Biography
A hefty, genial African-American character actor in features and a put-upon sitcom lead, Reginald VelJohnson is perhaps best known to film audiences as the friendly, Twinkie-chomping cop pal to Bruce Willis in "Die Hard" (1988). VelJohnson fleetingly recreated this role in a cameo for "Die Hard 2" (1990). TV audiences know him as Carl Winslow, another good-natured if long-suffering police officer, on the hit ABC sitcom, "Family Matters" …
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Career Milestones
| Added his middle name, Vel, to his original surname in the early 1970s because there were other actors named Reginald or Reggie Johnson | ||
| Appeared on and off-Broadway in such shows as "Hamlet," "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Mondongo" | ||
| Invited to join Joseph Papp's Black/Hispanic Shakespeare Company with Morgan Freeman, Gloria Foster, C C H Pounder, Miriam Colon and Jaime Sanchez | ||
| Recurring TV role in "Perfect Strangers" led to own series "Family Matters" | ||
1981 | Film acting debut, "Wolfen" | |
1989 | Played Carl Winslow on the ABC sitcom, "Family Matters" | |
1999 | Appeared in the annual holiday stage musical "A Christmas Carol" in NYC | |
2005 | Starred in the comedy "Suits on the Loose" helmed by Rodney Henson | |