Chuck Johnson

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Biography

Chuck Johnson is an international action film actor based in Tokyo, Japan. He A native of Michigan, he began martial arts training with Olympic Taekwondo at the age of 15. With a fanatic training schedule, he received his black belt in 2 1/2 years, and 6 days later became the Michigan State Junior Olympic Taekwondo champion for both sparring and forms. He went on to become a US non-Olympic national champion for Taekwondo, and also competed in both Tokyo, Japan, and Hong Kong, becoming the 2001 Inter-collegiate champion of Hong Kong, when he had originally only come to the competition to watch. After moving to Tokyo, he started off working as a bodyguard for visiting international celebrities working on security teams for everyone from Sylvester Stallone and Orlando Bloom to Jackie Chan and Kim Hee Sun (of Korea). His action career began in 2004 when he was scouted by a talent agency for his martial arts skill and was cast in Godzilla: Final Wars. While on set, he met Japanese action director, Yuji Shimomura and shortly after began his study of East Asian style fight choreography under his tutelage along with action directors, Go Ohara, and Kiyokazu Tanaka. In 2005, he began to study Method Acting under acting coach Shelley Mitchell, and went on to also study the Meisner method. In addition to holding the rank of master in Olympic Taekwondo, Chuck is also ranked in Capoeira, Karate, Kobudo, and Judo, and has studied Wing Chun Kung Fu, Hapkido, Hanmudo, Krav Maga, Boxing, Kickboxing, and Tai Chi. He has appeared in over 50 dramas, films, commercials and video games in Asia and in the states, and can speak, read and write in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Timeline

2022

  • Poster for Good Morning, Sleeping Lion

    (Unknown)

2021

  • Poster for Naked Fist

    Marco

  • Poster for Naked Fist Omega

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

    Stunts

2020

  • Poster for Wife of a Spy

    Bob

2016

  • Poster for Moriyamachu Driving School

    Brian

2015

  • Poster for Fists of Absinthe

    Frank

2012

  • Poster for Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie Wars Ultimatum

    Gang Boss

2010

  • Poster for Yakuza-Busting Girls: Final Death-Ride Battle

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Yakuza-Busting Girls: Duel in Hell

    (Unknown)

2005

  • Poster for Death Trance

    Muscleman

Year unknown

  • Poster for Geisha War

    Big