 |title=Don Johnson hopes 'Book Club' encourages seniors to date |url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/don-johnson-hopes-book-club-encourages-seniors-to-date |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Johnson played the role of Richard Drysdale in [[Rian Johnson]]'s murder-mystery ''[[Knives Out]]'';<ref>{{cite news |last=Olsen |first=Mark |date=November 28, 2019 |title='Knives Out' ending explained: How Rian Johnson's socially relevant mystery pays tribute to the past |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-28/knives-out-ending-spoilers-rian-johnson |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 28, 2019}}</ref> and starred as Police Chief Judd Crawford in the HBO series ''[[Watchmen (TV series)|Watchmen]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/watchmen-don-johnson-1202183466/ |title='Watchmen': Don Johnson Weaponizes Charisma, and He's So Good, It's Scary |last=Travers |first=Ben |date=October 22, 2019 |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref>

In 2021, Johnson co-starred on ''[[Kenan (TV series)|Kenan]]'' until its cancellation in May 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kenan-canceled-nbc-1235260909/ | title='Kenan' Canceled After Two Seasons by NBC | date=May 12, 2022 }}</ref> He also appeared in a ''[[Nash Bridges#Revival TV film|Nash Bridges]]'' television film with co-star [[Cheech Marin]] on the [[USA Network]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usanetwork.com/nash-bridges/about |title=Nash Bridges |publisher=USANetwork.com |date=December 6, 2017 |accessdate=June 4, 2022}}</ref>

In April 2024, it was announced that Johnson would be starring in the [[Ryan Murphy (producer)|Ryan Murphy]] drama television series, ''[[Doctor Odyssey]]'', which premiered on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[Hulu]] on September 26, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/don-johnson-cast-dr-odyssey-ryan-murphy-abc-1235883620/ |title=Don Johnson Joins Joshua Jackson In Ryan Murphy Drama Series 'Doctor Odyssey' For ABC |publisher=Deadline |date=April 15, 2024 |accessdate=May 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=September 17, 2024 |title='Doctor Odyssey' Trailer: Joshua Jackson Is Saving Lives In Ryan Murphy's ABC Series — Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/doctor-odyssey-teaser-season-1-1236029396/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]}}</ref> On June 27, 2025, the series was canceled by default after one season after the main cast's options expired.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=''Doctor Odyssey'' Over – For Now – as Cast Options Expire |url=https://deadline.com/2025/06/doctor-odyssey-canceled-abc-1236444079/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=June 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250627231035/https://deadline.com/2025/06/doctor-odyssey-canceled-abc-1236444079/ |archive-date=June 27, 2025 |location=United States |date=June 27, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Music career ==
Johnson released two albums of pop music in the 1980s. ''[[Heartbeat (Don Johnson album)|Heartbeat]]'' was released in 1986. ''[[Let It Roll (Don Johnson album)|Let it Roll]]'' was released in 1989. His single "[[Heartbeat (Wendy Waldman song)#Don Johnson version|Heartbeat]]" reached No. 5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart.<ref name="Prometheus Global Media">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=don johnson|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Don Johnson Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>

"[[Till I Loved You (song)|Till I Loved You]]", a duet with then-girlfriend [[Barbra Streisand]], was a top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was released on the [[Columbia Records]] studio album ''[[Till I Loved You (album)|Till I Loved You]]'' on October 25, 1988. The song was re-released on the Streisand album ''[[Duets (Barbra Streisand album)|Duets]]'' in 2002.

== Personal life ==

===Reputation===
Outside his acting career, Johnson developed a reputation for leading a luxurious and hedonistic lifestyle. He was known for his hard-partying and having a large number of romantic relationships.<ref name="ie" /> At the height of his ''Miami Vice'' fame in the 1980s, he was a frequent drug user, including alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine, as well as [[Quaalude]]s. Johnson has described hosting parties where he and friends would invite numerous models through local modeling agencies.<ref name="The week">{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2013 |title=Johnson without his vices |url=https://theweek.com/articles/468633/johnson-without-vices |access-date=August 5, 2025 |website=[[The Week]]}}</ref> He was also a regular at "super-exclusive" parties in Florida attended by politicians, police, drug dealers, and "the best-looking hookers in the business".<ref name="ie" />

=== Relationships and family ===
[[File:Don Johnson-1.jpg|thumb|Johnson in 1989]]

