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Reginald VelJohnson

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Reginald VelJohnson

Reginald VelJohnson (born Reginald Johnson; August 16, 1952) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying police officers on screen, such as Sergeant Al Powell in the Die Hard franchise and Carl Winslow in the television sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998).

Infobox

Born
Reginald Johnson (1952-08-16) August 16, 1952 (age 73)New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
New York University (BFA)
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1979–present
Known for
mw- Carl Winslow – Family MattersAl Powell – Die Hard

Tables

· Filmography › Film
1981
Role(s)
Morgue Attendant
Notes
Credited as Reginald Vel Johnson
1984
Role(s)
Corrections Officer
Notes
Credited as Reggie Vel Johnson
1986
Role(s)
Gus
1988
Role(s)
Captain Graff
Role(s)
Sgt. Al Powell
1989
Role(s)
Detective David "Dave" Sutton
1990
Role(s)
Sgt. Al Powell
Notes
Cameo appearance
1993
Role(s)
Preston
2000
Ground Zero
Role(s)
Burt Green
2002
Role(s)
Mr. Boyd
2005
Role(s)
O.C.
Notes
Short filmProducer, writer
Role(s)
Brother Steedman
Role(s)
Tom
Notes
Direct-to-video release
2006
Role(s)
Norman Wexler
2007
Role(s)
RJ Jackson
Out at the Wedding
Role(s)
Dexter
2009
Role(s)
Mr. Shavers
2010
Role(s)
Joe Woods
Role(s)
Mason Dunlevy
2012
Role(s)
Bob Abbot
2013
Role(s)
Professor Millan
2014
12 Dog Days Till Christmas
Role(s)
Probation Officer Art Stephenson
Role(s)
Judge Morris
2018
Role(s)
Hank
2019
Role(s)
Fire Chief
Notes
Deleted scene
2020
2023
Role(s)
Snowy Owl
Notes
Voice
TBA
Role(s)
Onslaught
Notes
TBA
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1981
Wolfen
Morgue Attendant
Credited as Reginald Vel Johnson
1984
Ghostbusters
Corrections Officer
Credited as Reggie Vel Johnson
1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
EMT
1986
Crocodile Dundee
Gus
1988
Plain Clothes
Captain Graff
Die Hard
Sgt. Al Powell
1989
Turner & Hooch
Detective David "Dave" Sutton
1990
Die Hard 2
Sgt. Al Powell
Cameo appearance
1991
A Fond Little Memory[citation needed]
Short film
1993
Posse
Preston
2000
Ground Zero
Burt Green
2002
Like Mike
Mr. Boyd
2005
Sunday Evening Haircut[citation needed]
O.C.
Short filmProducer, writer
Suits on the Loose[citation needed]
Brother Steedman
Death to the Supermodels
Tom
Direct-to-video release
2006
Hidden Secrets[citation needed]
Norman Wexler
2007
Three Days to Vegas
RJ Jackson
Out at the Wedding
Dexter
2009
Steppin: The Movie
Mr. Shavers
2010
Jelly[citation needed]
Joe Woods
You Again
Mason Dunlevy
2012
Brother White[citation needed]
Hill
Air Collision
Bob Abbot
2013
The Formula[citation needed]
Professor Millan
2014
12 Dog Days Till Christmas
Probation Officer Art Stephenson
Strike One[citation needed]
Judge Morris
2018
Funny Story
Hank
2019
Avengers: Endgame
Fire Chief
Deleted scene
2020
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
Reggie
2023
Glisten and the Merry Mission
Snowy Owl
Voice
TBA
Onslaught
TBA
Filming
· Filmography › Television
1988
227
Role(s)
The Santa Thief
Notes
Episode: "The Night They Arrested Santa Claus"
1989
Role(s)
Carl Winslow
Notes
Episode: "Crimebusters"
1989–1998
Role(s)
Family Matters
Notes
Main role, 215 episodes
1992
Role(s)
Hotel Guest
Notes
Episode: "Werewolf Concerto"
1993
Role(s)
Santa
Notes
Episode: "Silent Night, Holy Cow"
1994
Role(s)
Dad (voice)
Notes
Television movie
Role(s)
Det. Bob Hymes
Notes
Television movie
1996
Deadly Pursuits
Role(s)
Ed Conroy
Notes
Television movie
1998
Role(s)
Dr. David Sinclair
Notes
Episode: "The Last Resort"
1999
Role(s)
Rev. Bennett
Notes
Episode: "Daddy's Going to Hell"
2000
Role(s)
Dr. David Bryant
Notes
Episode: "Whistle Blower"
2001
Role(s)
Maurice Beaumont
Notes
Episode: "Lagniappe"
Role(s)
Dr. Phillip Kane
Notes
Episodes: "Face Lift" and "Gentle, Gentle"
2002
Role(s)
Mr. Holden
Notes
Episode: "Someone to Count On"
Role(s)
Dr. Kaplan
Notes
Episode: "It's the Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
2003
Role(s)
Sterling Oglevee
Notes
Episode: "A Sterling Relationship"
2005
Role(s)
Dikembe, The Ambassador
Notes
Episode: "The Royal Treatment"
Role(s)
Danny Small
Notes
Episode: "Undead Comic"
2006
Eve
Role(s)
Rev. Everett
Notes
Episode: "Oh, Brother"
Role(s)
Todd
Notes
Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion"
2007
Role(s)
Neighbor in 'Time Upon a Once'
Notes
Episode: "11 Cut to 10 & 10 Directors Complete"
Role(s)
Dale Owens
Notes
Episode: "The Santa in the Slush"
2008
Role(s)
Sgt. Al Powell
Notes
Episode: "Chuck Versus Santa Claus"
2009
Role(s)
Rodney Smith
Notes
Television movie
Role(s)
Sgt. Al Powell
Notes
Episode: "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"
2009–2011
Role(s)
I'm in the Band
Notes
Principal/Superintendent Cornelius Strickland
2010
Role(s)
Christopher
Notes
Episode: "Just 3 Boyz"
Role(s)
Ed
Notes
2 episodes
Role(s)
Ernie Wilson
Notes
Episode: "Meet the Baby Daddy"
Role(s)
Stan Turley
Notes
Episode: "Papa Don't Pre-Game"
2010–2013
Role(s)
Mike & Molly
Notes
Brother Heywood
2011
Role(s)
Bernie
Notes
Episode: "The Idea Cafe"
2011–2015
Role(s)
Hart of Dixie
Notes
Dash DeWitt
2012–2013
Role(s)
Tron: Uprising
Notes
Able
2012
Role(s)
Reverend Love
Notes
Episode #1.12632
