Wil Johnson

Wilbert Charles "Wil" Johnson (born 1965) is an English actor, who has had notable television roles in Waking the Dead and Babyfather, and on stage in Othello. He played Dom Andrews in Emmerdale from 2012 to 2014.

Early life

Johnson was born in Muswell Hill and raised in Tottenham. His mother was invested in stocks and his father a worker at UPS. Johnson had no interest in singing while he was in primary school, after he filled in a role for an absent drummer, he changed his mind. He did not go to drama school, but instead went to Mount View (Theatre Drama group and school in Crouch End). He also joined another drama group at 'The Haringey Theatre'. He also went to a dance group and learned ballet, contemporary dancing and break dancing which he performed for about 7 years. He also attended National Youth Theatre for three years.

Career

Johnson's first professional acting role came in the play Four Seasons at the 1985 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For the rest of the 1980s he made minor appearances in television series such as Casualty and London's Burning, before playing detective Stevie Johnson in the London Weekend Television series Anna Lee. From 1994 to 1995 he played the supporting role of Detective Constable Michael Skelton in Cracker. Between roles, Johnson worked for a local undertakers, driving the hearse and acting as a pallbearer. At one funeral, a mourner recognised him from Cracker and asked for his autograph.