- Has been ordered to pay up the nearly $6,000 dollar tab owed to Aspen grocery store Clark's Market. (August 9, 2004)
- His 17-acre ranch is for sale for $21 million amid a bankruptcy filing and lawsuits that claim Johnson or his company owes more than $948,000. (May 19, 2004)
- An Aspen grocery store has accused Johnson of leaving an unpaid bill of 5,470 dollars.
- A company owned by Miami Vice star Don Johnson has filed for bankruptcy to protect his Colorado ranch from being auctioned. (April 27, 2004)
- Johnson's lawyer is poised to file a damages claim against the German Finance Ministry for hurting the actor's reputation - The actor was stopped for a routine check as he entered Germany from Switzerland last November with two other men and officials found and photocopied documents listing transactions totaling $8 billion but didn't seize them. (August 22, 2003)
- Johnson says bank statements found in his car listing $8 billion in transactions weren't his, and he is in no way involved in money laundering -- Johnson said on Friday that the papers, discovered by German customs officials in November when he crossed the border from Switzerland, belonged to potential investors with whom he was discussing a movie project. (March 17, 2003)
- Johnson is being probed by German customs after a stash of money totaling $8 billion was found in his suitcase -- The actor was found to be carrying the astronomical sum of money - in shares, bonds, checks and credit notes - as he tried to enter the country from Switzerland and officials said Johnson and three other men in the car were under suspicion of money laundering; no charges have been filed but American tax authorities have been informed. (March 13, 2003)
- Auctioned off six cars from his garage in Arizona -- they include a silver Ferrari Testarossa given to him by Enzo Ferrari in the 1980s when Johnson starred on MIAMI VICE, as well as cars from Johnson's NASH BRIDGES stint, including a yellow 1970 Plymouth Barracuda convertible and a 1949 Ford pickup truck given to him by ex-wife Melanie Griffith. (December 14, 2002)
- (1998) Engaged to Kelley Phleger
- At the age 12 seduced his babysitter, at 16 moved in with a woman who was 25 years old. During his college life he seduced his female drama teacher.
- Got his big break into stardom by starring in the controversial off-Broadway play, FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES, which was directed 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.
- Made his professional debut in the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, in Your Own Thing, a rock musical modeled after Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Won a full drama scholarship to the University of Kansas. Made five pilots for NBC early in his career. All were rejected.
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for Miami Vice (1987)
- Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for Miami Vice (1985)
Quotes- "TV actors are bigger than movie actors these days. More people see them, more people recognize them; the salaries in TV are rivaling those in feature films." (printed in the National Enquirer, April 30, 1996, pg. 7.)
- "I can do whatever I want--I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you." (Don Johnson on the Ron and Ron radio talk show)
Awards- ShoWest Award: Male Star of the Year (1988)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama, Miami Vice (1986)
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Golden Scroll - Best Actor, A BOY AND HIS DOG (1976)
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