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JAVON JOHNSON
SAG * AEA * AFTRA

FILM & TELEVISION
Prison Break Reoccurring C.O. Fox Television-Jesus Trevino
Barbershop 2 Calvin, Sr. (Ice Cube’s Father) MGM Studios-Kevin Sullivan
The Temptations Louis Price Hallmark Entertainment for NBC-Allen Arkush
Dogma Gangster 3 Askew Films-Kevin Smith
Buy, Sell, Kill (A Flea Market Story) FBI Agent Drexel Entertainment-Adam Minarovich
Porgy: A Gullah Version Sportin’ Life SCetv-Jim McMahan
Orangeburg’s Most Wanted Host Time Warner Cable

THEATRE
Deep Azure Tone Apollo Theatre NY HHTF-Derrick Sanders
Seven Guitars Red Carter Congo Square Theatre-Derrick Sanders
Gem of the Ocean Citizen/Caesar (US) Goodman Theatre & Mark Taper-Marion McClinton
Cryin’ Shame Sherman St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre-Ron Himes
Ali Younger Ali Congo Square Theatre-Derrick Sanders/Ron Parson
A Raisin in the Sun Joseph Asagai City Theatre-Timothy Douglas
Fences Cory Hilton Head Playhouse-Dallas Dunnagan
The Old Settler Husband Whitherspoon Jazz Actor’s Theatre-Ernie McClintok
Before It Hits Home Wendal Bailey Studio Theatre Univ. of Pitt.-Ron OJ Parson
Macbeth Macbeth SITS Tour-Greg Longenhagen
Pericles Pericles Studio Theatre Univ. of Pitt.-Larry John Meyers
Measure for Measure Provost Pittsburgh Public Theatre-Michael Alltop
Home Cephus Miles Henderson-Davis Theatre-Frank M. Mundy
Scenes from Black America Floyd/Sterling Edward Albee Theatre Conference,
(with Delroy Lindo, Ella Joyce, August Wilson) Valdez, AK-Marshal Mason
Blues for an Alabama Sky Guy Jacobs Kuntu Repertory Theatre-Vernell A. Lillie
Amistad Voices Joseph Cinque Duncun Center for the Performing Arts-Ilisa Duncan
The Meeting Malcolm X SCSU Tour-Marcus Sherman
Pill Hill Joe Henderson-Davis Theatre-Frank M. Mundy
Kentucky Cycle Joe Talbert First Frontier, Inc.-Scott Galbraith
The Island Winston Annex Theatre-Kevin Wetmore
Complete Works of W. Shakespeare Abridged Adam Annex Theatre-Kevin Wetmore

FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER
Resurrection of Lady Lester, Tambourines to Glory, & Lifting Kuntu Repertory Theatre
Pericles & True West Pitt Theatre
Amistad Voices Duncun Center for the Performing Arts

SPECIAL SKILLS & HONORS
∙ Panelist for both NEA and TCG.
∙ Horseback Riding, Actor Combatant SAFD (Rapier & Dagger, Broad Sword, Hand-to-Hand, Quarter Staff)
∙ Cofounding Member and Resident Playwright for Congo Square Theatre Company, Chicago, IL
∙ 2004 Black Theatre Alliance Lorraine Hansberry Best New Play Award for The House That Jack Built, Chicago, IL
∙ 2003 New Professional Theatre Playwriting Award for Eighty-Six, New York City, NY.
∙ 2002 Best Leading Actor for ALI, African-American Alliance Award, Chicago, IL
∙ 2001 Best Leading Actor for Before It Hits Home, Paul Robeson Award, Black Theater Alliance Awards, Chicago, IL
∙ 2001 Jefferson Award Recommendation for Hambone, Chicago, IL
∙ 2001 & 1999 National Project Award Recipient sponsored by Piereans, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
∙ 2000 Sundance Theatre Lab for Hambone, Salt Lake City, UT
∙ 2000 & 1999 Panelist for the Edward Albee Theatre Conference PlayLab, Valdez, AK
∙ 1999 Theodore Ward Playwright Award for Hambone, Chicago, IL
∙ 1999 Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Finalist, Arena Stage, Washington, DC
∙ 1999 Pittsburgh Playwright Award for Papa’s Blues, Pittsburgh, PA
∙ 1998 Yukon/Pacific New Play Award for Papa’s Blues, Valdez, AK
∙ 1998 Lanford Wilson’s Playwright Retreat, Sag Harbor, NY
∙ 1998 Kennedy Center Fellowship, Eugene O’Neill NPC, Waterford, CT
∙ 1998 Lorraine Hansberry Playwright Award for Papa’s Blues, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
∙ Publications by Dramatic Publishing Company, Smith & Krauss, Northwestern University Press