---
name: "Wil Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wil-johnson"
fi1m_id: "wil-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm0426435"
tmdb_id: 197126
wikidata_id: "Q8000017"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 April 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:05:21.544414+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."
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# Wil Johnson

## Identity

Wil Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wil-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wil-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0426435
- **TMDB ID:** 197126
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8000017
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8000017, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/197126

Actor. Born 18 April 1965 in Haringey, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 April 1965, Haringey, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Wilbert Johnson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8000017, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/197126

## Biography

Wil Johnson, also credited as Wilbert Johnson, is an English actor. Born on 18 April 1965 in Haringey, London, he trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and began his professional career in 1985 with a role in the play *Four Seasons* at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

He is known for playing DS Spencer Jordan in the BBC series *Waking the Dead* (2000–2011) and Steve Robinson in *Clocking Off* (2000–2002). Other television roles include appearances in *Cracker* (1994–1995), *Babyfather* (2001–2002), *Waterloo Road* (2010–2011) and *Emmerdale* (2012–2014). On stage, he played the title role in *Othello* for the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company in 2004. Later credits include Ser Vaemond Velaryon in *House of the Dragon* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Clocking Off* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Steve Robinson — [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Jafaican* (2025), as Winston
- *Tell No Lies* (2024), as Detective Wright
- *Revelations* (2022), as Thom
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Ser Vaemond Velaryon
- *The Larkins* (2021), series, as Old Reg
- *The Track* (2021), as Nate
- *Carnival Row* (2019), series, as Puck Butcher
- *Black Smoke Rising* (2018), as Simon
- *Dumar Volume Two* (2018), as Emmerson
- *Macbeth* (2018), as Captain
- *National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead* (2017), as Claudius
- *King Lear* (2016), as Earl of Kent
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Joe Abernathy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Fedz* (2013), as Trevor McBride
- *Dead End* (2012), as Carl Foster
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Emmet Peterson
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Gary Whenchurch — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Anuvahood* (2011), as Mike
- *In a Better World* (2010), Actor
- *Pimp* (2010), as Byron
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Pete Jackson
- *Adulthood* (2008), as Big Man
- *Deadmeat* (2007), as Barry
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Marcus Kirby
- *Emotional Backgammon* (2003), as John
- *South West 9* (2001), as Freddy
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as DS Spencer Jordan
- *Buried Treasure* (2001), as Luke
- *Native* (2000), as Tyronne
- *Clocking Off* (2000), series, as Steve Robinson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *Babymother* (1998), as Byron
- *Go West Young Man* (1996), Actor
- *Anna Lee* (1994), series, as Stevie Johnson
- *Cracker* (1993), series, as Skelton — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)
- *Mr Don & Mr George* (1993), series, Actor
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Dekko
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, as Kevin
- *The Force: The Michael Watson Story*, as Lennard Ballack

## Gallery

- ![Wil Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/3641426/gallery-08990153dbb1.jpg) Wil Johnson — Image via TMDB
- ![Wil Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/3641426/gallery-461821c12c50.jpg) Wil Johnson — Image via TMDB

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