Don Johnson Net Worth

Don Johnson's Quotes

• Television actors are bigger than movie actors these days. More people see them, more people recognize them; the salaries in television are rivaling those in feature films.
• [interviewed on the "Ron and Ron" radio talk show] I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.
• I'm better than [Robert De Niro], I'm better than [Al Pacino]. I've got the talent, they've got the material.
• I like to have really fine things. I have a great appreciation for fine art, fine homes, fine wine, fine cigars and fine friends.
• Anybody, any actor, any director, will tell you that the hardest job in show business is doing a weekly series, because you work 16, 14, 15 hours a day, five days a week.

Interesting Facts about Don Johnson

1. Made his professional debut in the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, in "Your Own Thing", a rock musical modeled after William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Made five pilots for NBC early in his career that were all rejected.
2. Got his big break into stardom by starring in the controversial off-Broadway play "Fortune and Men's Eyes", which was directed by and starred Sal Mineo. The play, which featured a realistic rape scene in a men's prison, generated plenty of press reviews due to the once taboo subject of homosexuality in the arts.
3. Scored three hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts with "Heartbeat" (US #6, 1986), "Heartache Away" (US #56, 1986) and the Barbra Streisand duet "Til I Loved You" (US #25, 1989).
4. Children: Atherton Grace Johnson (born December 28, 1999), Jasper Breckenridge Johnson (born June 6, 2002), and Deacon James Johnson (born April 29, 2006) with Kelley Phleger; Dakota Johnson (born October 4, 1989) with Melanie Griffith; Jesse Johnson (born December 7, 1982) with Patti D'Arbanville.
5. He and Miami Vice (1984) co-star John Diehl were investors in the boxing career of Mark Breland.
6. Co-wrote a two-hour movie with his neighbor Hunter S. Thompson. The movie was not picked up, but CBS bought and turned the story into Nash Bridges (1996).
7. Ex-son-in-law of Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith.
8. Has a family in Colorado with whom he used to celebrate Christmas.
9. Popular Finnish music group Don Johnson Big Band is named after him.
10. The creators of Miami Vice (1984) were originally against casting him. Before the series, he had starred in four failed television pilots.
11. In the 1970s, he co-wrote songs with former The Allman Brothers Band guitarist/singer Dickey Betts, several of which were recorded by the band.
12. Is mentioned in Walter Kirn's novel "Thumbsucker".
13. Auditioned for the role of Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice (1984) while he was in Miami working on a low-budget film about Vietnam called Cease Fire (1985).
14. Loves the Tuscany area of Italy and has vacationed there often.
15. In 1985, during the height of Miami Vice (1984), he had made a trip to Germany to personally order a 959 Porsche from the factory in Stuttgart.
16. Is a devotee of the culture of Vietnam and he owns a small island off the south coast. He honeymooned there with his wife, Kelley, in May 1999.
17. Before having great success on Miami Vice (1984), he appeared on The Dating Game (1965) as one of the "three eligible bachelors" and was not chosen.
18. Was considered for the role of John McClane in Die Hard (1988), which went to Bruce Willis.
19. Was considered for the role of Michael Cheritto in Heat (1995), which went to Tom Sizemore.
20. To maintain his perpetual two-day stubble on Miami Vice (1984), he shaved with a sideburn trimmer.