Role(s)
Judge Lester Harrison
Notes
Episode: "Children Lawspital"
Role(s)
Holly's dad
Notes
Television movie
2013
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Episode: "Tisha and Duane"
2015
Role(s)
Tommy
Notes
5 episodes
Role(s)
Joe
Notes
Television moviePlayed husband of "Marie" (Jo Marie Payton, who also played Reginald's wife on Family Matters)
2016
Role(s)
Judge Melvoy
Notes
Episode: "McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century"
Hitting the Breaks
Role(s)
Chauncey van Delaware
Notes
5 episodes
Role(s)
Officer James
Notes
Episode: "Girl Meets True Maya"
Role(s)
Sherman Radley
Notes
Episode: "Norman Saves the World"
2017
Role(s)
Mr. Flannigan (voice)
Notes
Episode: "My Mischievous Son"
Role(s)
Captain Jackson #6
Notes
Episode: "Escape Room Escapades"
2018
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Episode: "Bachelor/ette Party"
Role(s)
Billy
Notes
Television movie
2018–2019
Role(s)
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Notes
Jerry (voice)
2019–2021
Role(s)
Lazor Wulf
Notes
God (voice)
2019
Mom
Role(s)
Jim
Notes
Episode: "Audrey Hepburn and a Jalepeño Pepper"
Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta
Role(s)
Reverend Bennet
Notes
Television movie
2020
Role(s)
Principal Linkenberry
Notes
Episode: "Going the Green Mile"
2021
Role(s)
Mayor David "Dave" Sutton
Notes
Recurring role
2021–present
Role(s)
Invincible
Notes
Principal Winslow, Tether Tyrant (voices)
2022
Ghosts of Christmas Always
Role(s)
Roy
Notes
Television movie, Hallmark Channel
2024
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Season 33 contestant; 10th place
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1985–1988
The Equalizer
Harmon Hunter
Episode: "Lady Cop"
Arthur Williams
Episode: "Sea of Fire"
1988
227
The Santa Thief
Episode: "The Night They Arrested Santa Claus"
1989
Perfect Strangers
Carl Winslow
Episode: "Crimebusters"
1989–1998
Family Matters
Main role, 215 episodes
1992
Tales from the Crypt
Hotel Guest
Episode: "Werewolf Concerto"
1993
Dream On
Santa
Episode: "Silent Night, Holy Cow"
1994
A Cool Like That Christmas[citation needed]
Dad (voice)
Television movie
One of Her Own
Det. Bob Hymes
Television movie
1996
Deadly Pursuits
Ed Conroy
Television movie
1998
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. David Sinclair
Episode: "The Last Resort"
1999
The Hughleys
Rev. Bennett
Episode: "Daddy's Going to Hell"
2000
Twice in a Lifetime
Dr. David Bryant
Episode: "Whistle Blower"
2001
The Fugitive
Maurice Beaumont
Episode: "Lagniappe"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Phillip Kane
Episodes: "Face Lift" and "Gentle, Gentle"
2002
Crossing Jordan
Mr. Holden
Episode: "Someone to Count On"
Will & Grace
Dr. Kaplan
Episode: "It's the Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
2003
The Parkers
Sterling Oglevee
Episode: "A Sterling Relationship"
2005
That's So Raven
Dikembe, The Ambassador
Episode: "The Royal Treatment"
Ghost Whisperer
Danny Small
Episode: "Undead Comic"
2006
Eve
Rev. Everett
Episode: "Oh, Brother"
Monk
Todd
Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion"
2007
On the Lot
Neighbor in 'Time Upon a Once'
Episode: "11 Cut to 10 & 10 Directors Complete"
Bones
Dale Owens
Episode: "The Santa in the Slush"
2008
Chuck
Sgt. Al Powell
Episode: "Chuck Versus Santa Claus"
2009
The Three Gifts[citation needed]
Rodney Smith
Television movie
Family Guy
Sgt. Al Powell
Episode: "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"
2009–2011
I'm in the Band
Principal/Superintendent Cornelius Strickland
Recurring role
2010
Funny or Die Presents
Christopher
Episode: "Just 3 Boyz"
The Bold and the Beautiful
Ed
2 episodes
Meet the Browns
Ernie Wilson
Episode: "Meet the Baby Daddy"
Glory Daze
Stan Turley
Episode: "Papa Don't Pre-Game"
2010–2013
Mike & Molly
Brother Heywood
6 episodes
2011
Imagination Movers
Bernie
Episode: "The Idea Cafe"
2011–2015
Hart of Dixie
Dash DeWitt
Recurring role
2012–2013
Tron: Uprising
Able
Recurring role
2012
General Hospital
Reverend Love
Episode
Childrens Hospital
Judge Lester Harrison
Episode: "Children Lawspital"
The Mistle-Tones
Holly's dad
Television movie
2013
Real Husbands of Hollywood
Himself
Episode: "Tisha and Duane"
2015
Clipped
Tommy
5 episodes
The Flight Before Christmas
Joe
Television moviePlayed husband of "Marie" (Jo Marie Payton, who also played Reginald's wife on Family Matters)
2016
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Judge Melvoy
Episode: "McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century"
Hitting the Breaks
Chauncey van Delaware
5 episodes
Girl Meets World
Officer James
Episode: "Girl Meets True Maya"
Ray Donovan
Sherman Radley
Episode: "Norman Saves the World"
2017
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Mr. Flannigan (voice)
Episode: "My Mischievous Son"
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
Captain Jackson
Episode: "Escape Room Escapades"
2018
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Himself
Episode: "Bachelor/ette Party"
· Filmography › Video games
2002
Role(s)
Sgt. Al Powell
Notes
Voice and likeness only
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2002
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
Sgt. Al Powell
Voice and likeness only
Die Hard: Vendetta

