Paul Johansson

Paul Johansson (born January 26, 1964) is a Canadian actor and director in film and television, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/CW series One Tree Hill, and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short-lived series Highlander: The Raven, a spin-off of Highlander: The Series. He directed the 2011 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged: Part I.

Acting career Johansson landed his first role on the soap opera Santa Barbara. He played Greg Hughes from 1989 to 1990. Soon he made appearances in other television shows such as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Beverly Hills, 90210, and later recurred on Lonesome Dove: The Series and starred on Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years.

Johansson became well-known to fans of 90210 for playing John Sears, a fraternity brother who unsuccessfully vied for the affections of Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth) and set up Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering) to burglarize a professor's office. The character returned for the season 4 finale.

He also appeared in commercials, most notably as the delivery man in a Diet Coke commercial. He has appeared in the films Soapdish, John Q and Alpha Dog, and had a small uncredited role in The Notebook. He portrayed the role of Dan Scott in One Tree Hill beginning in 2003 until the show's end in 2012. In 2003, Johansson wrote and directed the film The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie. He has also directed several episodes of One Tree Hill. In 2006, he starred in Emily Skopov's Novel Romance, alongside Traci Lords and Sherilyn Fenn. He appeared in the 7th season of The Drew Carey Show, playing a sportscaster.

He is the director of Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011), the first third of a trilogy based on the novel by Ayn Rand. The film received an approval rating of 12% on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 52 critics.

Personal life His mother, Joanne Leone Johansson, died on October 15, 2011, after a 20-year battle with breast cancer. The eleventh episode of the ninth season of the CW's One Tree Hill (titled "Danny Boy") was dedicated to her memory.

He is the son of professional hockey player Earl Johnson. Earl went by Johnson when he was playing hockey, but he later changed the family name to Johansson to reflect his Swedish heritage.

Paul was born in the US, but raised in Canada. He has citizenship in both countries.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 Soapdish Blair Brennan/Bolt 1992 Martial Law 2: Undercover Spencer Hamilton Direct-to-video film 1993 Midnight Witness Paul 1993 When the Party's Over Henry 1997 She's So Lovely Intern #2 1998 Carnival of Souls Michael 1999 Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies Gregory Direct-to-video film 2000 Glory Glory Wes 2002 John Q Tuck Lampley 2002 Edge of Madness Henry Mullen 2003 Darkness Falling Sean Leonard 2004 Berserker Barek 2004 Window Theory Stu 2004 The Notebook Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend Uncredited 2013 The Winner 3D Darkman 2014 Kid Cannabis Detective Morgan 2014 The Palmer Supremacy Ben Compost 2016 Dear Eleanor Hugh 2016 The River Thief Saul 2017 Father Africa Daniel 2019 Crypto Brian 2022 Detective Knight: Redemption Ricky Conlan 2023 God Is a Bullet John Lee 2023 Muzzle Officer Reed 2025 The Roaring Game Dean Ted Nelson

Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 Swimsuit Scott Clark Television movie 1989 Matinee Television movie 1989–1990 Santa Barbara Greg Hughes Series regular: April 11, 1989 – February 12, 1990 1990 Laker Girls Bart Jeffris Television movie 1990 They Came from Outer Space Doug Episode: "Undressed for Success" 1991–1992 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Nick Comstock Recurring role, 16 episodes 1993–1994 Beverly Hills, 90210 John Sears Recurring role, 13 episodes 1994 Burke's Law Avery Drew Episode: "Who Killed the Beauty Queen?" 1994 The 5 Mrs. Buchanans Jesse Buchanan Episode: Pilot 1994–1995 Lonesome Dove: The Series Austin Peale Recurring role, 13 episodes 1995–1996 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Austin Peale Main role, 22 episodes 1995 Robin's Hoods Dean Cavallari Episode: "Labors of Love" 1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice Det. Bert Kling Television movie 1997 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave Det. Bert Kling Television movie 1997 7th Heaven Tom Harrison Episode: "Choices" 1997 Dead Man's Gun Sanford Hogan Episode: "The Black Widow" 1998 Players Jeff Taylor Episode: "Confidence Man" 1998 Dharma & Greg Leonard Episode: "The Second Coming of Leonard" 1998 Earth: Final Conflict Sloane Episode: "Destruction" 1998–1999 Highlander: The Raven Nick Wolfe Main role, 22 episodes 1999 First Wave Hatcher Episode: "Night Falls" 2000 Hope Island Steve Kramer 2 episodes 2000 Da Vinci's Inquest Tom Sprawl Episode: "It's a Bad Corner" 2000 The Last Dance Charlie Parker Television movie 2000 Andromeda Guderian Episode: "Double Helix" 2001 The Drew Carey Show Ron Higgins Episode: "Bus-ted" 2002 The District Father Patrick Debreno Episode: "The Killing Point", "Faith" 2003 The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie Jack Television movieEmmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Children/Youth/Family SpecialNominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special 2003–2012 One Tree Hill Dan Scott Main role (seasons 1–7, 9); Special guest star (season 8); 129 episodes 2006 Mind Games Michael Television movie 2008 IQ-145 Ben Compost Episodes: "Memories of Yesterday", "Door Number Two", "What's Our Plan?" 2012 Criminal Minds Clark Preston Episode: "A Thin Line" 2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Edward Trigg Episode: "Sheltered" 2013 Stonados Joe Randall Television movie 2013 Beauty and The Beast Curt Windsor Episode: "Father Knows Best" 2014 House of Secrets Rick Television movie 2014 A Daughter's Nightmare Adam Television movie 2014–2015 Mad Men Ferg Donnelly Episodes: "Severance", "Time & Life", "Lost Horizon" 2015 Bones Graig Smith Episode: "The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves" 2015 Love, Again David Baker Television movie 2016 Once Upon a Time Gabriel/Woodcutter Episode: "Heartless" 2016 The Stepchild John Television movie Van Helsing Dmitri Main role 2020 NCIS Porter Brandt Episode: "In a Nutshell"

As a director Year Title Notes 2003 The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie Television film 2005–2012 One Tree Hill Television series; 14 episodes 2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I Film 2017 Van Helsing Television series; 2 episodes