Seth Isaac Johnson

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Seth Isaac Johnson
Born
Seth Isaac Johnson

(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 23)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Known forThe Killing

Seth Isaac Johnson (born July 10, 2000) is a Canadian actor who is most recently known as Max LaBrant in the Sundance Hit film, "My Old Ass" written/ directed by Megan Park and in the recurring role of Eugene in Season 2 of the hit series Firefly Lane. Early in his career, Seth was notable for his recurring dramatic role as Denny Larsen in AMC's The Killing and also for a guest star comedic role as Langley in Disney XD's Mech-X4 . In film Johnson was cast in heavily contrasting dramatic and comedic leads including Danny in Nickelodeon's Splitting Adam , and Arden Lowe in V.C Andrew's My Sweet Audrina. In his later teens he began appearing in lead roles in coming of age teen "dramedy"s such as Bryce in Young and Reckless, Shawn Raider in CW's Supernatural and as Hansel in ABC's Once Upon a Time .

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Life and career

Seth Johnson has Degree in Behavioral NeuroScience from UBC (with Distinction). He started acting when he followed the footsteps of his older sibling in playing Tiny Tim in an adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the Citadel Theatre.

Johnson's big break came with his first major role in AMC's award-winning The Killing , where he played Denny Larsen, a role for which he received a Young Artist Award nomination and praise from director Patty Jenkins, who directed both The Killing's pilot and season finale episodes. Johnson appeared in 26 episodes in season 1 and 2.

Johnson also played other roles, such as a transgender teen in Dangers of Online Dating, and the traumatized bloodied teen Shawn Raider in the thirteenth season of Supernatural .

Seth is the son of actor Tanis Dolman and musician Jason O. Johnson.

Filmography

Film and television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Badass ThievesCarter
2011To the MatWade
2011–12 The Killing Denny Larsen26 episodes
2012 Mr. Young Burlap Sack E.T.1 episode
2013 Motive Phillip Harper
2014The Color of RainDrew Kell
2015 Splitting Adam Danny
2015 Into the Grizzly Maze Young Beckett
2016 My Sweet Audrina Arden Lowe (age 15)
2016Young & RecklessBryce5 episodes
2017 Mech-X4 Langley1 episode
2017The Dangers of Online DatingTaylor1 episode
2017 Supernatural Shawn Raider1 episode
2017Last Night in SuburbiaBrent
2018 Once Upon a Time Young Hansel1 episode
2019 iZombie Freylich3 episodes
2021 Firefly Lane Eugene5 episodes
2021Love in full swingHudson Brandon
2022Love Amongst the StarsBryce
2022Let's Get PhysicalBen Martin
2024 My Old Ass Max LaBrant

Awards and nominations

Johnson was nominated for "Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor The Killing (2011) category at the 34th Young Artist Awards. [1]

Johnson was 2015 Joey Award Winner Best Actor in a Feature for his portrayal of Beckett in Into the Grizzly Maze.

Johnson was nominated for “Best Guest Performance” for his portrayal of Shawn Raider in the Supernatural episode “Advanced Thanatology” in the 2018 Leo Awards.

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