Wil Johnson

Wilbert Charles Johnson (born 18 April 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, London, and raised in Tottenham.^[1] His mother invested in stocks and his father worked for UPS.^[2] Johnson had no interest in music while he was in primary school, but after he filled in a role for an absent drummer, he changed his mind.^[3] He went to

Johnson's first professional acting role came in the play Four Seasons at the 1985 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.^[2] 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, he appeared in the

In 2004, Johnson played the title character in the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company's Othello.

He also played Marcus Kirby in the BBC One school-based drama Waterloo Road. He departed in the second half of the series.

In 2010, he appeared in In a Better World (film) as 'Dr. Najeeb'.^[5]

He also performed in a play, called The Swallowing Dark at the

In November 2011, Johnson appeared as 'Sean Dolan' a Consultant paediatrician in BBC One's Holby City.^[5]

In 2012, it was announced that Johnson would be joining