In 1968, at the age of 18, Johnson married a dancer; the marriage was annulled around two months later. Her name has not been made public.<ref>{{citation | title=Good Housekeeping | publisher=International Magazine Company | volume=202 | year=1986 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNgxAQAAIAAJ | page=212}}</ref>

Circa 1971, Johnson lived with self-described "groupie" [[Pamela Des Barres]].<ref>Des Barres, Pamela. ''[[I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie|I'm with the Band]]'' (2005) pp. 230-246</ref>

In 1973, Johnson married his second wife, but the marriage was annulled days later.<ref name="Parish" /> Her name has also not been made public, though he has called her a "rich bimbo".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-03-27/entertainment/26127428_1_miami-vice-sweet-hearts-dance-dead-bang|title=Vice: Thing Of The Past Don Johnson Beat Booze And Drugs - And His Hit Series 'Miami Vice' Is The Next To Go|website=[[Philly.com]]|date=March 27, 1989|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831014221/http://articles.philly.com/1989-03-27/entertainment/26127428_1_miami-vice-sweet-hearts-dance-dead-bang|archive-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref>

During the first half of 1972, Johnson met [[Melanie Griffith]], the 14-year-old daughter of his ''Harrad Experiment'' co-star [[Tippi Hedren]].<ref name="BabyFor">{{cite web|last=Schindehette |first=Susan |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-baby-for-don-and-melanie-vol-31-no-8/ |title=A Baby for Don and Melanie |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=February 27, 1989 |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> The pair moved in together when Griffith was 15 and Johnson was 23.<ref name="BabyFor" /> On her 18th birthday they became engaged, and were married in January 1976; they separated that July and divorced in November.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP5T-C6V California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984]. California Department of Health Services.</ref><ref name="coolcopsP4">{{cite magazine |last=Zoglin |first=Richard |author-link= Richard Zoglin |date= September 16, 1985 |title=Cool Cops, Hot Show |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959822-4,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231222026/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959822-4,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 31, 2008 |access-date= February 25, 2009}}</ref>

Johnson dated country music singer [[Tanya Tucker]] after the two worked together on the 1979 TV movies ''Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill'' and ''The Rebels''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debler |first=Lance |date=March 18, 2014 |title=Country Music Stars Who Dated Celebrities |url=https://people.com/celebrity/country-music-stars-who-dated-celebrities/ |access-date=August 5, 2025 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

In 1980, Johnson dated Sally Adams, mother of actress [[Nicollette Sheridan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19801112&id=FMgsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6853,2842260|title=Star-News - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>

In January 1981, he split from Tucker after meeting [[Andy Warhol|Warhol]] model [[Patti D'Arbanville]] at a Los Angeles restaurant.<ref name="patti">{{cite news | url = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119933,00.html | title = Meet the New Patti D'Arbanville, Star of Wiseguy and Wired, No Longer Just Don Johnson's Ex | first1= Margot | last1 = Dougherty | first2 = Vicki | last2= Sheff | work = People | date= April 3, 1989 | volume= 31| issue = 13 | access-date = December 18, 2012}}</ref> The pair lived together from 1981 to 1985 but never married.<ref name="coolcopsP4" /> Johnson and D'Arbanville have a son, [[Jesse Johnson (actor)|Jesse Wayne Johnson]] (born December 7, 1982).<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20089298,00.html | title = Miami Vice and a Good Woman Save Bad Boy Don Johnson | first = Michelle | last = Green | work = People | date = December 3, 1984 | access-date = December 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043604/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20089298,00.html | archive-date = August 8, 2014 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

In the early 1980s, Johnson dated model Donya Fiorentino after he moved in next door to her family in Florida. Fiorentino broke up with Johnson but reunited with him in 1986 after she broke up with [[Andrew Ridgeley]].<ref name="Loder" />

In her 2000 autobiography ''Cybill Disobedience'', [[Cybill Shepherd]] wrote of a liaison with Johnson during the making of the television miniseries ''[[The Long Hot Summer (1985 film)|The Long Hot Summer]]'' (1985).<ref name="Autobiography">{{cite book|last1 =Shepherd|first1=Cybill|last2=Ball|first2=Aimee Lee|title=Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say what I Think|publisher=Edbury|isbn=9780091879037|year=2000|pages=214–215}}</ref>

Johnson next had a relationship with [[Barbra Streisand]], lasting into at least September 1988.<ref name="BabyFor" />

