Keean Johnson (born c. 1996/1997) is an American actor who known for his lead role as Adam Freeman in action horror adventure series '' Spooksville'' (2013–2014). Johnson played one of the lead roles, Hugo, in the film '' Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019). He is also known for his lead role in the films ''

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'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2021).

Early life

Johnson was born and raised in

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. His father is British and his mother is American-Chilean. He has a younger brother, Cade Johnson. His first professional acting debut came at the age of 11 at the Denver Center for Performing Arts in the play ''Plainsong''. It was at this same time that the casting director Nora Brennan for the Broadway musical ''

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'' cast him in the show which went on to win the Tony for Best Musical in 2008.

Acting career

Television

Johnson began his professional acting career as an actor at the age of 16, when he appeared in episodic roles in the television shows: '' Switched at Birth'', '' Notorious'' and '' Joe Pickett''. Johnson made his television debut in 2013, he was cast to play the lead role of Adam Freeman in the action horror adventure series '' Spooksville'' alongside Katie Douglas, Nick Purcha and Morgan Taylor Campbell, based on Christopher Pike's novel of the same name, which that aired on the Hub Network from late 2013 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Johnson played the recurring role of Colt Wheeler in the musical drama film ''

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''. In 2015, Johnson appeared on the third season of the family drama series '' The Fosters'', which he played the role of Tony. Johnson appeared on the second season in the teen drama web series ''

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'', he played the main role of Kyo 'Ozo' Ozonaka, which was second season released in late 2016. Johnson appeared on the first season of the teen drama series ''

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'', which he played the recurring role of Daniel, based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name. In 2023, Johnson was cast to play the main role of Vernon Howell in the crime drama miniseries '' Waco: The Aftermath'', developed by

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and Drew Dowdle, which was premiered in the first half of 2023, on

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Film

In 2016, Johnson made his feature film debut in the comedy-drama film ''

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'' starring David Keith, he played the role of Markie Fitzpatrick, which was released in the second half of 2016. Johnson's break-out role came in 2019, when he played the role of Hugo in the cyberpunk action film '' Alita: Battle Angel'' starring

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, directed by

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, based on Yukito Kishiro's manga series ''

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'', which was world premiere at the

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on January 31, 2019 and released in early 2019. Johnson also co-starred

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and

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in the horror thriller film ''

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'' as Mark, directed by

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and written by Alan Trezza, which was premiered at

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in early 2019, and was released in digital and

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in the United States in the first half of 2020, by

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. Johnson starred alongside

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and

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in the 2019 drama film ''

'', directed by Kevin McMullin, which he played the lead role of Alan, which was premiere at the

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in the first half of 2019 and was theatrically released in late 2019. Johnson played the role of Chief Aviation Radioman James Murray in the war film '' Midway'' directed by

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, which was released in late 2019. In 2020, Johnson played Rufus Kelly in the historical drama film ''

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'' stars

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, and

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, directed by

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, which was released in mid-2020. On the same year, he appeared in the heist film '' Cut Throat City'' directed by

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, which was released in mid-2020, by

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. Johnson starred in the romantic comedy-drama film by Bennett Lasseter titled ''

'' with

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, which was released in early 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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