CJ Johnson

CJ Johnson is an award winning actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known in independent cinema circles as the "go to guy" for horror/sci-fi hybrid stories. Johnson was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Clarence and Beverly Johnson. He has one younger sister. Johnson spent much of his childhood traveling because of his father's job, as a United States Army Officer. Johnson lived in Memphis, Tennessee, Germany, El Paso, Texas, Clarksville, Tennessee, Madison, Alabama, Stafford, Virginia, and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, before finally locating in Los Angeles, California. Throughout his childhood, Johnson discovered a passion for the entertainment business. Johnson enjoyed writing and creating fictional stories, but it was his acting abilities that seemed to flourish at a young age. At 15, he toured London, performing Steinbeck's ''Of Mice and Men'' playing the role of ''Crooks''. A year later, he received the Best Actor award at the Shakespeare Festival in Washington D.C.