Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson Biography

Eric Johann Johnson (born August 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor known for playing Flash Gordon on the eponymous 2007-2008 TV series, Whitney Fordman on the likewise science-fiction TV series Smallville, and for portraying Detective Luke Callaghan on the police drama Rookie Blue, "Jack Hyde" in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" Trilogy.

Career

Johnson began his career acting at age 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 Legends of the Fall. In Canada, Johnson was the lead in an award-winning film titled Scorn. He got his breakout the next year in 2001 as football jock and Clark Kent rival Whitney Fordman in Smallville.

Johnson played the lead role in a new Flash Gordon TV series that debuted on Sci Fi in August 2007. The show was canceled after one season, in April 2008. On November 27, 2010 he starred as Jake Finley in the Hallmark movie, Debbie Macomber's Call Me Mrs. Miracle. He portrays Luke Callahan on the Canadian police drama Rookie Blue and inmate Cal Sweeney, a bank robber, on the Fox series Alcatraz. In 2012, Johnson was cast as the voice actor and physical actor of Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell: Blacklist, replacing Michael Ironside, who voiced the character in previous installments.

In 2013, Johnson was cast in Cinemax's original medical drama The Knick as a racist, but talented, young medic who is Clive Owen's protege; the series was directed by Steven Soderbergh.

In 2017, Johnson played Jack Hyde in the drama sequel Fifty Shades Darker, and will reprise the role in Fifty Shades Freed.

Personal life

Johnson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to a father, Fred, who managed a binding corporation, and a mother, Jane, who 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 daughter, Calla Prairie Johnson, who was born in 2007.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Road to Saddle River	Lance
1994	Legends of the Fall	teen Tristan
1998	Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story	Jason	Television film
1998	Heart of the Sun	Jack
1999	Question of Privilege	Joel Aldridge
1999	Atomic Train	Danny	Television film
2000	Borderline Normal	Rocco	Television film
	Bear With Me	Scott Robinson
	Scorn	Darren Huenemann	Television film Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
	Children of Fortune	Andrew Bast	Television film
2001	Texas Rangers	Rollins
2002	Bang Bang You're Dead	Mark Kenworth	Television film
2002	Beauty Shot	Chad Johnson
2003	Stealing Sinatra	Dean Torrence
2003	Hollywood Wives: The New Generation	Brian Richter	Television film
2004	A Friend of the Family	Darris Shaw	Television film
	Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed	Tyler
	A Clown's Gift	Sam the Clown
	Blinded	John
	Anonymous Rex	Rhys	Television film
	The Work and the Glory	Joshua Steed
2005	Falcon Beach	Lane Bradshaw	Television film
	Marker	Roddy Dutch	Television film
	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Joshua Steed
2006	Expiration Date	Animal Control Officer #2
	The Work and the Glory: A House Divided	Joshua Steed
	Honeymoon with Mom	Adam
2009	My Nanny's Secret	Drew	Television film
2010	Meteor Storm	Kyle Pember
2010	Call Me Mrs. Miracle	Jake Finley
2013	Meteor Storm	Kyle Pember
2013	Fir Crazy	Darren
2015	Flash Gordon Classic	Flash Gordon	Animated fan film
2016	Valentine Ever After	Ben
2017	Fifty Shades Darker	Jack Hyde
2018	Fifty Shades Freed	Jack Hyde	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Ray Bradbury Theater		Episode: "The Utterly Perfect Murder"
1999	Night Man	Alex	Episode: "Blader"
2001	MythQuest	Telemachus	Episode: "The Oracle"
2001	Smallville	Whitney Fordman	24 episodes; Main Cast (Season 1) Special Guest (Seasons 2-4)
2004	The Collector	Nick	Episode: "The Yogi"
2006	Criminal Minds	Sean Hotchner	2 episodes
2006	The Dead Zone	Young Gene Purdy	Episode: "Revelations"
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Gordon Pike	Episode: "Speed Demon"
	The Unit	Ethan McNeal	Episode: "Games of Chance"
	Everest '82	Laurie Skreslet	Mini-series; 4 episodes
	Flash Gordon	Steven "Flash" Gordon	Lead Role; 21 episodes
2010	Rookie Blue	Det. Luke Callaghan	35 episodes; Main cast (Seasons 1-2) Recurring (Seasons 3-4)
2010	Supernatural	Brady	Episode: "The Devil You Know"
2012	Alcatraz	Cal Sweeney	Episode: "Cal Sweeny"
2013	Orphan Black	Chad	2 episodes
2014	Saving Hope	Dr. Jason Kalfis	3 episodes
2014	The Knick	Dr. Everett Gallinger	Main cast; Satellite Award for Best Cast - Television Series (2015)

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Splinter Cell: Blacklist	Samuel "Sam" Fisher	Voice, likeness, and motion-capture performance

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