Samuel Johnson (actor)

Samuel Johnson
Born	Samuel Joseph Johnson Australian actor 1978 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Years active	1995 – 2016

Samuel Joseph Johnson OAM (born 1978) is a retired Australian actor, radio presenter, voiceover artist and philanthropist. He is best known for his roles as Evan Wylde in the television series The Secret Life of Us for which he won the AFI award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature in 2001, Leon Broznic in Rush, Toby Kirby in After the Deluge and as Molly Meldrum in the miniseries Molly for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama and has landed in the nomination for the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television of 2017

He has also received considerable media coverage for his attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most distance travelled on a unicycle which he achieved and broke the world record for the longest unicycle journey, which he undertook to raise funds for breast cancer research and raise breast cancer awareness following his sister's diagnosis with the disease.

Johnson was born in Daylesford, Victoria and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. At the age of 14, he performed in his first school play, cast in a role as the mad scientist in The Pink Panther Strikes Again. On opening night he was spotted by Rhonda Schepisi, former wife of director Fred Schepisi. Taking the reins, she helped Johnson acquire an Equity Card and find auditions.

"So I figuratively got a phone call on the first night I'd ever been in a play. She marched me to the union and demanded that they give me a card, then she drove me to an agent and demanded they take me on. It was somewhat fortuitous and I happened to get the first 20 or so jobs I went for. This career was certainly not designed by me."

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