- Born
- Nickname
- Reggie
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Reginald VelJohnson was born on August 16, 1952 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Die Hard (1988), Family Matters (1989) and Die Hard 2 (1990).
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsReginald JohnsonEve Johnson
- RelativesBarry(Sibling)
- Frequently plays police officers in movies and on TV
- Deep, commanding/authoritive voice.
- Frequently plays characters in law enforcement. In Family Matters (1989), Ghostbusters (1984), Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990) and Turner & Hooch (1989), he played cops. He returned to the role of Officer Al Powell in two Die Hard video games.
- Was high school classmates with porn star Ron Jeremy and former CIA director George Tenet.
- Playing opposite Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance in the Guthrie Theater's stage version of "His Girl Friday" in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Enjoys singing and dancing in his free time.
- Often confused with the late James Avery because of their similar long suffering TV father roles on their sitcoms, voice, mannerisms, physical builds, and balding scalps. Avery once made a walk-on appearance at the end of one episode of Family Matters (1989).
- Die Hard (1988) - $100,000
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