Paul Johansson - American actor, son of the legendary athlete Earl Johansson

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Paul Johansson is an American actor, screenwriter and director. Born in 1964, January 26th. He is the son of legendary hockey player Earl Johnson, who changed his last name to Johansson to confirm his Swedish origin. The replacement was successful, Earl's Swedish origin was no longer in doubt. And the son, in addition to knowing Swedish, speaks fluent French.

Cinema and sports

Paul Johansson was born in the USA, but grew up in the Canadian city of Vancouver. He was engaged in athleticism, like his father, became an NHL player. Brought his university's hockey team to first place among colleges. Then he decided to try his hand at basketball. He played for the Canadian national team for two years, in 1986 in China and Korea, and devoted the entire 1987 to the national teams of Israel and Greece.

Nevertheless, at some point, Paul Johansson suddenly decides to change his rather bright sports career for the dazzling lights of Hollywood.

The first role went to an aspiring actor in the popular series "Santa Barbara" in 1984. The debut was successful, soon PaulJohansson has also starred in other TV shows such as Beverly Hills 90210, Parker Levize Can't Stay and more.

Being a confirmed bachelor, the actor could spend all his time in California, in Venice, at one of the studios in Wilmington, North Carolina.

First lead role

One day Paul was lucky, he got the lead role in the action movie "Midnight Witness" directed by Peter Foldy. Then in 1997, Paul Johansson, whose films were becoming more and more visible, played in the Nick Casavetes melodrama "She's Beautiful", and the following year he successfully played the role in the detective story "Carnival of Souls" by Ian Kessner and Adam Grossman.

In 2000, the actor brilliantly played the role of soldier Wes in Matthews' western called "Angels in Armor". Then director Paul Matthews invited Johansson to his next project - the action movie "Immortal Warriors", where he played the main character.

A separate story in Paul's career can be considered the film "Alpha Dog", where he plays episodes with Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis.

In 2002, the actor played a fairly large role in the Canadian-American drama production directed by Ann Wheeler called "On the Edge of Madness". In the same period, Paul took part in the thriller Shiah Dominik "Darkness descends." And then the actor starred in the action movie "The Boondock Saints".

In 1998 Johansson made his directorial debut. This wasshort film "Conversations in Limbo", for which Paul personally wrote the script, and he invited Troy Duffy and Nick Cassavetes to play the main roles. And then Paul Johansson took an active part in the creation of the serial "One Tree Hill", acting as a director.

Private life

The private life of the actor is not particularly attractive to reporters, he still has not started a family, he has no children. The entire interest of the journalistic fraternity for a long time was supported by a fictional story about some kind of mythical rape or molestation of a young journalist who received an editorial task to interview Paul Johansson. And that he allegedly maliciously used obscene things like "I can direct my ball in such a way that it will go into your throat" … The stretch is more than obvious - the sensation did not work.

Otherwise, the actor's personal life is closely connected with sports, meetings on the field, games, competitions. Thus, Paul Johansson, whose personal life is quite serene, cannot count on sensational revelations. The actor continues to live in peace, starring in the next film and playing football.

Paul Johansson Filmography

Scripts:

• "Conversations in Limbo" (1998);
• "The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie" (2004).

Director:

• "Atlas Shrugged";
• "The Incredible Story of Mrs. Ritchie";
• "One Tree Hill";
• "Conversations in Limbo".

Role Player

As an actor, the hero of the article starred in films such as:

• "Dear Eleanor";
• "Love Again";
• "Beauty and the Beast";
• "Atlas Shrugged";
• "All Saints' Day";
• "Thinking like a criminal";
• "Seduction Theory";
• "Immortal Warriors";
• "Love in the big city";
• "The Incredible Story of Mrs. Ritchie";
• "One Tree Hill";
• "Darkness descends";
• "Angels in armor";
• "On the brink of madness";
• "The Last Dance";
• "East Park";
• "Island of Hope";
• "Wishmaker";
• "Da Vinci is investigating";
• "First wave";
• "Carnival of Souls";
• "Last conflict";
• "Dead Man's Pistol";
• "She's beautiful";
• "Thermal Killer";
• "Lonely dove";
• "The Drew Carrey Show";
• "Justice Burke";
• "Party in Beverly Hills";
• "Curfew";
• "They came from outer space";
• "Parker Lewis is not lost";
• "Girls from the teamsupport";
• "Swimwear".

Paul Johansson is currently working on several fronts at once, with a number of dramatic scripts awaiting their turn. The actor is reluctant to act, prefers to act as a director. Some film projects also need quality production, and Johansson would like to try his hand at this difficult business.