Bryce Johnson

Bryce Owen Johnson (born April 18, 1977) is an American actor.

Early life Johnson was born in Reno, Nevada. He has an older brother, Brendon, and a younger brother, Brett. He moved to Denver, Colorado, at the age of five. He graduated from high school in 1995. Afterwards, his family relocated to Sioux City, Iowa, where he attended acting lessons at college.

Career Johnson headed for Hollywood at 19 after his mother encouraged him not to join the Navy. While working odd-jobs to pay bills, he looked for auditions and enrolled at Pasadena's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1999, he was cast as Josh Ford in The WB's Popular and Cliff in Undressed. After the show ended in 2001, Johnson continued on the platform of more teen-oriented projects with minor guest roles on Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls and other teenage shows.

By the time Johnson approached his mid-20s, he wanted to branch into more adult and challenging roles trying to stay clear of the teen genre. 2004 saw him playing a cheerleader in Bring It On Again and starring in two films screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Home of Phobia and Harry + Max. In 2003 he returned to television in an unaired series, Still Life, and made appearances on What I Like About You, Nip/Tuck, and House while doing voice-over work for video games. In 2006 he starred in a controversial film, Sleeping Dogs Lie, with Melinda Page Hamilton, which also screened at the Sundance Film Festival.

He is a series regular on Lone Star portraying Drew Thatcher, and also had a recurring role as Detective Darren Wilden on Pretty Little Liars. In 2011, Johnson starred in MTV's Death Valley as UTF police officer Billy Pierce. That same year, he played a supporting role as Chad in the dark romantic comedy Hit List. He guest-starred in the Glee episode "Previously Unaired Christmas" in December 2013, playing Cody Tolentino.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Puzzled Dominick 2003 Chasing Papi Bellboy 2004 Bring It On Again Greg Direct-to-video 2004 Harry + Max Harry 2004 Home of Phobia Tazwell 2004 Roger Lloyd Direct-to-video 2006 Sleeping Dogs Lie John 2006 Becoming Bardo Shucks Short film 2007 Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange Voice, direct-to-video 2008 Trucker Rick 2008 Man Maid Bobby "Big Time" Billings 2009 The Blue Tooth Virgin David 2008 Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous Derek O'Grady 2009 Hulk Vs Bruce Banner Voice, direct-to-video 2022 Allegoria Marcus 2023 Oppenheimer AAF Officer 2024 Terrifier 3 Greg

Television

Web Year Title Role Notes 2011–12 Simian Undercover Detective Squad Various 5 episodes 2012 Dating Rules from My Future Self Brendan Burke 6 episodes 2012 The customer 2 episodes

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2005 Call of Duty 2 2005 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One 2005 Gun Port 2006 Justice League Heroes Aquaman 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Protoform 2012 Resistance: Burning Skies Tom Riley 2020 Wasteland 3 Opie 2020 Maneater Male Hunter