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Bryan Lee Johnson is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 7 december 1967

Bryan Lee Johnson

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Nationality USA
Birth 7 december 1967 (56 years)

Bryan Lee Johnson (born December 7, 1967) is a writer, actor, podcaster, screenwriter and comic book writer associated with Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse. He is best known by his local fame in New Jersey and appearances in filmmaker Smith's New Jersey films as comic book fan Steve-Dave Pulasti. He was also the basis for the Clerks character Randal Graves. Through his friendship with Smith, he was often involved in his productions until Smith moved to Los Angeles. He worked briefly at the Los Angeles branch of Smith's comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. He became co-host of the Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! podcast with friend Walt Flanagan and Brian Quinn. He also stars in the AMC reality series Comic Book Men.

Johnson has collaborated with Flanagan in creating comics adapted from their screenplays, including the 2004 miniseries Karney and the 2007 miniseries War of the Undead. According to an April 12, 2013 posting, Johnson no longer lives in his parents' basement.

Biography

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Born in Highlands, New Jersey, Johnson attended Highlands Elementary School there (part of the Highlands School District) and Henry Hudson Regional High School, graduating in the mid 1980s.

He got a job as a lifeguard at a recreational center for young people after visiting his friend Walt Flanagan there frequently. In about 87 or 88 Kevin Smith began to work at the Rec, and began to hang out with Walt and Bry. Smith credits Bryan with developing his sense of humor. Johnson left his parents house for a while to live with and help his grandmother (and also to get away from a chaotic home situation).

Johnson played guitar in high school and was interested in neo-classical artists like Yngwie Malmsteen. He moved to California to go to the Guitar Institute of Los Angeles, but was disturbed by witnessing a suicide on his first day in Hollywood, and by hearing about a stabbing murder nearby where he was staying. He went back to Jersey after a few weeks.

He also worked at Quickstop with Kevin Smith. During that period he and Kevin got into a disagreement over a joke-sign Johnson hung outside the store that resulted in a police visit. This resulted in Johnson and Smith not speaking for many months. Johnson thus missed the filming of Clerks, even though the Randall character was based on him. Johnson quit the store and then worked moving furniture for a short time. After that he worked in a psych ward for youth. He got written up too many times and left. Johnson and Smith made-up after Smith's sister persuaded Smith to attend a Landmark Forum self development course that required him to contact people he had lost contact with.

For a while Johnson ran Smith's Secret Stash comic book store. He left to make the film Vulgar.

In late 2009 Johnson began the podcast Tell 'Em Steve-Dave with his friends Walt Flanagan and Brian Quinn. The podcast became very popular and eventually led to Johnson and Flanagan's casting in the TV show Comic Book Men.

Usually with

Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
(6 films)
Scott Mosier
Scott Mosier
(5 films)
Jason Mewes
Jason Mewes
(5 films)
Walt Flanagan
Walt Flanagan
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bryan Lee Johnson (6 films)