References

  1. "Reginald VelJohnson Biography (1952– )"
    http://www.filmreference.com/film/47/Reginald-VelJohnson.html
  2. "Reginald Veljohnson [sic]"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150918172710/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/reginald-veljohnson/bio/171183/
  3. "Reginald Veljohnson Biography"
    https://archive.today/20120712035800/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/reginald-veljohnson/biography.html
  4. Queens Tribune
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100715123919/http://www.queenstribune.com/archives/confarchive/2002/0110/qconfidential.html
  5. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1990/11/25/reginald-veljohnson/9812a86d-f340-4208-8ef0-5f044116a632/
  6. "Reginald Vel Johnson: Class of 1975"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190407030122/http://gradactingalumni.org/alumni/reginald-vel-johnson/
  7. The Dallas Morning News
  8. "Reginald VelJohnson Talks 'Die Hard' At 30 And 'Crocodile Dundee' Sequel [Interview]"
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2018/11/02/reginald-veljohnson-talks-die-hard-at-30-and-crocodile-dundee-sequel/
  9. Entertainment Tonight
    https://www.etonline.com/family-matters-star-reginald-veljohnson-talks-challenging-co-stars-and-being-an-iconic-tv-dad
  10. Today
    https://www.today.com/popculture/reginald-veljohnson-reveals-how-die-hard-helped-him-get-cast-t141448
  11. The Humor Mill
    http://humormillmag.com/day-comedy-2-4/
  12. "On the Lot: Episodes"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070528050726/http://www.thelot.com/episodes/?ep=2&vd=26
  13. "Mixing 'The Formula' For Success"
    http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/movie-071512
  14. Image Comics
    https://imagecomics.com/read/invincible
  15. Special Episode: Robert Kirkman and the Invincible Show
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTYqmKqPFdo
  16. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffconway/2023/01/27/actor-reginald-veljohnson-discusses-his-tv-dad-progressive-commercials-and-his-professional-mindset-at-70/
  17. ABC News
    https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/dancing-with-the-stars-season-33-cast/story?id=113355662
  18. Parade
    https://parade.com/tv/who-went-home-dancing-with-the-stars-week-3-night-2-recap-scores-2024
  19. Cast list, Out at the Wedding closing credits
  20. The Times and Democrat
    https://thetandd.com/news/dog-days-till-christmas-claflin-event-includes-screening-of-s/article_222f543c-dbd4-11e4-a515-6383cf526025.html
  21. Die Hard Vendetta
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