Dion Johnstone portrait

Actor

DION
JOHNSTONE

Sweet Magnolias · Netflix · 5 Seasons King Lear · Broadway Stratford Festival · 9 Seasons

“Coriolanus, as embodied by Mr. Johnstone, has a powerful dignity and smoldering eloquence.”

Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
Next

Kungfuland. A kung fu comedy shot in Singapore. Now in post-production.

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DEMO REEL

Selected moments.

Selected Credits

Television

Sweet Magnolias (5 Seasons)

Erik Whitley · Series Regular

Feature Film

Kungfuland

Adam

Stratford Festival

Othello

Title Role

Red Bull Theater NYC

Coriolanus

Title Role

Chicago Shakespeare

Red Velvet

Ira Aldridge

Broadway

King Lear

Duke of Albany

Bio

Dion Johnstone is a Canadian actor working across film, television and theatre. He played Chef Erik Whitley for five seasons on Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias. Before that came nine seasons at the Stratford Festival, the title roles in Othello and Coriolanus, and a Broadway debut in King Lear opposite Glenda Jackson. Next up is Kungfuland, his first kung fu comedy.

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