---
name: "Dion Johnstone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dion-johnstone"
fi1m_id: "dion-johnstone"
imdb_id: "nm0426909"
tmdb_id: 112641
wikidata_id: "Q99205097"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:35:54.244536+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dion Johnstone

## Identity

Dion Johnstone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dion-johnstone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dion-johnstone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0426909
- **TMDB ID:** 112641
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99205097
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99205097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112641

Actor. Born 12 October 1975 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 October 1975, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Also known as:** Dion Martin Hypolite
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99205097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112641

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Sweet Magnolias*](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dion Johnstone is a Canadian actor. Born on 12 October 1975 in Montréal, Québec, he trained at the University of Alberta and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre.

He spent nine seasons at the Stratford Festival, appearing in productions including *Othello* and *The Tempest*. His Broadway debut came in *King Lear*. On screen he is known for the role of Erik Whitley in the Netflix series *Sweet Magnolias* (2020–), as well as appearances in *The Core* (2003) and other film and television projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, dionjohnstone.com, en.wikipedia.org, famousbirthdays.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sweet Magnolias* (2020), Fi1m 71, as Erik Whitley — [page](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Baking Spirits Bright* (2021), as Brady Philips
- *Harland Manor* (2021), as Evan Hawthorne
- *Sweet Magnolias* (2020), series, as Erik Whitley — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/sweet-magnolias.md)
- *A Family Christmas Gift* (2019), as Allen
- *Canadian Strain* (2019), as Brent
- *Departure* (2019), series, as Jordan Cole
- *Guion* (2018), as Fred Gregory
- *Star Falls* (2018), series, as Craig Brooks
- *Frankie Drake Mysteries* (2017), series, as Reverend Edmund Thomspon
- *Private Eyes* (2016), series, as Mark 'Lytnin'' Lyte
- *Ties That Bind* (2015), series, as Devin Stewart
- *Defiance* (2013), series, as Nizar
- *Underground Railroad: The William Still Story* (2012), as William Still
- *The Tempest* (2010), as Caliban
- *Rookie Blue* (2010), series, as SIU Jeremy
- *Ice Twisters* (2009), as Bill
- *The Listener* (2009), series, as Harold Kalb
- *The X-Files: I Want to Believe* (2008), as 1st Cop
- *The Core* (2003), as Flight Engineer Timmins
- *Dreamcatcher* (2003), as EMT #2
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Rodrigo Valentine
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, as Prosecutor Mr. Eddy
- *I Was a Teenage Faust* (2002), as Highway Patrol Officer
- *L.A. Law: The Movie* (2002), as Curtis Peck
- *Josie and the Pussycats* (2001), as Federal Agent
- *The Man Who Used to Be Me* (2000), as Dr. Peter Newell
- *Hope Island* (1999), series, as Marcus Griffith
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Alien #2, Na'onak, Captain Nelson, Lieutenant Tyler, Chaka, Captain Warrick Trevor, Wodan

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