Johnny Cooper (Home and Away)
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| Home and Away character | |||
| Portrayed by | Callan Mulvey | ||
| Duration | 2006-07, 2008 | ||
| First appearance | 19 October 2006 | ||
| Last appearance | 7 March 2008 | ||
| Introduced by | Julie McGauran | ||
| Classification | Former, recurring | ||
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| Brothers | Rocco Cooper |
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Johnny Cooper is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Callan Mulvey. He made his first on-screen appearance on 19 October 2006.
Johnny is characterised as being one of the show's "bad boy" roles. A Channel 5 reporter described Johnny as having the type of face people would dislike to "meet in a dark alley". As gang leader he commits many crimes such as robbery, blackmail and murder. His feuds with other characters result in him framing Brad Armstrong (Chris Sadrinna) with drugs and attempting to murder Sally Fletcher (Kate Ritchie) and Ric Dalby (Mark Furze). He also begins a feud with Sam Holden (Jessica Chapnik) when he starts blackmailing her. He orders Sam to help him enter the hospital so he can murder Sally, but she is reluctant. Johnny becomes violent towards Sam and threatens her son Rory Tolhurst (Jack Rickard). Chapnik told a reporter from The Sun that "he scares Sam, she knows that she has no choice but to help him." Sam eventually decides to resolve the predicament by hitting Johnny with a cricket bat. Her actions only hospitalise Johnny and she decides to administer a syringe of drugs to end his life.
Johnny is first seen is his car outside Summer Bay High to warn his younger brother, Rocco (Ian Meadows) that he has a commitment to his gang and cannot back out. Rocco's principal, Brad demands Johnny leave the premises and Johnny threatens him. Johnny then trashes Brad's flat and then forces Rocco into a robbery on Brad's place but Rocco convinces him to rob Amanda Vale's (Holly Brisley) home instead. Johnny and the gang take Amanda and Peter Baker (Nicholas Bishop) hostage and rob the place. Johnny then tells Rocco to ask Sally if he can move in at Summer Bay House but after Brad warns her about Rocco, she refuses. Johnny then has Rocco beaten and he is found by Brad and Sally agrees to let him stay. Johnny continues forcing Rocco to steal and escalates his feud with Brad and forces him off the road. Brad reports the incident but without proof, Johnny gets away with it. He then begins playing mind games with Brad by leaving messages about his late wife Emily (Libby Richmond) on the blackboards at school. Brad eventually snaps and attacks Johnny. Johnny in retaliation pays a student top claim Brad sold him drugs, which results in Brad being stood down as principal.
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