---
name: "James Austin Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-austin-johnson"
fi1m_id: "james-austin-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm4562498"
tmdb_id: 1756597
wikidata_id: "Q108715013"
roles: []
born: "19 July 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T03:03:15.012557+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."
---

# James Austin Johnson

## Identity

James Austin Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-austin-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-austin-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm4562498
- **TMDB ID:** 1756597
- **Wikidata ID:** Q108715013
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Austin_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108715013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4562498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1756597

Actor. Born 19 July 1989 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 July 1989, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (1), 2020s 72 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Documentary 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,917m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Austin_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108715013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4562498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1756597

## Coming up

- *The Angry Birds Movie 3* (2026-12-23), as Fuzzy (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*She Said*](https://film.one/film/she-said.md) (73)

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

## Biography

James Austin Johnson (born 19 July 1989) is an American actor and stand-up comedian from Nashville, Tennessee. He is a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series *Saturday Night Live*, which he joined as a featured player for its 47th season in 2021. He was promoted to repertory player in 2023 and is known for his impressions of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Johnson voiced Donald Trump in the 2022 film *She Said*. His other credits include voice roles in *Inside Out 2* (2024) as Pouchy and *The Running Man* (2025) as the Announcer, as well as appearances in *Hail, Caesar!* (2016), *A Complete Unknown* (2024) and the series *Better Call Saul* and *Barry*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4)

- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Gerdes M.C. — [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *Inside Out 2* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Pouchy (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *She Said* (2022), Fi1m 73, as Donald Trump (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *Hail, Caesar!* (2016), Fi1m 72, as Studio Assistant at Action Western — [page](https://film.one/film/hail-caesar.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/you-had-to-be-there-how-the-toronto-godspell-ignited-the-comedy-revolution.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *The Angry Birds Movie 3* (2026), as Fuzzy (voice)
- *James Austin Johnson - He'll Yeah* (2026), Writer, Producer
- *The Running Man* (2025), as Announcer (Voice) — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md)
- *Hellcat* (2025), as Jasper Deville
- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), as Gerdes M.C. — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *Inside Out 2* (2024), as Pouchy (voice) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *She Said* (2022), as Donald Trump (voice) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *Cursed Friends* (2022), as Jeremy Fischbein
- *The G Word with Adam Conover* (2022), series, as Various
- *Shadow* (2022), Actor
- *Fairview* (2022), series, as (voice)
- *Ghosts* (2021), series, as Joe
- *All Rise* (2019), series, as Adam Connolly
- *The Lot* (2019), Actor
- *Space Trash* (2019), as Mr. Ramirez
- *Barry* (2018), series, as Pastor Carl — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Future Man* (2017), series, as Young Gabe
- *Hail, Caesar!* (2016), as Studio Assistant at Action Western — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hail-caesar.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, as Fred — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Rocket Pack Jack and the Babylon Virus* (2014), as Krane
- *October Baby* (2011), as Truman
- *Alumni* (2009), as Jeffrey
- *Aqua Teen Hunger Force* (2000), series, as Zenwa Steam Machine 3019 (voice)

## Gallery

- ![James Austin Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/331157/gallery-73f4faf5f801.jpg) James Austin Johnson — Bryanbstray, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/James_Austin_Johnson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Austin Johnson photographed in Montréal , Québec, Canada at the Bar Ritz PDB. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/331157/gallery-0432ecc10b97.jpg) James Austin Johnson photographed in Montréal , Québec, Canada at the Bar Ritz PDB. (2022) — Bull-Doser, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/James_Austin_Johnson_Ritz_PDB.jpg/1280px-James_Austin_Johnson_Ritz_PDB.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Austin Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/331157/gallery-5418e03e0982.jpg) James Austin Johnson — Image via TMDB
- ![James Austin Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/331157/gallery-a3e8b45b72c3.jpg) James Austin Johnson — Image via TMDB

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