Meet Dakota Johnson’s supportive older brother, Jesse Johnson: the son of Don Johnson and former Andy Warhol muse Patti D’Arbanville starred in Grey’s Anatomy and Hawaii Five-O, and loves to travel
The photos show the half siblings taking a leisurely stroll together on May 9 in New York City. The brother-and-sister duo sported similarly casual looks during the outing, both rocking caps, sunglasses and trainers.
Here’s what we know about her oldest sibling Jesse:
Who are Jesse Johnson’s parents?
Jesse Wayne Johnson, 41, was born to American actors Don Johnson and Patti D’Arbanville on December 7, 1982, in Los Angeles, per People. His father Don, 74, is famous for starring in films and TV shows including Miami Vice, Knives Out and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, while his mother Patti D’Arbanville, 72, was famous for being one of artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol’s muses. Johnson and D’Arbanville never married, and Jesse is Don’s firstborn child.
Per People, Don struggled with drug and alcohol addiction in the 1970s, but it was the arrival of Jesse that made him change his ways.
“I walked into the breakfast room one morning and the sun was shining and the birds were singing, and Patti was feeding the baby,” Don told People in 1984. “I came staggering in and sat down and looked at them, and she looked at me and I knew that if I didn’t do something she was going to leave. So I said, ‘Patti, I’m a drunk and a drug addict, and I’m going to do something about it’.”
Jesse Johnson is an actor and musician
Jesse has followed closely in his parents’ footsteps, becoming the first of his father’s children to join the entertainment industry, writes People. The Colorado native has starred in a string of productions including Hawaii Five-O, Twin Peaks, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Grey’s Anatomy and Law & Order: Los Angeles, to name a few, as seen on his IMDB page.
According to People, he is also a musician who’s in a band called Blame Baby.
He likes to travel
Jesse has proven his love of travel via his Instagram in recent years. There, he’s shared photos of himself in cities including Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Hokkaido, Paris, Tokyo, London, and many more.
He’s very sporty
It’s clear that Jesse has a passion for the great outdoors too. In a 2009 interview with Top Cat Films, he said he got into sports like snowboarding and ice hockey thanks to his childhood spent in Aspen, Colorado. On one Instagram post featuring a shot taken atop a ski slope in February, he wrote, “Happiest place on earth”.
Are Dakota and Jesse Johnson close?
It definitely seems Dakota and Jesse Johnson are tight – and very supportive of one another’s careers too. Per People, Dakota was at the premiere of his movie Redline in 2007. Nearly a decade later, he showed up for a red carpet appearance at the premier of her film How to Be Single. Jesse has also shared various photos with his sis on his public Instagram profile.
How many siblings does Dakota Johnson have?
- Dakota Johnson was recently spotted chilling with her brother Jesse while taking a break from filming Materialists, which also stars Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans
- Jesse Wayne Johnson was born to actors Don Johnson and Patti D’Arbanville in 1982, and his father has admitted his son was the reason he gave up drink and drugs