Clark Johnson

ActorDirectorProducerCrew Sep 10 (age 71) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1982–2026 (44 year career)

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Biography

Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954) is an American-Canadian actor and director who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his roles as David Jefferson in Night Heat (1985–1988), Clark Roberts in E.N.G. (1989–1994), Meldrick Lewis in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999), and Augustus Haynes in The Wire (2008). He is an Emmy Award and two-time Genie Award nominee. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clark Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contri…

Known For

Film

The Walking Dead

Director

Film

The Wire

Augustus Haynes

Film

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Director

Film

The Fly

Special Effects

Film

Person of Interest

Director

Film

Orange Is the New Black

Director

Film

Your Honor

Director

Film

Homeland

Director

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (56)

Mayday

2026 Upcoming

Sep 3

Late Fame

2026

as Arnold

Tammy's Always Dying

2019

as Doug

4.2

Brawl in Cell Block 99

as Detective Watkins

Magnum Opus

as Robert Cochran

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

2016

as Senator Lister Rosewater

Hyena Road

as General Rilmen

Bird People

as McCullan

Santorini Blue

as Nick

Defendor

as Roger Fairbanks

Nurse.Fighter.Boy

as Silence

You Might As Well Live

2009

as George

4.8

The Wire: The Last Word

as Self

The Wire Odyssey

as Self

The Sentinel

as Charlie Merriweather

6.1

Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery

The Limb Salesman

as Abe Fielder

S.W.A.T.

as Deke's Handsome Partner

On Their Knees

as Uncle John Walker

Boycott

as Emory Jackson

Fear of Fiction

as Gary

Task Force: Caviar

Homicide: The Movie

as Meldrick Lewis

Disappearing Acts

as Jimmy

Deliberate Intent

as James Perry

Love Come Down

as Dean

Virtual Mom

as Mr. Hubbard

The Planet of Junior Brown

as Mr. Pool

Lulu

The Prosecutors

as Michael Hall

Nick of Time

1995

as Hackney Transportist

Rude

as Reece

Soul Survivor

as Busha

Drop Zone

as Bob Covington

Model by Day

as Master Chang

Final Round

as Trevon

Psychic

as Spencer

Coopersmith: Sweet Scent of Murder

1992

as Sgt. Mike Delaney

The Finishing Touch

as Detective Gilliam

Personals

Renegades

as JJ

The Women of Brewster Place

as Butch Fuller

Colors

as Lee

Hostage

as Detective Morton

Iron Eagle II

as Graves

Adventures in Babysitting

as Black Gang Leader

Blindside

as Moriarty

Nowhere to Hide

as Mark Halstead

Wild Thing

as Winston

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985

as Technician (uncredited)

Starcrossed

as Ralph

Perry Mason Returns

as Reporter (uncredited)

Murder in Space

as Technician

Skullduggery

as Dave

Mazes and Monsters

as Perry

Killing 'em Softly

as Michael

Television (25)

Daredevil: Born Again

2025

as Cherry

8.0

Underground Railroad: The Secret History

as Narrator (voice)

Evil

as Father Amara

Bosch

as Howard Elias

Alpha House

as Senator Robert Bettencourt

7.2

Homeland

2011

as Detective Calvin Johnson

Unforgettable

as Clay Jacobs

Cra$h & Burn

as Walker Hearn

The Trojan Horse

as John Neelon

The Wire

as Augustus Haynes

The Shield

as Handsome Marshall

Soul Food

as Terrell

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Meldrick Lewis

7.9

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Meldrick Lewis

Forever Knight

African Skies

Hammerman

as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)

4.2

New Attitude

1990

as Randy Sims

10.0

The Women of Brewster Place

as Butch Fuller

War of the Worlds

as Young

My Secret Identity

L.A. Law

as Cole's Atty. McNeil

7.0

Hot Shots

1986

5.0

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Officer Stoker

Night Heat

Crew (56)

Movies (11)

Molly Movie

2023

Director

Percy

Director

Percy

Executive Producer

Juanita

Director

The Shield: Family Meeting

2008

Director

The Sentinel

Director

S.W.A.T.

Director

Boycott

Director

Renegades

Stunts

The Fly

Special Effects

The Dead Zone

Special Effects

Television (45)

Accused

Director

Love & Death

Director

Mayor of Kingstown

Director

Your Honor

Director

Evil

Director

City on a Hill

Director

The Purge

Director

The Good Fight

Director

Snowfall

Director

Still Star-Crossed

Director

Marvel's Luke Cage

Director

The Get Down

Director

American Odyssey

Director

Black Sails

Director

Orange Is the New Black

Director

Zero Hour

Director

Alpha House

Director

Person of Interest

Director

Homeland

Director

Hell on Wheels

Director

The Chicago Code

Director

King

Director

Lights Out

Director

The Walking Dead

Director

Lost Girl

Director

Terriers

Director

Memphis Beat

Director

Lie to Me

Director

Kings

Director

Flashpoint

Director

Eleventh Hour

Director

Sleeper Cell

Director

The Jury

Director

The Wire

Director

The Shield

Director

Soul Food

Director

City of Angels

Director

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Director

The West Wing

Director

Third Watch

Director

The City

Director

Welcome to Paradox

Director

La Femme Nikita

Director

Homicide: Life on the Street

Director

African Skies

Director