{{Short description|American actor}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|2|20}} | birth_place =Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | years_active = 1994–present | occupation = Actor }} '''Rodney Van Johnson''' (born February 20, 1961, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor known for portraying the role of T.C. Russell on the daytime soap opera ''Passions.''
==Career== Prior to joining ''Passions'', Johnson played Sebastian Dupree on the now-defunct ABC soap opera ''Port Charles'' in 1999.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Company |first=Johnson Publishing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H74DAAAAMBAJ&dq=Rodney+Van+Johnson&pg=PA38 |title=Jet |date=2003-01-13 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wick |first=Jessica |date=2023-03-11 |title=Rodney Van Johnson Didn't Enjoy Playing the 'Angry Black Man' on 'Passions' |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/rodney-van-johnson-passions-angry-black-man.html/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet |language=en-US}}</ref> He also portrayed Trey Stark on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' from 1998 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Errol |date=2023-01-09 |title='Passions' Alum Rodney Van Johnson Joins 'The Bold and the Beautiful' as Sheila's Attorney |url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2023/01/rodney-van-johnson-passions-the-bold-and-the-beautiful-sheila-attorney |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Soap Opera Network |language=en-US}}</ref> He also starred as First Lieutenant Wendell McCray on the syndicated series ''Pensacola: Wings of Gold'' from 1997–1998.
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1994 |''Dominic's Castle'' |Dominic | |- |1996 |''Making the Rules'' |Rod | |- |2021 |''The Magic'' |Paul Abbott | |- |2022 |''Holiday Hideaway'' |Martin | |- |TBA |''Black Girl Erupted'' |Donald Cole Esq. | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1996 |''Grace Under Fire'' |Traffic Cop |Episode: "Road to Nowhere" |- |1997 |''The Jamie Foxx Show'' |Adam |Episode: "I Do, I Didn't" |- |1997–1998 |''Pensacola: Wings of Gold'' |Cipher |22 episodes |- |1998 |''Mad About You'' |Park Ranger |Episode: "There's a Puma in the Kitchen" |- |1998–2000 |''The Young and the Restless'' |Trey Stark |23 episodes |- |1999 |''Port Charles'' |Sebastian Dupre |32 episodes |- |1999–2007 |''Passions'' |T.C. Russell |89 episodes |- |2000 |''Girlfriends'' |Marcus Stokes |2 episodes |- |2002 |''Providence'' |T.C. Russell |Episode: "The Eleventh Hour" |- |2008 |''Without a Trace'' |Duffy |Episode: "Rewind" |- |2019 |''One Fine Christmas'' |Bob |Television film |- |2021 |''Lace'' |Barrington McCullough | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |- |2022 |''Kym'' |Mike / The Comedian |- |2023 |''The Bold and the Beautiful'' |Attorney Russell |3 episodes |}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|id=0426123}}
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