R. Brandon Johnson

Richard Brandon Johnson is an American actor and television host. From 2010 to 2013, he starred as Gary Wilde on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up. He has also hosted the TNT reality competition series 72 Hours.

Early life and education Johnson was born in Bloomington, Minnesota. He graduated from Bloomington Jefferson High School in 1992 where he was part of the junior varsity hockey team. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.

Career Johnson got his first big break on the small screen playing the recurring character Michael McBain on the ABC Daytime series One Life to Live in 2003, playing the role until 2004. Johnson returned to the series in 2007 and in 2008 in the recurring role of Chuck Wilson III, later also playing the character's father Chuck Wilson, Jr. in a 1968 flashback storyline. Johnson appeared in three episodes of the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana as Brian Winters, the quirky host of a fictional series called Singing with the Stars. The role was a parody of American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.

Johnson has many credits as a television host. He first broke onto the scene as the host of the entertainment show Cool In Your Code, which was shot entirely on the streets of New York City and was nominated for 18 New York Emmy Awards and won 4. He was also the host of HGTV's Get Out Way Out!, My Yard Goes Disney, My House Goes Disney, RV 2013, FOX Soccer Channel's Fox Soccer USA, G4TV's Formula D and Outdoor Life Network's Rally America and USA Network's Character Fantasy and TNT's reality competition series 72 Hours. They have one son together.

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Television