He was briefly involved with his ''[[Dead Bang]]'' (1989) co-star [[Penelope Ann Miller]].<ref name="nydailynews">{{cite web |date=September 27, 1995 |title=Tales of men & Barb wire in a tell-all Streisand bio |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1995/09/27/tales-of-men-barb-wire-in-a-tell-all-streisand-bio/ |work=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref>

Just days after breaking up with Streisand, Johnson, then 38, was linked to 18-year-old [[Uma Thurman]].<ref name="nydailynews" />

Johnson then reunited with Griffith, who conceived his child close to the start of 1989,<ref name="BabyFor" /> [[Dakota Johnson]] (born October 4, 1989); they were married again from June of that year until 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sacks |first=Ethan |date=August 9, 2018 |title=Why Melanie Griffith says she will never get married again |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/why-melanie-griffith-says-she-will-never-get-married-again-t135369 |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref>

In 1995, Johnson was romantically linked to model [[Kari Kennell|Kari Whitman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 27, 1995 |title=The Culkin court battle you haven't heard about |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1995/06/27/the-culkin-court-battle-you-havent-heard-about/ |access-date=August 5, 2025 |website=[[New York Daily News]] |language=}}</ref>

In 1996–1997, Johnson dated [[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]], who played his daughter on ''[[Nash Bridges]]''.<ref>Johns, Elizabeth (May 4, 1997). [https://www.eonline.com/news/34478/don-johnson-dates-costar-18 Don Johnson Dates Costar, 18]. ''[[E!]]''.</ref>

On April 29, 1999, Johnson married San Francisco socialite and [[Montessori]] nursery school teacher Kelley Phleger, former longtime girlfriend of Governor [[Gavin Newsom]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Robins|first=Cynthia|date=April 30, 1998|title=Don Johnson heads to altar|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Don-Johnson-heads-to-altar-3092608.php|work=[[SFGATE]]}}</ref> at the [[Pacific Heights]] mansion of Ann and [[Gordon Getty]].<ref name="FourBetter">{{cite news |url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128248,00.html |date=May 17, 1999 |work= People |volume= 51 |issue= 18 |title= Four Better or Worse |first= Larry |last= Sutton | access-date = December 18, 2012}}</ref> Actor [[Robert Wagner]] served as best man, and Mayor [[Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown]] presided over the civil ceremony.<ref name="FourBetter" /> Johnson and Phleger have three children together: a daughter, Atherton Grace (born December 28, 1999),<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20130229,00.html | title = Passages - Births | first = David Cobb | last = Craig | work = People | date = January 1, 2000 | access-date = December 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140314002500/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20130229,00.html | archive-date = March 14, 2014 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and two sons, Jasper Breckinridge (born June 6, 2002),<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20137378,00.html | title= Passages > Births | first= Olivia | last= Abel | work= People | date= June 24, 2002 | access-date= December 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140314002841/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20137378,00.html | archive-date= March 14, 2014 | df= mdy-all }}</ref> and Deacon (born April 29, 2006).<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20062232,00.html | title = Passages > Births | first = Jennifer | last = Wren | work = People | date = May 15, 2006 | access-date = December 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150915005608/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20062232,00.html | archive-date = September 15, 2015 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20157800,00.html | title=Picks and Pans Review: Where Are They Now? | first1=Leah | last1=Rozen | first2=Kristen | last2=Mascia | first3=Ruth Andrew | last3=Ellenson | first4=Jason | last4=Lynch | work=People | date=August 7, 2006 | access-date=December 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914175508/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20157800,00.html | archive-date=September 14, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><!--the first cite gives birth date, the second cite gives name-->

