Keean Johnson
Biography
Keean Johnson is an American actor who grew up in Boulder, Colorado and got his start on stage at 11, appearing in Plainsong at the Denver Center for Performing Arts before he was cast in the Broadway musical Billy Elliot. His television debut came in 2013, playing Adam Freeman in the action horror series Spooksville, followed by a recurring part in Nashville and a turn as Tony on The Fosters. He made his feature debut in 2016 with Heritage Falls, and his break-out role arrived in 2019 as Hugo in Alita: Battle Angel. That same year he appeared in Midway and Low Tide, then in We Summon the Darkness (2020), Cut Throat City (2020), Emperor (2020) and The Ultimate Playlist of Noise (2021). On television he also appeared in Euphoria and played Vernon Howell in Waco: The Aftermath.
29years old
Turns 30 on October 25in 8 days
- Born Boulder
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Keean Manny Johnson
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 2 years2019 to 2021
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First role
Johnson made his professional acting debut at 11 in the play Plainsong at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. Casting director Nora Brennan then put him in the Broadway musical Billy Elliot, which won the Tony for Best Musical in 2008.
Big break
In 2019 Johnson played Hugo in Alita: Battle Angel, a cyberpunk action film directed by Robert Rodriguez and based on Yukito Kishiro's manga series Gunnm. It was his break-out role.
First role
In 2013, Johnson was cast as Adam Freeman, the lead, in the action horror adventure series Spooksville, which comes from a Christopher Pike novel of the same name. That role was his television debut.
Keean Johnson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Midway2019 Action, Drama, History, Waras Chief Aviation Radioman James Murray
IMDb rating 6.7107K votes
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