Shaun Johnston

Shaun Johnston is a Canadian actor who works in film and theater. He grew up in Ponoka, Alberta, and trained in drama at the University of Alberta, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He started his professional career on stages in Alberta and helped found the Shadow Theatre in Edmonton. He is best known for playing Jack Bartlett, also called Grandpa Jack, on the CBC drama Heartland, which first aired in October 2007. By 2019 he had appeared in 13 seasons of the show, and he received Rosie award nominations for Best Alberta Actor in 2019 and 2020. In 2016 he called it the best job he had ever had and ever would have. He also wrote songs for Heartland and turned them into a multi-episode music project, The Book of Shaun.