Johnson was "best friends" with journalist [[Hunter S. Thompson]], who wrote for ''Nash Bridges'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Don Johnson Says His and Hunter S Thompson's Original 'Nash Bridges' Idea Was 'Terrible' (Video) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/don-johnson-hunter-s-thompson-original-nash-bridges-idea-pitch-drugs-video/ |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref> and his daughter Dakota saw Thompson as a "godfather figure."<ref>{{Citation |title=Inside Dakota Johnson's Serene Hollywood Home {{!}} Open Door {{!}} Architectural Digest | date=March 11, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwhBTrzzqeg |access-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref> Johnson is also a friend of socialite Denise Hale, the former wife of director [[Vincente Minnelli]]. The two were once the subject of reports alleging a romantic relationship, which both denied, stating they were merely friends.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1999 |title=PUBLIC LIVES; Did You Evah? What a Swell Partier She Is |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/15/nyregion/public-lives-did-you-evah-what-a-swell-partier-she-is.html |access-date=August 6, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Powerboat racing ===
Johnson entered powerboat racing and sometimes raced with [[Kurt Russell]] and [[Chuck Norris]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/the-sky-started-raining-panties-don-johnson-on-30-years-of-miami-vice-65016/ |title='The Sky Started Raining Panties': Don Johnson on 30 Years of 'Miami Vice' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Serwer |first=Jesse |date=October 9, 2014 |access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref> In 1986, Johnson achieved his first motor sport victory. He won a {{convert|1100|mi|adj=on}} powerboat race up the Mississippi River from [[New Orleans]] to [[St. Louis]]. Characterized by shipmates as an aggressive, fearless pilot who did not make mistakes, Johnson became [[American Power Boat Association]]'s World Champion of the Offshore World Cup in 1988.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130112551/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/15/sports/yachting-star-of-tv-and-powerboating.html|title=Yachting; Star of TV and Powerboating |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/15/sports/yachting-star-of-tv-and-powerboating.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |last=Lloyd |first=Barbara |date=October 15, 1989 |access-date=March 19, 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

=== Legal matters ===
In April 1997, Johnson was sued by his former chauffeur and a former production assistant for ''Nash Bridges'', both of whom accused him of sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 15, 1997 |title='Nash Bridges' star fighting sexual harassment lawsuit |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/04/15/nash-bridges-star-fighting-sexual-harassment-lawsuit/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=[[Tampa Bay Times]]}}</ref> Johnson accused them of defamation and alleged they had conspired to extort $1.5 million from him. In January 1998, Johnson and the two women dropped civil charges against each other in a confidential settlement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Winokur |first=Scott |date=January 13, 1998 |title=Don Johnson sex harass case ends |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/don-johnson-sex-harass-case-ends-3110190.php |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250309054454/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/don-johnson-sex-harass-case-ends-3110190.php |archive-date=2025-03-09 |access-date=2025-08-07 |work=[[SFGate]]}}</ref>

In July 2001, a woman sued Johnson, alleging that he grabbed her inappropriately at a sushi bar in San Francisco. The district attorney reviewed the evidence and declined to file criminal charges. Johnson's representatives maintained the accusations were meritless.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |date=July 12, 2001 |title=Don Johnson named in groping suit |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/don-johnson-named-in-groping-suit-2899228.php |url-status= |access-date=August 7, 2025 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref>

In November 2002, German customs officers at the [[Germany–Switzerland border|Swiss{{endash}}German border]] performed a routine search of Johnson's car.<ref name="customs">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-03-12-johnson_x.htm |title=Germany inspects papers linked to Johnson |date=March 12, 2003 |access-date=February 8, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |work=USA Today |last=Cironneau |first=Lionel |location=Germany}}</ref> Bank statements evidencing US$8 billion in transactions were found in the trunk of his car.<ref name="customs" /><ref name="money" /><ref name="laundering" /> He was accompanied in his black [[Mercedes-Benz]] by three men: an investment adviser, a personal assistant, and a third unknown individual who could not be identified.<ref name="money">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-13-me-johnson13-story.html |title=For Actor Don Johnson, $8 Billion Worth of Bad Publicity in Germany |date=March 13, 2003 |access-date=December 31, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |last=Welkos |first=Robert W.}}</ref> Initially it was thought Johnson was involved in [[money laundering]],<ref name="laundering">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/16/don.johnson.ap/ |title=Don Johnson Denies Laundering Money | date=March 16, 2003 |access-date=February 8, 2008 | agency = [[Associated Press]] | publisher = CNN | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071201174421/http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/16/don.johnson.ap/| archive-date = December 1, 2007}}</ref> but he was cleared of wrongdoing.<ref name="cleared">{{cite news
|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-07-et-quick7.4-story.html
|title=Don Johnson's off the hook
|date=May 7, 2003
|page=E-3
|access-date=February 21, 2022
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216010606/https://articles.latimes.com/2003/may/07/entertainment/et-quick7.4
|archive-date=February 16, 2009
|url-status=live
|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><!--https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-07-et-quick7.4-story.html-->

In May 2008, within hours of losing his [[Woody Creek, Colorado]], home to foreclosure, Johnson paid off his $14.5 million debt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/photogallery/celebrity-foreclosures.html?curPhoto=30 |title=The Famous, Foreclosed: Celebrity Foreclosures Photo Gallery | publisher=[[TruTV]] |date=April 27, 2006 |access-date=April 13, 2012}}</ref>

