J.J. Johnston (born James William Johnston, October 24, 1933, Chicago, Illinois) is an American theatre and film actor and boxing historian and writer.

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Johnston served eighteen months in prison for drug-related offenses before turning to acting.[1]

Books

Johnston, a former amateur boxer, is the author of several books on the history of boxing.

• Babyface and Pop, with Nick Beck (2011)
• Chicago Boxing (Images of Sports), with Sean Curtin and David Mamet (2005) ISBN 978-0-7385-3210-3
• Chicago Amateur Boxing (Images of Sports), with Sean Curtin (2006) ISBN 978-0-7385-4138-9

Stage work

Johnston performed in the original 1975 production of David Mamet's American Buffalo in Chicago and subsequently performed in the 1983 Broadway production opposite Al Pacino.[2]

Filmography

Awards

• 1983-84 New York Theatre World Award for Outstanding New Talent in "American Buffalo"
• 1986 Bay Area Critics Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance by an Actor in the play Glengarry Glen Ross.

References

External links

• J. J. Johnston at IMDb
• J. J. Johnston at the Internet Broadway Database