Personal info
Known for
Actor
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1974-07-22
Location
California, United States
Edit pageJohnny Strong
Biography
John Christopher Strong (born July 22, 1974) is an American actor, composer, and musician. He is best known for his roles in Black Hawk Down (as Medal of Honor recipient Randy Shughart) and The Fast and the Furious as Leon. Aside from acting, Strong is also the lead vocalist and founder of the band Operator, movie composer, movie writer, and movie producer.
He was signed to two major labels RCA and Atlantic Records. He has released nine albums: Bomb threat: Before She Blows and Fly and Lick My Neck Good Sleep with his former band, and Can You Hear Me Now?, La Luna Del Diablo Blanco, Soulcrusher, The War of Art, Close to Extinction, War Horse and White Light with Operator band.
Johnny Strong has had various roles in television and landed a role in the Steven Seagal film The Glimmer Man. He then worked on Sylvester Stallone's Get Carter, The Fast and The Furious, and Black Hawk Down. Strong stars in Sinners & Saints, a New Orleans-based police thriller featuring Sean Patrick Flanery and Tom Berenger released in 2012.
2010 marked his return to the screen, starring in Sinners and Saints, an action-thriller film, as Detective Sean Riley.
He was married on December 10, 1997, to Alexandra Holden, but they have since divorced.