In July 2010, a Los Angeles jury awarded Johnson $23.2 million in a lawsuit against production company [[Rysher Entertainment]], from whom Johnson sought a share of profits commensurate with his ownership of half the copyright of ''[[Nash Bridges]]''.<ref name="awarded">{{cite web | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-08-la-me-don-johnson-20100708-story.html | title = Actor Don Johnson is awarded $23.2 million in 'Nash Bridges' lawsuit | work = Los Angeles Times |first= Victoria | last = Kim | date=July 8, 2010| access-date=September 2, 2013}}</ref> Rysher announced it would appeal the verdict.<ref name="awarded" /> In January 2013, Rysher settled the suit with a $19 million payment.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/don-johnson-gets-19-million-420358 | title = Don Johnson Gets $19 Million to End 'Nash Bridges' Dispute | date = February 11, 2013 | first= Eriq | last = Gardner | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | access-date= September 2, 2013}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1970 || ''[[The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart]]'' || Stanley Sweetheart ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1971 || ''Lollipops and Roses'' || Franky ||
|-
| ''[[Zachariah (film)|Zachariah]]'' || Matthew ||
|-
| 1973 || ''{{sortname|The|Harrad Experiment}}'' || Stanley Cole ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1975 || ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'' || Vic ||
|-
| ''[[Return to Macon County]]'' || Harley McKay ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1981 || ''[[Swan Lake (1981 film)|Swan Lake]]'' || Benno || [[Voice acting|Voice]]<br>English version
|-
| ''Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.'' || Jacob Gorch ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1982 || ''[[Melanie (film)|Melanie]]'' || Carl ||
|-
| ''[[Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982 film)|Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp]]'' || Wazir's Son || Voice<br>English version
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Cease Fire (1985 film)|Cease Fire]]'' || Tim Murphy ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[G.I. Joe: The Movie]]'' || [[Falcon (G.I. Joe)|Lieutenant Vincent R. Falcone / Lieutenant Falcon]] || Voice<br>[[Direct-to-video]]
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Sweet Hearts Dance]]'' || Wiley Boon ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Dead Bang]]'' || Jerry Beck ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[The Hot Spot]]''|| Harry Madox ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1991 || ''[[Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man]]'' || [[Marlboro Man|Robert Lee Edison / The Marlboro Man]] ||
|-
| ''[[Paradise (1991 film)|Paradise]]'' || Ben Reed ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1993 || ''[[Born Yesterday (1993 film)|Born Yesterday]]'' || Paul Verrall ||
|-
| ''[[Guilty as Sin]]'' || David Edgar Greenhill ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Tin Cup]]'' || David Simms ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Goodbye Lover]]'' || Ben Dunmore ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2007 || ''[[Moondance Alexander]]'' || Dante Longpre ||
|-
| ''[[Bastardi]]'' || Sante Patene ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2008 || ''[[Lange Flate Ballær 2]]'' || Admiral Burnett ||
|-
| ''[[Torno a vivere da solo]]'' || Nico || Johnson's voice was dubbed by [[Roberto Pedicini]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2010 || ''[[When in Rome (2010 film)|When in Rome]]'' || Mr. Martin || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]'' || Von Jackson ||
|-
|rowspan=3|2011 || ''Four Loko Vineyards'' || [[Four Loko|Mr. Four Loko]] || [[Short film]]
|-
| ''[[A Good Old Fashioned Orgy]]'' || Jerry Keppler || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star]]'' || Miles Deep ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Django Unchained]]'' || Spencer 'Big Daddy' Bennett ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2014 || ''[[Cold in July (film)|Cold in July]]'' || Jim Bob Luke ||
|-
| ''[[The Other Woman (2014 film)|The Other Woman]]'' || Frank Whitten ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Alex of Venice]]'' || Roger ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2017 || ''[[Vengeance: A Love Story]]'' || Jay Kirkpatrick ||
|-
| ''[[Brawl in Cell Block 99]]'' || Warden Tuggs ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2018 || ''[[Book Club (film)|Book Club]]'' || Arthur ||
|-
| ''[[Dragged Across Concrete]]'' || Lieutenant G. Calvert ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2019 || ''[[Vault (2019 film)|Vault]]'' || [[Gerard Ouimette|Gerard 'Gerry The Frenchman' Ouimette]] || Also executive producer
|-
| ''[[Knives Out]]'' || Richard Drysdale ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2022 || ''[[A Little White Lie]]''  || T. Wasserman || 
|-
| ''[[High Heat (film)|High Heat]]'' || Ray ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2023 || ''[[Book Club: The Next Chapter]]'' || Arthur ||
|-
| ''[[The Collective (2023 film)|The Collective]]'' || Liam ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2024 || ''[[Unit 234: The Lock Up]]'' || Jules || Also executive producer<ref>{{cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|title=Don Johnson To Exec Produce & Star Alongside Isabelle Fuhrman In 'Unit 234'; Radiant Films International Launching Sales On Andy Tennant Thriller At Cannes|date=April 28, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/don-johnson-radiant-films-international-board-andy-tennants-unit-234-1235012073/|accessdate=May 20, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Rebel Ridge]]'' || Sandy Burnne ||
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Sarge (TV series)|Sarge]]'' || Deloy Coopersmith || Episode: "The Combatants"
|-
|rowspan=2|1972 || ''[[Young Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Young Dr. Kildare]]'' || Ted Thatcher || Episode: "House Call"
|-
| ''[[The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]]'' || Ev Howard || Episode: "Endtheme"
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' || Nashebo || Episode: "The Spirit-Helper"
|-
| 1974 || ''[[The Rookies]]'' || Al Devering || Episode: "The Teacher"
|-
|rowspan=3|1976 || ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' || Officer Larry Wilson || Episode: "Hot Dog"
|-
| ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' || Wayne Lockwood || Episode: "Renegade's Child"
|-
| ''Law of the Land'' || Quirt || [[Television film]]
|-
|rowspan=6|1977 || ''[[The City (1977 film)|The City]]'' || Sergeant Brian Scott || [[Television pilot|Pilot]]
|-
| ''[[Cover Girls (film)|Cover Girls]]'' || Johnny Wilson || Television film
|-
| ''[[Nashville 99]]'' || Mike Watling || Episode: "Sing Me a Song to Die By"
|-
| ''[[Eight Is Enough]]'' || Doug || Episode: "Trial Marriage"
|-
| ''[[Big Hawaii]]'' || Gandy || Episode: "Gandy"
|-
| ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' || Lee Morgan || Episode: "Trigger Point"
|-
|rowspan=7|1978 || ''[[What Really Happened to the Class of '65?]]'' || Edgar || Episode: "Class Crusader"
|-
| ''[[The American Girls (TV series)|The American Girls]]'' || Everett Simms || Episode: "A Crash Course in Survival"
|-
| ''Pressure Point'' || Unknown || rowspan="6" | Television film
|-
| ''Ski Lift to Death'' || Mike Sloan 
|-
| ''The Two-Five'' || Charlie Morgan 
|-
| ''[[Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold]]'' || Gunther 
|-
| ''[[First, You Cry]]'' || Daniel Easton 
|-
|rowspan=2|1979 || ''Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill'' || Cowboy 
|-
| ''[[The Rebels (miniseries)|The Rebels]]'' || Judson Fletcher || 2 episodes
|-
|rowspan=3|1980 || ''[[Beulah Land (TV miniseries)|Beulah Land]]'' || Bonard Davis || Episode: "Part I"
|-
| ''[[Revenge of the Stepford Wives]]'' || Officer Andy Brady || Television film
|-
| ''[[From Here to Eternity (TV series)|From Here to Eternity]]'' || Private Jefferson 'Jeff' Davis Prewitt || 13 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1981 || ''[[Elvis and the Beauty Queen]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''The Two Lives of Carol Letner'' || Bob Howard 
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Matt Houston]]'' || Terry Spence || Episode: "The Woman in White"
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Six Pack (film)#Television show|Six Pack]]'' || Brewster Baker || Pilot
|-
| 1984–1989 || ''[[Miami Vice]]'' || [[James "Sonny" Crockett|Detective James "Sonny" Crockett]] || Main role (111 episodes)
|-
|rowspan=2|1985 || ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' || Reeve Baker || Episode: "People Don't Do Such Things"
|-
| ''[[The Long Hot Summer (1985 film)|The Long Hot Summer]]'' || Ben Quick || Television film
|-
| 1988, 2015 || ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || rowspan=2|Himself || 2 episodes
|-
| 1990 || ''[[...But Seriously|Seriously...Phil Collins]]'' || rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| 1995 || ''[[In Pursuit of Honor]]'' || Sergeant John Libbey 
|-
| 1996–2001 || ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' || Inspector / Captain Nash Bridges || Main role (122 episodes); also executive producer
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Word of Honor (2003 film)|Word of Honor]]'' || Lieutenant Benjamin Tyson || Television film; also co-executive producer
|-
| 2005–2006 || ''[[Just Legal]]'' || Grant H. Cooper || Main role (8 episodes)
|-
|rowspan=2|2010 || ''[[American Dad!]]'' || Mr. McCormick || Voice; episode: "[[Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth]]"
|-
| ''Southern Discomfort'' || Unknown || Pilot
|-
| 2010–2011 || ''[[Glenn Martin, DDS]]'' || Grandpa Whitey || Voice (4 episodes)
|-
| 2010–2012 || ''[[Eastbound & Down]]'' || Eduardo Sanchez Powers || 5 episodes
|-
| 2011 || ''A Mann's World'' || Allan Mann || Pilot
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[From Dusk till Dawn: The Series]]'' || Sheriff Earl McGraw || 5 episodes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Blood & Oil]]'' || 'Hap' Briggs || 10 episodes
|-
| 2016 || ''[[TripTank]]'' || Johnny Bahama || Voice; episode: "The Director"
|-
|rowspan=2|2017 || ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' || [[List of supporting A Series of Unfortunate Events characters#Sir|Sir]] || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Sick Note (TV series)|Sick Note]]'' || Kenny West || 6 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2018 || ''[[LA to Vegas]]'' || Jack Silver || Episode: "Jack Silver"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/01/03/don-johnson-la-to-vegas/|title=Don Johnson to guest on Fox comedy LA to Vegas|date=January 3, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=January 4, 2018|first=Dan|last=Snierson}}</ref>
|-
| ''Daddy Issues'' || Roman || Pilot
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Watchmen (TV series)|Watchmen]]'' || Chief Judd Crawford || 4 episodes
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Home Movie: The Princess Bride]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/the-princess-bride-homemade-fan-film|title=Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|first=Anthony|last=Breznican|date=June 26, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref> || Humperdinck || Episode: "Chapter Seven: The Pit of Despair"
|-
| 2021–2022 || ''[[Kenan (TV series)|Kenan]]'' || Rick Noble || Main role (20 episodes)
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Nash Bridges#Revival TV film|Nash Bridges]]'' || Nash Bridges || Television film
|-
| 2024–2025 || ''[[Doctor Odyssey]]'' || Captain Robert Massey || Main role
|}

