Chuck Johnson

Chuck Johnson is an international action film actor based in Tokyo Japan He A native of Michigan he began martial arts training with Olympic Taekwondo at the age of 15 With a fanatic training schedule he received his black belt in 2 12 years and 6 days later became the Michigan State Junior Olympic Taekwondo champion for both sparring and forms He went on to become a US nonOlympic national champion for Taekwondo and also competed in both Tokyo Japan and Hong Kong becoming the 2001 Intercollegiate champion of Hong Kong when he had originally only come to the competition to watch After moving to Tokyo he started off working as a bodyguard for visiting international celebrities working on security teams for everyone from Sylvester Stallone and Orlando Bloom to Jackie Chan and Kim Hee Sun of Korea His action career began in 2004 when he was scouted by a talent agency for his martial arts skill and was cast in Godzilla Final Wars While on set he met Japanese action director Yuji Shimomura and shortly after began his study of East Asian style fight choreography under his tutelage along with action directors Go Ohara and Kiyokazu Tanaka In 2005 he began to study Method Acting under acting coach Shelley Mitchell and went on to also study the Meisner method In addition to holding the rank of master in Olympic Taekwondo Chuck is also ranked in Capoeira Karate Kobudo and Judo and has studied Wing Chun Kung Fu Hapkido Hanmudo Krav Maga Boxing Kickboxing and Tai Chi He has appeared in over 50 dramas films commercials and video games in Asia and in the states and can speak read and write in Chinese Japanese and Korean