Miami Vice - Sonny Crockett - Colored Edition

(2017) VICE (Miami Vice) Don Johnson - Colored Edition - Drawn in Graphite.

Donnie Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American... more

by Fred Larucci

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11.000 x 17.000 inches

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Miami Vice - Sonny Crockett - Colored Edition

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Fred Larucci

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Drawing - Graphite Pencils On 96lb. Canson Bristol Thick Sheet Stock Paper

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(2017) "VICE" (Miami Vice) Don Johnson - Colored Edition - Drawn in Graphite.

Donnie Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor, producer, director, singer, and songwriter. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, winning a Golden Globe for his work in the role. He also had the eponymous lead role in the 1990s cop series Nash Bridges. Johnson has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 1984, after years of struggling to establish himself as a TV actor, Johnson landed a starring role as undercover police detective Sonny Crockett in the Michael Mann/Universal Television cop series, Miami Vice. The show ran from 1984 to 1990. Miami Vice made Johnson "a major international star". According to Rolling Stone, "No one had more swagger in the Reagan era than Don Johnson. As Miami Vice‘s Sonny Crockett, the undercover detective and professional stubble-cultivator who lived on a houseboat with his pet alligator Elvis, he embodied masculine cool in the era of coke binges and Lamborghinis". The Sonny Crockett character typically wore thousand-dollar Versace and Hugo Boss suits over pastel cotton T-shirts; drove a Ferrari; wore expensive timepieces by Rolex and Ebel; and lived on an Endeavour yacht. Miami Vice was noted for its revolutionary use of music, cinematography and imagery; and for its glitzy take on the police drama genre.[citation needed] In the show, Crockett's partner was Ricardo Tubbs, played by Philip Michael Thomas.

Johnson's work on Miami Vice earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama in 1986. Johnson was nominated for the same award in 1987; he was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1985.

Between seasons on Miami Vice, Johnson gained further renown through TV miniseries such as the 1985 remake of The Long, Hot Summer.

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March 28th, 2021