▁in ▁Montreal , ▁Quebec . ▁He ▁has ▁three ▁sib lings ▁including ▁jazz ▁singer ▁Mol ly ▁Johnson ▁and ▁actress ▁and ▁singer ▁T abor ah ▁Johnson . ▁ ▁Johnson ▁attended ▁Eastern ▁Michigan ▁University ▁on ▁a ▁partial ▁athlet ic ▁scholar ship ▁for ▁football , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁exp elled ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁caught ▁ste aling ▁food ▁from ▁the ▁school ▁c af eter ia . ▁He ▁attended ▁several ▁other ▁univers ities ▁including ▁Lo y ola ▁ ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ott awa ▁before ▁ending ▁up ▁at ▁the ▁Ontario ▁College ▁of ▁Art ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁major . ▁ ▁Career ▁Johnson ▁started ▁in ▁film ▁doing ▁special ▁effects , ▁including ▁David ▁C ron enberg ' s ▁The ▁Dead ▁Zone . ▁This ▁behind - the - sc enes ▁work ▁often ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁" back up " ▁for ▁him ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁stages ▁of ▁his ▁acting ▁career . ▁ ▁He ▁began ▁performing ▁in ▁feature ▁films ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁landing ▁roles ▁in ▁the ▁films ▁K illing ▁' em ▁So ft ly , ▁Colors , ▁Wild ▁Th ing , ▁Advent ures ▁in ▁Bab ys itting , ▁and ▁Now here ▁to ▁H ide . ▁He ▁also ▁acted ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁television ▁shows ▁early ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁including ▁The ▁L itt l est ▁Hob o , ▁Night ▁He at , ▁Hot ▁Sh ots ▁and ▁E . N . G . ▁He ▁star red ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁episode ▁of ▁The ▁Women ▁of ▁B rew ster ▁Place ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁as ▁But ch ▁Full er . ▁ ▁Hom