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on the superhero series '' Smallville'', Detective Luke Callaghan on the police drama ''

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'', and Jack Hyde in the ''Fifty Shades'' film series. Since 2022, he has played a misogynist corrupt sheriff in the

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horror series '' Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin''.

Career

Johnson began his career acting at the age of nine, when his parents enrolled him in Stage Polaris, a theater company in Edmonton. Johnson played the younger version of Brad Pitt's character in 1994 film '' Legends of the Fall''. In Canada, Johnson was the lead in an award-winning film titled ''Scorn''. His break-out role came in 2001, as football jock and Clark Kent rival Whitney Fordman in '' Smallville''. In 2004, Johnson played the anti-Mormon son, Joshua Steed, in ''

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'' and later its sequels. A few years later, he played the title role in the television revival of '' Flash Gordon'' that debuted on

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in August 2007; the series was cancelled after one season. On November 27, 2010, Johnson starred as Jake Finley in the Hallmark movie,

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's ''Call Me Mrs. Miracle''. He also portrayed Luke Callahan in the Canadian police drama ''

'' and inmate Cal Sweeney, a bank robber, in the Fox series ''

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''. In 2012, Johnson was cast as the voice actor and physical actor of Sam Fisher in '' Splinter Cell: Blacklist'', replacing

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, who voiced the character in previous installments. Eric Johnson 2011

In 2013, Johnson was cast in

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's original medical drama ''

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'' as a racist, but talented, young medic who is Clive Owen's protege; the series was directed by Steven Soderbergh. Johnson played villain Jack Hyde in the drama sequels '' Fifty Shades Darker'' (2017) and '' Fifty Shades Freed'' (2018).

Personal life

Johnson was born in Edmonton, Alberta. His father, Fred, managed a binding corporation, and his mother, Jane, is a librarian, massage therapist, and music teacher. In 2004, Johnson married writer-producer Adria Budd, whom he met on the set of '' Smallville'', as she was Annette O'Toole's and John Glover's personal assistant. They have a child born in 2007.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Eric 1979 births Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Living people Male actors from Edmonton 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors