# Bryce Johnson

Bryce Owen Johnson (born April 18, 1977) is an American actor.

## Early life

Johnson was born in Reno, Nevada. He has an older brother, Brendon, and a younger brother, Brett. He moved to Denver, Colorado, at the age of five. He graduated from high school in 1995. Afterwards, his family relocated to Sioux City, Iowa, where he attended acting lessons at college.

## Career

Johnson headed for Hollywood at 19 after his mother encouraged him not to join the Navy. While working odd-jobs to pay bills, he looked for auditions and enrolled at Pasadena's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1999, he was cast as Josh Ford in The WB's Popular and Cliff in Undressed. After the show ended in 2001, Johnson continued on the platform of more teen-oriented projects with minor guest roles on Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls and other teenage shows.
By the time Johnson approached his mid-20s, he wanted to branch into more adult and challenging roles trying to stay clear of the teen genre. 2004 saw him playing a cheerleader in Bring It On Again and starring in two films screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Home of Phobia and Harry + Max. In 2003 he returned to television in an unaired series, Still Life, and made appearances on What I Like About You, Nip/Tuck, and House while doing voice-over work for video games. In 2006 he starred in a controversial film, Sleeping Dogs Lie, with Melinda Page Hamilton, which also screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
He is a series regular on Lone Star portraying Drew Thatcher, and also had a recurring role as Detective Darren Wilden on Pretty Little Liars. In 2011, Johnson starred in MTV's Death Valley as UTF police officer Billy Pierce. That same year, he played a supporting role as Chad in the dark romantic comedy Hit List. He guest-starred in the Glee episode "Previously Unaired Christmas" in December 2013, playing Cody Tolentino.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Puzzled | Dominick | |
| 2003 | Chasing Papi | Bellboy | |
| 2004 | Bring It On Again | Greg | Direct-to-video |
| 2004 | Harry + Max | Harry | |
| 2004 | Home of Phobia | Tazwell | |
| 2004 | The Skulls III | Roger Lloyd | Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | Sleeping Dogs Lie | John | |
| 2006 | Becoming Bardo | Shucks | Short film |
| 2007 | Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme | Doctor Strange | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Trucker | Rick | |
| 2008 | Man Maid | Bobby "Big Time" Billings | |
| 2009 | The Blue Tooth Virgin | David | |
| 2008 | Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous | Derek O'Grady | |
| 2009 | Hulk Vs | Bruce Banner | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2011 | God Bless America | Co-worker | |
| 2011 | Hit List | Chad | |
| 2013 | Willow Creek | Jim | |
| 2014 | Something, Anything | Mark | |
| 2014 | Lucky Dog | Travis | |
| 2014 | Broadtrip | Cop | Short film |
| 2014 | Deadly Daycare | Daniel | |
| 2015 | Visions | Ben | |
| 2015 | Home Sweet Hell | Lanny Kelso | |
| 2017 | Darkness Rising | Jake | |
| 2022 | Allegoria | Marcus | |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | AAF Officer | |
| 2024 | Terrifier 3 | Greg | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Undressed | Cliff | 5 episodes |
| 1999–2001 | Popular | Josh Ford | Main cast; 43 episodes |
| 2001 | Gilmore Girls | Paul | Episode: "Run Away, Little Boy" |
| 2001 | Dawson's Creek | Library guy | Episode: "Four Scary Stories" |
| 2005 | What I Like About You | Chris | Episode: "Girls Gone Wild" |
| 2005 | House | James | Episode: "Acceptance" |
| 2005 | Nip/Tuck | Corporal Oliver Brandt | Episode: "Abby Mays" |
| 2006 | Standoff | Krista's boyfriend | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006 | Shark | Josh Carpenter | Episode: "In the Grasp" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Nick Edberg | Episode: "Desert Springs" |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life | Adam | Episode: "What Price Truth?" |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Ranger Kyle | Episode: "Redwood" |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Eric Hayes | Episode: "Grayson's Anatomy" |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Nick "Cool" Emerson | Episode: "Battle Scars" |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mark Baker | Episode: "Death and the Maiden" |
| 2010, 2013 | NCIS | Lieutenant David Shankton | Episode: "Mother's Day" |
| 2010, 2013 | NCIS | Eddie Macklin | Episode: "Devil's Triad" |
| 2010–13, 2015–16 | Pretty Little Liars | Detective Darren Wilden | 23 episodes |
| 2010 | Lone Star | Drew Thatcher | Main cast; 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Death Valley | Officer Billy Pierce | Main cast; 12 episodes |
| 2013 | The Client List | Detective Dunbar | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Anger Management | Mike | Episode: "Charlie Dates Crazy, Sexy, Angry" |
| 2013 | Glee | Cody Tolentino | Episode: "Previously Unaired Christmas" |
| 2014 | Supernatural | Sal Lassiter | Episode: "Bloodlines" |
| 2014 | Hot in Cleveland | Dylan | Episode: "Naked and Afraid" |
| 2015 | Major Crimes | Chip Cochran | Episode: "Reality Check" |
| 2016 | Masters of Sex | Lee Dirks | Episode: "The Pleasure Protocol" |
| 2016 | Son of Zorn | Derek | Episode: "The War of the Workplace" |
| 2016 | Code Black | Rick | Episode: "Landslide" |
| 2017 | Doubt | Joseph Thomas Jr. | Episode: "Top Dog/Underdog" |
| 2018 | Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters | Caleb Faustini/Steve | Episode: "Devil in the Blue Jeans" |
| 2018 | The Good Doctor | Wade | Episode: "Carrots" |
| 2021 | Expedition Bigfoot | Himself | Discovery Channel |
| 2021 | Magnum P.I. | Andy Bates | Episode: "The Long Way Home" |
| 2021 | American Horror Story: Double Feature | Neil Armstrong | Episode: "Blue Moon" |
| 2023 | Yeti Massacre | Himself | Discovery Channel |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011–12 | Simian Undercover Detective Squad | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Dating Rules from My Future Self | Brendan Burke | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | The Hi-Life | The customer | 2 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role |
| 2005 | Call of Duty 2 | — |
| 2005 | Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | — |
| 2005 | Gun | Port |
| 2006 | Justice League Heroes | Aquaman |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Protoform |
| 2012 | Resistance: Burning Skies | Tom Riley |
| 2020 | Wasteland 3 | Opie |
| 2020 | Maneater | Male Hunter |