Don Johnson (born Donnie Wayne Johnson) is an actor best known for his film and television appearances. Johnson became a household name as a result of his role in the popular 1980s cop series, Miami Vice
Johnson was born in Flat Creek, Missouri, on December 15, 1949. His father was a farmer, his mother a beautician. At the age of 6, he moved from Missouri to Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from South High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1967 and attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is of English origin.
In the late 1960s, he was one of the male contestants on the popular television show The Dating Game.
Johnson was married twice to actress Melanie Griffith (briefly in 1976 and then from 1989-1996) and is currently married to Kelley Phleger of San Francisco. They were married in 1998. Ms. Phleger is related to the Gettys of Getty Oil.
Johnson lived with Patti D'Arbanville from 1981 to 1985.
Johnson had a relationship with Barbra Streisand and created a single with her called "Till I Loved You". The single was the theme song to the 1987 film Nuts.
He was briefly engaged to actress Jeanne Anderson in 1996.
Johnson has a son with D'Arbanville, Jesse, born in December 1982, a daughter with Griffith, Dakota Johnson, born in October 1989, and a daughter with Phleger, Atherton Grace Johnson, born December 28, 1999 and a son, Jasper Breckenridge Johnson, born June 6, 2002.
As of December 23, 2005, he is expecting another child with Phleger.
