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Paul Johansson - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born in 1964 in the United States, the son of legendary NHL hockey player Earl 'Ching' Johnson. Having such a mentor, the boy grew up as an athlete from childhood, went in for sports a lot, starting with football, and then became interested in basketball (Paul's height is 188 cm). Having reached considerable hockey heights and even managed to lead his university team to victory, Johansson 'flashed' in basketball, having played for two years in the national team of Canada. However, despite the prospects that opened up, he was attracted by something else, and one fine day Paul abandoned his dreams of sports records and dreamed of a completely different kind of fame - the fame of an actor. So, together with his friend Jason Priestley, Paul moved towards Los Angeles. His debut was the renowned soap opera Santa Barbara, where the newly minted actor did not stay long, staying in the project only from 89th to 90th year. Followed by not too significant roles in several television films, as well as participation in such long-running projects as' Beverly Hills 90210 '(Beverly Hills, 90210),' The Drew Carey Show'.
The handsome athlete was lucky - already in 1993 he played the main role in Peter Foldy's action movie Midnight Witness, and although the film was not announced in the program of any film festivals, this work took its place in Johansson's acting resume .
In 1997, Paul played for Nick Cassavetes in the melodrama She's So Lovely, the next year he appeared in the detective Carnival of Souls directed by Adam Grossman and Ian Kessner.
His roles became more and more significant over time. So, in 2000, Johansson played the unionist soldier Wes intoxicated with a thirst for revenge in Paul Matthews' western 'Angels in Armor' (Glory Glory). Director Matthews also involved the actor in his next project - the action-adventure film Immortal Warriors (Berserker), where Paul played the title character.
Interspersed film work with filming for television, Johansson managed to appear in many TV series - 'Andromeda', 'One Tree Hill', 'IQ-145' and others.
And in 2002, the actor again played a big role in the Canadian-American drama Anne Wheeler 'Edge of Madness'. In the same year, he had a chance to take part in a non-Hollywood project - the thriller by Dominic Shiach 'Darkness Falling'.
Nick Cassavetes once again recruited Paul, who had already played under him, to the filming of his famous film Alpha Dog, starring Bruce Willis.
Among the latest acting work of Paul Johansson is the 2009 action movie The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, directed by Troy Duffy.
Johansson made his directorial debut in 1998 in the short film Conversations in Limbo. By the way, Johansson became one of the scriptwriters, and the newly-minted director starred Nick Cassavetes and Troy Duffy. It is noteworthy that both of these directors have repeatedly filmed Paul in their films. In addition, Johansson was involved as a director and director in the filming of episodes of the series 'One Tree Hill'. In general, it is with this series that Paul has a lot - his hero, the villain Dan Scott, is one of the key characters, and over time Paul himself became more and more interested in the director's craft.
It is known that Paul Johansson was married to the Romanian-born actress Gabriela Oltean, the marriage ended in divorce in 2005. The former spouses can be seen together in the 2002 film of the year - the thriller by Nick Cassavetes 'John Q' (John Q), where Gabriela played the main role in a pair with Denzel Washington.