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details
! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=don johnson|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Don Johnson Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=159}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br><ref name="aut">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Don+Johnson| title=austriancharts.at - Don Johnson|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[The Official Finnish Charts|FIN]]<br><ref name="fin">{{cite book | first= Timo | last= Pennanen | year= 2006 | title= Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 | edition= 1st | publisher= Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava | location= Helsinki | isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 170}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="fra1">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_J.php |title=InfoDisc - Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artste - Sélection de l'Artiste - Choisissez une Lettre: J > Don Johnson |publisher=InfoDisc |access-date=December 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929085627/http://infodisc.fr/Album_J.php |archive-date=September 29, 2010}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name="ger1">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=don+johnson&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=a|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707092913/http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=don+johnson&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2014|title=German Charts (Albums) > Don Johnson|language=de|publisher=charts.de [[Media Control Charts]]|access-date=February 24, 2012}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[MegaCharts|NL]]<br><ref name="nl">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Don+Johnson&cat=a|title=dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="nor">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Don+Johnson|title=norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal > Don Johnson|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="swe">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Don+Johnson|title=swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal > Don Johnson|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?search=Don+Johnson&cat=a|title=The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 15, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Heartbeat (Don Johnson album)|Heartbeat]]''
|
* Release date: November 11, 1986
* Label: [[Epic Records]]
* Formats: CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], [[LP record|LP]]
| 17
| 44
| 3
| 5
| —
| 3
| 20
| 7
| 34
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Let It Roll (Don Johnson album)|Let It Roll]]''
|
* Release date: September 20, 1989
* Label: Epic Records
* Formats: CD, cassette, LP
| —
| —
| 23
| 17
| 15
| 2
| 19
| —
| 35
| 6
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

=== Compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:10em;"| Title
! style="width:18em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Essential (Don Johnson album)|The Essential]]''
|
* Release date: January 20, 1997
* Label: [[Sony Music Entertainment]]
* Formats: CD, cassette
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Single
! colspan="11"| Peak positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="Prometheus Global Media" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus/>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br><ref name="aut" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[The Official Finnish Charts|FIN]]<br><ref name="fin" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="FRA">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Don+Johnson&cat=s|title=lescharts.com - French charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name="ger2">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=don+johnson&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=s|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707092905/http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=don+johnson&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=s|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2014|title=German Charts (Singles) > Don Johnson|language=de|publisher=charts.de [[Media Control Charts]]|access-date=February 24, 2012}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[MegaCharts|NL]]<br><ref name="nl" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="nor" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="swe" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?search=Don+Johnson&cat=s|title=The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=The Official Charts Company - Don Johnson|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1986
! scope="row"| "[[Heartbeat (Wendy Waldman song)#Don Johnson version|Heartbeat]]"
| 5
| 26
| 3
| 4
| —
| 6
| 10
| 5
| 16
| 6
| 46
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Heartbeat''
|-
! scope="row"| "Heartache Away"
| 56
| —
| 22
| —
| —
| 31
| 25
| —
| —
| —
| 126
|-
| 1987
! scope="row"| "Voice on a Hotline"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 59
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1989
! scope="row"| "[[Tell It Like It Is (song)#Don Johnson version|Tell It Like It Is]]"
| —
| —
| 13
| —
| 6
| 2
| 6
| —
| —
| 6
| 84
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Let It Roll''
|-
! scope="row"| "Other People's Lives"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 46
| 57
| 53
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "A Better Place" <small>(with [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

