Michael Johnston
Johnston at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1996-02-22) February 22, 1996
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Michael Johnston (born February 22, 1996) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Corey Bryant in the MTV series Teen Wolf and for his starring role in the indie film Slash.[1] He is also a voice actor for animation and video games.[2][3]

Early life

Johnston was born on February 22, 1996.[4] He grew up in Rutherfordton, North Carolina where at the age of 12 he started auditioning for voice-overs in commercials and animation in a recording studio he had set up in his bedroom.[3][5] After graduating from R-S Central High School early, he moved to Chicago where he studied acting at The Second City.[1][5] He was only in Chicago for six months before moving to Los Angeles.[5]

Career

Voice acting

Johnston has voiced characters for video games, including Dust: An Elysian Tail,[6] Tales of Zestiria and Kingdom Hearts III[7] and TV shows, such as Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea, Tales of Zestiria the X[6] and Zak Storm.[5][7]

Film and television

Johnston appeared in Awkward[1] and played Corey Bryant, a recurring character in the final two seasons of Teen Wolf.[7][8]

Johnston had the lead role in the comedy film Slash, where he played Neil, a 15-year-old high school student who writes slash fiction.[9] He also appeared in the indie horror film Bornless Ones.[7][10][11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Bee Wars Buzzalot
2012 Totes Burgers Evan Short film
2016 Slash Neil
2016 Bornless Ones Zach
2018 Crazy for the Boys Chad Post-production
2018 The Maestro Pietro Castelnuovo-Tedesco
2020 Ride Your Wave Wasabi Kawamura (voice) English dub[12]
2021 Endangered Species Noah Halsey

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012–2014 TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise Bubb, Additional Voices 3 episodes
2015 Tales of Zestiria: Dawn of the Shepherd Mikleo (voice) English dub
Television film
2015 Awkward Senior Episode: "The Graduates"
2015 Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea Atsushi Minegishi (voice) English dub
2015–2017 Teen Wolf Corey Bryant 25 episodes
2016 Tales of Zestiria the X Mikleo (voice) English dub (as Philip Lamont)
2016–18 Zak Storm Zak Storm (voice) Main role
2016 Pure Genius Luke Wallace Episode: "It's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Silk Surgery"
2017 Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Keanu (voice) Episode: "Tip's Deep Dish/Garbage Day"
2018 Supergirl Adam Episode: "Rather the Fallen Angel"
2020 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Shoichi (voice) English dub
2023 Akuma Kun (2023) Akuma II/Ichirō Umoregi Netflix dub[13]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Dust: An Elysian Tail Reed [6]
2015 Tales of Zestiria Mikleo English dub[7]
2017 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Ephemer English dub Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover movie[7]
2018 Last Year: The Nightmare Nick [7]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Ephemer English dub[7]
2019 The Blackout Club Male Player, Daxton "Dax" [14]
2020 Marvel's Avengers Dante
2021 The Artful Escape Francis Vendetti
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Shoichi [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hinzmann, Dennis (May 11, 2015). "Hot List: Teen Wolf's Michael Johnston". Out. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ Leydon, Joe (March 14, 2016). "SXSW Film Review: Slash". Variety. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Oebel, Nicole (September 10, 2015). "Teen Wolf interview with Michael Johnston". myFanbase. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ Michael Johnston [@MichaelJVO] (February 22, 2017). "Apparently you can't get a drink when you're 21. Bar said it had to be 24 hours after my birthday. How lame!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Slash" (PDF) (Press release). The Film Collaborative. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  6. 1 2 3 "Colton Haynes returns to Teen Wolf Season 5? Hot new guy cast to play Mason's new love interest". Venture Capital Post. May 14, 2015. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Michael Jonston, Actor (Zach)". Bornless Ones – Official Website for Bornless Ones. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Love, Ryan (May 16, 2015). "Teen Wolf newcomer Michael Johnston teases gay romance in fifth series". Attitude. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ Kit, Borys (May 29, 2015). "Necessary Roughness actress nabs female lead in indie comedy Slash". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bornless Ones". The Film Catalogue. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  11. ↑ "Bornless Ones". High Octane Pictures. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  12. ↑ "GKIDS, Shout! Factory to Release Ride Your Wave Anime Film on Home Video". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  13. ↑ https://twitter.com/MichaelJVO/status/1722746684319694928
  14. ↑ Question LLC (July 30, 2019). The Blackout Club (PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4) (1.0 ed.). Question LLC. {{cite book}}: External link in |author= (help)
  15. ↑ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)


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