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Not who you're looking for? Others named Samuel Johnson: English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784) · Nigerian historian · English political writer · clergyman (1822-1882)

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2008 · as Leon Broznic

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Overview

Samuel Joseph Johnson (born 8 February 1978) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Evan Wylde in the television series The Secret Life of Us for which he won the AFI award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature in 2001, Leon Broznic in Rush, Toby Kirby in After the Deluge and as Molly Meldrum in the miniseries Molly for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama and won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television of 2017. Since 2012, Johnson has led fundraising efforts for the charity Love Your Sister, which he co-founded with his sister Connie Johnson. Starting out Johnson was born in Daylesford, Victoria and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. At the age of 14, he performed in his first school play, cast in a role as the mad scientist in The Pink Panther Strikes Again. On opening night he was spotted by Rhonda Schepisi, former wife of director Fred Schepisi. Taking the reins, she helped Johnson acquire an Equity Card and find auditions. "So I figuratively got a phone call on the first night I'd ever been in a play. She marched me to the union and demanded that they give me a card, then she drove me to an agent and demanded they take me on. It was somewhat fortuitous and I happened to get the first 20 or so jobs I went for. This career was certainly not designed by me." Career

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Notable quotes

“To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.”
— The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 December 1750). See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)
“The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.”
— No. 148 (17 August 1751)
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
— Vol. I, p. 137
“Sir, you have but two topicks, yourself and me. I am sick of both.”
— (May 1776) p. 313
“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”
— In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. (13 June 1784) p. 542
“Brief biography at The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page”
— Topical guide to over 1,800 quotations by Johnson

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.”
— The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 December 1750). See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)
“The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.”
— No. 148 (17 August 1751)
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
— Vol. I, p. 137
“Sir, you have but two topicks, yourself and me. I am sick of both.”
— (May 1776) p. 313
“Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.”
— In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. (13 June 1784) p. 542
“Brief biography at The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page”
— Topical guide to over 1,800 quotations by Johnson

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Samuel Johnson: English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784) · Nigerian historian · English political writer · clergyman (1822-1882)

Overview

Samuel Joseph Johnson (born 8 February 1978) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Evan Wylde in the television series The Secret Life of Us for which he won the AFI award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature in 2001, Leon Broznic in Rush, Toby Kirby in After the Deluge and as Molly Meldrum in the miniseries Molly for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama and won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television of 2017. Since 2012, Johnson has led fundraising efforts for the charity Love Your Sister, which he co-founded with his sister Connie Johnson. Starting out Johnson was born in Daylesford, Victoria and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. At the age of 14, he performed in his first school play, cast in a role as the mad scientist in The Pink Panther Strikes Again. On opening night he was spotted by Rhonda Schepisi, former wife of director Fred Schepisi. Taking the reins, she helped Johnson acquire an Equity Card and find auditions. "So I figuratively got a phone call on the first night I'd ever been in a play. She marched me to the union and demanded that they give me a card, then she drove me to an agent and demanded they take me on. It was somewhat fortuitous and I happened to get the first 20 or so jobs I went for. This career was certainly not designed by me." Career

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Samuel Joseph Johnson (born 8 February 1978) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Evan Wylde in the television series The Secret Life of Us for which he won the AFI award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature in 2001, Leon Broznic in Rush, Toby Kirby in After the Deluge and as Molly Meldrum in the miniseries Molly for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama and won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television of 2017.

🎬 Filmography

Screen catalogue →

Rush

2008 · as Leon Broznic

Samuel Johnson across IJR

Studio characters

Samuel JohnsonFamously busy. Currently all yours.Samuel JohnsonAsk the Nigerian historian everything the interviews skip.Samuel JohnsonThe English political writer with nowhere else to be today.

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