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If there’s one thing Don Johnson knows how to do, it’s leave a lasting impression.

Whether he’s rocking pastel suits as Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice or stealing scenes in Knives Out, Johnson has been a Hollywood staple for decades.

With his signature mix of cool swagger, tough-guy grit, and undeniable charisma, he brings a certain je ne sais quoi to every role he plays.

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Now, he’s gearing up for another exciting role as Captain Robert Massey in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming series Doctor Odyssey.

Set on a luxury cruise ship with a medical twist, this new show proves that Johnson isn’t slowing down and continues to take on intriguing, unexpected characters that keep fans hooked.

From chasing bad guys and solving mysteries to tackling a wide range of roles, his career has been a rollercoaster of hits and misses.

Exclusive: Tom Blyth (Billy the Kid), Chris Diamantopolous (Red Notice), Jordyn Denning (Pam & Tommy), Zach Villa (Good Mourning with a U) and Jay Mohr (The Cleaning Lady) have signed on to star in the comedy Discussion Materials, marking the feature directorial debut of TV writer, director and producer Alfredo Barrios Jr.

The offbeat comedy is based on the bestselling book Discussion Materials: Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker by Bill Keenan. It follows Bobby Sanders (Blyth), a hustling and quick-talking former pro hockey player-turned-junior banker who navigates the quirky and somewhat surreal world of high finance as he confronts life’s meaning within this gilded cage.

Diamantopolous will play Masterson, the bank’s most-feared managing director, with Denning as Michelle, the brilliant and highflying corporate attorney Bobby falls for. Villa will portray Danny, an investment banking analyst whose financial brilliance is only matched by his insatiable libido, with Mohr as Abernathy,...

Toronto, Canada. After a morning spent slipping and falling, for comedic effect, on the ice of a suburban hockey rink, "Man Seeking Woman" star Jay Baruchel is eager to talk about his new Fxx romantic comedy. The Powers That Be, however, are not cooperating.  We're in a small Baptist church that has had its basement retrofitted into a "Man Seeking Woman" production hub and, at the moment, a high-profile guest star who I can't currently reveal is shooting in front of a green-screen in the room next door. A door is closed, but Baruchel is excited about his first regular TV series gig in nearly a decade and a stern Ad keeps peeking in to "shush" the source of loud vocalizations, ignoring that the noise is coming from the guy who's first on the call-sheet. This is not what a guy who spent the morning stumbling and bumbling on freshly...

Another veteran star could be returning to TV this fall: Don Johnson has landed the lead role in NBC’s drama pilot A Mann’s World.

The story follows a straight Beverly Hills hairdresser and salon owner (Johnson) who’s described as “much like Warren Beatty’s character in the feature Shampoo” and is now in his 50s, struggling to stay young and relevant in a place where looks are everything. The show will explore men’s struggle with aging, the salon owner refusing to pack in it in, instead choosing to expand his business while juggling three families.”

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Former Miami Vice star Don Johnson is returning to NBC. After lengthy negotiations, Johnson just closed a deal to star in the network's drama pilot from Michael Patrick King A Mann's World. In the vein of Shampoo, the project, from Warner Bros. TV, centers on Allan Mann (Johnson), a 50something handsome and sexy straight Beverly Hills hairdresser who is struggling to stay young and relevant in a place where looks are everything. Not  ready to give up his passion for what he does, he rolls the dice and risks it all to expand his beauty empire by purchasing the building next door to his salon to transform into a day spa. Johnson was the an early choice for the role and the first to get an offer for it. Nash Bridges alum Johnson's most recent regular TV gig was on the WB series Just Legal. Last year, the actor, repped by Gersh and Untitled,...

Kirk (Jay Baruchel, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder), an average Joe, can’t believe his luck. Though he’s stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds Molly (Alice Eve), a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe falls for him. Kirk is stunned. So are his friends, his family and even his ex-girlfriend. Now he has to figure out how to make the relationship work, even though he’s the first to admit She’s Out of My League.

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Don Johnson is making a return to studio movies with a turn in Disney's "When in Rome." He also will pop up in the indie comedy "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy."

"Rome," which just completed principal photography, sees Johnson playing the father of Kristin Bell, who steals coins from an Italian fountain and finds herself receiving visits from numerous strangers who, having previously thrown coins into the fountain, are now in love with her.

Johnson will appear as a father of a different sort in "Orgy," in which comedian Jason Sudeikis plays his son.

Johnson described "Rome" as "Capra-esque but with a modern and very contemporary spin on the fun and the comedy." He was offered the role by writer-director Mark Steven Johnson. No relation, the actor met the writer in 1990 when Don Johnson was trying to assemble "The Pro," a project he hoped to direct.

Although the project didn't get off the ground, "I gave him one of his first writing jobs," Johnson said. "I was going to direct it, and Jack Nicholson was going to play the Pro, who was a wizard who brings a boy into the golf world."

Johnson's most recent studio movie was 1996's "Tin Cup"; since then, the actor has been busy with TV -- the 1996-2001 cop series "Nash Bridges," followed by the short-lived drama "Just Legal" -- and a recent trio of European movies.

But as the TV scene has changed, Johnson is back courting film work.

"The climate has changed in that there's very few slots for dramas or for the things that I wanted to do," he said. "And I didn't want to do another cop show, though I would consider something if it were international in scope and global in nature."...

Days of Our Lives actor Eric Winter has inked a one-year talent holding deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Winter is best known for his three-year role as Rex Brady on NBC's daytime drama, but his credits also include UPN's comedy series Love, Inc., CBS' procedural drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and WB Network's drama Just Legal. Sharon Klein, senior vp talent and casting at 20th Century Fox TV, said one reason Winter is so appealing is that he has the talent to do both comedy and drama.

The WB has ordered a full season of Supernatural, but called it quits on another new series, Just Legal. The network disclosed Wednesday it has halted production on Legal, a courtroom drama starring Don Johnson from Warner Bros. Television, just as it completed shooting on its seventh episode. Three episodes of Legal have aired to date and been greeted coolly, averaging 3.1 million viewers, in the Monday 9 p.m. time slot. WB hasn't decided yet what will air next week in the Legal slot.

Christina Moore has been tapped to co-star on ABC's upcoming comedy series Hot Properties. Meanwhile, Jaime Lee Kirchner has been added to the cast of the WB Network's new drama Just Legal. Hot Properties, from Warner Bros. TV and writer-producer Suzanne Martin, revolves around four women (Gail O'Grady, Nicole Sullivan, Sofia Vergara, Moore) who work at an upscale Manhattan real estate office. Moore is replacing Audra Blaser, who played the role in the pilot.