He has starred in the films Staten Island Summer, Ovum, A Talent for Trouble, Top Five, An American in Hollywood, Happy Baby, Once Upon a Time in Queens, Newlyweds, Gun, A Day in the Life, Frankenhood, Who’s Deal?, and Brooklyn’s Finest. Johnson co-produced the film A Talent for Trouble in 2015. In 2015 he won a Boston International Film Festival Award for Ovum. He owns the production company Autumn Leaves.