=== Featured singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Single
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Artist
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=barbra streisand|chart=all}}|title=Barbra Streisand Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Don+Johnson&cat=s|title=australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="FRA" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name="ger2" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[MegaCharts|NL]]<br><ref name="nl" />
! style="width:35px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=The Official Charts Company - Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
! scope="row"| "[[Till I Loved You (song)|Till I Loved You]]"
| Don Johnson and [[Barbra Streisand]]
| 25
| 34
| 22
| 26
| 4
| 16
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Till I Loved You (album)|Till I Loved You]]''
|}

== Videography ==
*1987: ''Heartbeat'' - <small> Full Length Video (VHS) - (Release date: May 10, 1987)</small>

== Awards and recognition ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"| Year
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"| Result
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"| Award
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"| Category
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"| TV/Film
|-
| [[3rd Saturn Awards|1975]] || {{won}} || [[Saturn Award]] || [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-search,0,7169155.htmlstory?searchtype=all&query=Don+Johnson |title=Awards Database: Don Johnson |access-date=January 9, 2008 |work=The Envelope: The Awards Insider |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> || ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]''
|-
| [[37th Primetime Emmy Awards|1985]] || {{nom}} || [[Emmy Award]]s || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]<ref name="emmys">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php |title=Advanced Primetime Awards Search |access-date=November 3, 2007 |publisher=www.emmys.tv |work=Academy of Television Arts and Science}}</ref> || rowspan="3"| ''[[Miami Vice]]''
|-
| [[43rd Golden Globe Awards|1986]] || {{won}} || rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award]]s || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama]]<ref name="golden">{{cite web|url=http://www1.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24549 |title=Miami Vice |work=Hollywood Foreign Press Association/Golden Globes |publisher=www.hfpa.org |access-date=November 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215132811/http://www1.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24549 |archive-date=February 15, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[44th Golden Globe Awards|1987]] || {{nom}} || Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama<ref name="golden" />
|-
| 1988 || {{won}} || APBA Offshore World Cup || Superboat class<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Friedman |first=Jack |author2=Cindy Dampier |date=May 28, 1990 |title=With Kurt Russell and Chuck Norris in Tow, Don Johnson Risks His Neck on a New Miami Vice—superboat Racing |magazine=People |pages=101–102 |issue=21 |volume=33}}</ref> ||
|-
| 1996 || {{included}} || [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] || Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]<ref name="hollywoodstar">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Don_Johnson/1114596 |title=Don Johnson at Hollywood.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131114737/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Don_Johnson/1114596#milestones |archive-date=January 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |publisher=Hollywood.com |access-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> ||
|}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*Hershkovits, David. ''Don Johnson'', in series, ''2M Communications Production[s]''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. {{ISBN|0-312-90165-8}}
*Latham, Caroline. ''Miami Magic: Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, the Inside Story of the Stars of 'Miami Vice' [and of their other television and film work]''. New York: Zebra Books, 1985. ''N.B''.: The subtitle given, lacking on the t.p., is from the pbk. book's front cover. {{ISBN|0-8217-1800-2}}

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