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 Wil Johnson
Having been a promising young athlete, Wil gave up running for treading the boards. He still uses the mental focus of the disciplined athlete in his successful acting career. Wil's best known for his roles in TV dramas Waking The Dead and Babyfather.
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| What's he been in? |
| Wil started his on-screen cop career with a part as a DC in Cracker alongside Robbie Coltrane. He's since progressed to popular roles in Babyfather, Clocking Off and Buried Treasure, as well as Waking the Dead.
On stage, Wil's played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew and Orsino in Twelfth Night, amongst others.
Ironically, Wil's first film was entitled Babymother! He's also appeared in the short film Native and feature films South West Nine and Emotional Backgammon.
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Wil describes himself as "Focused, driven and very ambitious", much like his Waking the Dead character, DS Spencer Jordan.
He used to be a sprinter and still has a great love of athletics.
Wil takes his acting inspiration from other Black actors working in Britain today, such as Leon Herbert, Eammon Walker, Adrian Lester and his Babyfather co-stars.
He also admires his Waking the Dead co-star, Trevor Eve, for the way he is able to analyse a script. He said "Trevor is insightful. The great thing about working with Trevor is that he has taught me when reading the scripts, what is character, what is plot and what is ultimately going to move the story along."
His passions in life are his family, music - especially R&B, hip hop, salsa, soul and ragga - films and, of course, athletics.
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| Personal Details |
| Wil's married with children.
He's highly skilled at break-dancing, boxing, football, rollerskating and has a tenor singing voice.
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