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Don Johnson Don Johnson is an actor best known for his film and television appearances. Johnson became a household name as a result of his role in the popular 1980s cop series,

Johnson was born in Flat Creek, Missouri, on December 15, 1949. His father was a farmer, and his mother a beautician. At the age of 6, he moved from Missouri to Wichita, Kansas[1]. He graduated from South High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1967 and attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is of English origin.

In the late 1960s, he was one of the male contestants on the popular television show

Johnson was married twice to actress Melanie Griffith (briefly in 1976 and then from 1989-1996) and is currently married to Kelley Phleger of San Francisco. They were married in 1998. Ms. Phleger is related to the Gettys of Getty Oil.

Johnson lived with Patti D'Arbanville from 1981 to 1985.

Johnson had a relationship with Barbra Streisand and created a single with her called "Till I Loved You". The single was the theme song to the 1987 film .

He was briefly engaged to actress Jeanne Anderson in 1996.

Johnson has a son with D'Arbanville, Jesse, born in December 1982, a daughter with Griffith, Dakota Johnson, born in October 1989, and a daughter with Phleger, Atherton Grace Johnson, born December 28, 1999 and a son, Jasper Breckenridge Johnson, born June 6, 2002.

As of December 23, 2005, he is expecting another child with Phleger.

Johnson became a household name as a result of his co-starring role as Sonny Crockett in the popular 1980s cop series, . In this role, Johnson played a police detective working undercover as a drug smuggler. He typically wore pastel Armani suits over cotton t-shirts, drove a Ferrari Daytona and lived on a 42-foot yacht with his pet alligator Elvis. was noted for its revolutionary use of music, cinematography, and imagery as well as a more glitzy take on on the police drama genre.

Johnson later starred in the 1996-2001 drama with Cheech Marin and Yasmine Bleeth. Johnson playes the title role of Nash, a detective for the San Fransisco Police Department. In Johnson was again paired with a flashy convertible car, this time an electric yellow 1971 Plymouth Barracuda.

In the fall of 2005, he briefly starred in The WB courtroom television show as a jaded lawyer with a very young and idealistic partner (Jay Baruchel); the show was canceled in October 2005.

Johnson has had several brushes with the law.

When he was twelve years old, Johnson was arrested for hot-wiring cars and sent to reform school[2].

In 1997, two cast members on accused Johnson of sexual assault. Both cases were settled with confidential settlements.

In 2001, a 36-year old woman accused Johnson of grabbing and bruising her arm and lewdly propositioning her outside a restroom at a San Francisco sushi bar. The woman's friends went to confront Johnson but said he fled out the back door. Johnson said he was considering buying an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle to state his side of the story, but later decided to post the notices on his website. Due to insufficient evidence, no charges were filed.[3][4]

In 2003, bank statements showing 8 billion USD in transactions were found in Johnson's car while he was travelling in Europe. Initially it was thought Johnson was involved in money-laundering, but he was eventually cleared of wrongdoing.[5]

He studied drama at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, the city which later became the setting for his TV show