![]() Johnson's younger sister Molly is a well-known Canadian singer, and his older sister Taborah, also well-known in Canada, has acted alongside Clark in the movie Blood Brothers (1993) and was directed by him in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Streets. Johnson made his feature film directorial debut with S.W.A.T. While continuing to act in films and television, Johnson began to get more and more directing jobs on both sides of the border, including episodes of ABC-TV's police drama NYPD Blue, CTV's Nikita, and NBC-TV's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The West Wing and Third Watch. In 1993 he not only landed a regular role on the new NBC drama Homicide: Life on the Street, but also directed several episodes. In 1991 Johnson made his directing debut with the Family Channel TV series African Skies, starring Catherine Bach and Robert Mitchum. In 1989, he became a regular on CTV's hit series E.N.G. and Renegades (1989) starring Kiefer Sutherland. In the late 1980s, he began breaking through into major Hollywood features such as Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Colors (1987) starring Sean Penn, Iron Eagle II (1988) starring Louis Gossett Jr. He earned both a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in Runaway Train (1985). ![]() The show only lasted one season, but Johnson was soon chosen to be a regular character on the hit series Night Heat as Detective Dave Jefferson from 1986 to 1988. He made guest appearances on several more Canadian series including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Katts and Dog and My Secret Identity, as well as small roles in American TV movies shot in Canada such as CBS-TV's Mazes and Monsters (1982) and Seduced (1985), and ABC-TV's Starcrossed (1985) before landing a regular role on the series Hot Shots (1986). Rating: TVPG Genre: Sci-fi Original Language: English. He went on to attend Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, then returned to Toronto where he made his television debut with a guest appearance on the long-running CTV series The Littlest Hobo in 1981. An alien (Belinda Bauer) with amazing powers finds love with a car mechanic (James Spader) while fleeing scientists and alien hit men. As an epic Romeo and Juliet romance unfolds, a violent encounter between Roman”s father and Emery”s father occurs in the Sector.Born in Philadelphia, Clark Johnson moved with his parents and older sister Taborah to Toronto. While the world around them rages with anger and prejudice, their bond becomes increasingly strong and increasingly dangerous. However, their relationship is threatened by the small-mindedness of their respective communities and the political agendas of people in power. Their childhood bond is quickly rekindled – in a school and a society that distrusts everything about the Atrians, Emery and Roman have found each other again. In the mayhem of the first day, Emery is amazed to learn that Roman was not killed by the authorities and is, in fact, one of the Atrian students. The eyes of the nation and the whole world are fixed on this historical social experiment, an endeavor fraught with suspicion and fear. ![]() Now, for the first time, a group of Atrian teens will enroll in a suburban human high school, with the goal of testing the feasibility of human/alien integration. Ten years later, the Atrians have been acclimated to life on Earth, but they are interned in a heavily-guarded camp known as the Sector to keep them separate from humans. In their brief time together, Emery and Roman forged a deep bond, but the authorities wasted no time tracking Roman down and capturing him in a violent confrontation.Įmery has grown up believing that Roman was killed that day. In the midst of the conflict, Roman, a 6-year-old Atrian boy, found his way to a shed behind Emery”s house, where she protected him from harm, bringing him food, comfort – and friendship. See the full list of Starcrossed cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions didn”t matter: a fierce battle erupted as humans fought for control over their new rivals, an alien species called the Atrians. When Emery was 6 years old, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in her small town. ![]() It seems that “Star-Crossed” is really a TV show about interracial love and school busing, but instead of people of color, we get aliens who look like white people with cool tattoos.
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