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Actor

Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, 1h4
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Jason Mewes, Eliza Dushku, Kevin Smith, Tara Strong, Neil Gaiman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
Roles Shower Bully 2, Travis the Comic-Hating Bully
Rating48% 2.4081052.4081052.4081052.4081052.408105
After winning $10,000,000 from a scratchcard they bought at the Quick Stop, Jay & Silent Bob decide to become superheroes Bluntman and Chronic (a parody of Batman and Robin). They build a secret fortress of solitude beneath RST Video and acquire all the necessary gadgets and accessories to make them ideal crime-fighters. They also hire their own butler, Albert (a parody of Alfred Pennyworth).
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, 1h45
Directed by Kevin Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth, Eliza Dushku
Roles Steve-Dave
Rating67% 3.3983253.3983253.3983253.3983253.398325
After getting a restraining order from Randal Graves (Clerks) for selling drugs outside the Quick Stop, Jay and Silent Bob find out from Brodie Bruce (Mallrats) that Bluntman and Chronic, the comic book based on their likenesses, has been adapted into a film in production by Miramax Films. In response, the two see Holden McNeil (Chasing Amy), the co-writer of Bluntman and Chronic for the royalties of the film. However, Holden tells Jay and Silent Bob that he sold his part of the creative and publishing rights of the comic over to his former friend Banky Edwards. Upon learning of the film, as well as the negative reaction it has received so far on the Internet, the two set out on a quest to Hollywood, to prevent the film from being made and tainting their image, or at the very least receive the money from the royalties owed to them.
Vulgar
Vulgar (2000)
, 1h31
Directed by Bryan Lee Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Brian O'Halloran, Ethan Suplee, Bryan Lee Johnson, Matthew Maher, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier
Rating52% 2.6027352.6027352.6027352.6027352.602735
Will Carlson is a 20-something loser who lives in a rundown neighborhood, where he ekes out a living as a birthday party clown in order to pay the rent for his abusive mother's nursing home and the rent on his rundown house. Despite the difficulties of the job, clowning is Will's one escape from the realities of his miserable existence: Will genuinely likes kids, and takes great joy from making them happy on their birthdays.
Dogma
Dogma (1999)
, 2h10
Directed by Kevin Smith
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Films about angels, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Buddy films, Disaster films
Actors Ben Affleck, George Carlin, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee
Roles Steve-Dave Pulatsi
Rating72% 3.647973.647973.647973.647973.64797
Bartleby (Affleck) and Loki (Damon) are fallen angels, banished for eternity from Heaven to Wisconsin for insubordination after an inebriated Loki (with Bartleby's encouragement) resigned as the Angel of Death. When the trendy Cardinal Glick (Carlin) announces that he is rededicating his cathedral in Red Bank, New Jersey in the image of the "Buddy Christ", the angels see their salvation: Anyone entering the cathedral during the rededication festivities will receive a plenary indulgence; all punishment for sin will be remitted, permitting direct entry into Heaven. They receive encouragement from an unexpected source: Azrael (Lee), a demon, once a Muse, also banished from Heaven (for refusing to take sides in the battle between God and Lucifer); and the Stygian Triplets (Barret Hackney, Jared Pfennigwerth, and Kitao Sakurai), three teenage hoodlums who serve Azrael in Hell.
Mallrats
Mallrats (1995)
, 1h34
Directed by Kevin Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Buddy films
Actors Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams
Roles Steve-Dave Pulasti
Rating69% 3.4990353.4990353.4990353.4990353.499035
The day prior to the events of Clerks, college student T.S. Quint (Jeremy London) is preparing for a trip to Universal Studios in Florida with Brandi Svenning (Claire Forlani), during which he plans to propose to her; however, Brandi tells him she cannot go because she has volunteered to fill in as a contestant on Truth or Date, her father's dating game show. They argue over this and eventually break up. T.S. turns to his best friend Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee), who has also broken up with his girlfriend, Rene Mosier (Shannen Doherty), after having an argument, and Brodie suggests the two might find comfort at the local mall.

Director

Vulgar
Vulgar (2000)
, 1h31
Directed by Bryan Lee Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Brian O'Halloran, Ethan Suplee, Bryan Lee Johnson, Matthew Maher, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier
Rating52% 2.6027352.6027352.6027352.6027352.602735
Will Carlson is a 20-something loser who lives in a rundown neighborhood, where he ekes out a living as a birthday party clown in order to pay the rent for his abusive mother's nursing home and the rent on his rundown house. Despite the difficulties of the job, clowning is Will's one escape from the realities of his miserable existence: Will genuinely likes kids, and takes great joy from making them happy on their birthdays.

Scriptwriter

Vulgar
Vulgar (2000)
, 1h31
Directed by Bryan Lee Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Brian O'Halloran, Ethan Suplee, Bryan Lee Johnson, Matthew Maher, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier
Rating52% 2.6027352.6027352.6027352.6027352.602735
Will Carlson is a 20-something loser who lives in a rundown neighborhood, where he ekes out a living as a birthday party clown in order to pay the rent for his abusive mother's nursing home and the rent on his rundown house. Despite the difficulties of the job, clowning is Will's one escape from the realities of his miserable existence: Will genuinely likes kids, and takes great joy from making them happy on their birthdays.