From to , he starred in the comedy series Minx. In , he made his directorial debut with Self Reliance. Johnson was born on May 28, , in Evanston, Illinois , a northern suburb of Chicago , to Ken Weinberger, who owned a car dealership, and Eve Johnson, an artist who made stained glass windows. His parents divorced when he was two, and he and his older siblings, brother Dan and sister Rachel, were raised by his single mother.
Johnson then took his mother's last name during high school. Johnson grew up a fan of the Second City improv troupe. Show with Bob and David. After moving to Los Angeles , Johnson supported himself as a waiter and a production assistant, also scoring a series of bit feature and guest TV roles. In , he appeared in the mockumentary Paper Heart. Johnson made an appearance at the Sundance Festival as one of the leads in Safety Not Guaranteed. In , he played park informatician Lowery Cruthers in Jurassic World.
The web series Drunk History was inspired by a conversation that Johnson had with series creator Derek Waters.
Johnson, while drunk, was trying to describe the story of Otis Redding 's death to Waters, and Waters was inspired to build a series around history narrated by drunk people. Johnson later appeared in the first episode of the web series as Aaron Burr. After it was adapted for television under the same title on Comedy Central , he appeared in the eighth episode as William B. Travis , [ 12 ] and the ninth episode of season three as Boris Spassky.
In , Johnson appeared in the comedy film Tag as Randy Cilliano. In , Johnson was cast in the lead role of Grey McConnell in the ABC drama series Stumptown ; he took over the role from Mark Webber , who played the character in the original pilot episode. Johnson married Erin Payne, an artist, in They have twin daughters, Elizabeth and Olivia, born in Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.
