Noel is about to board the intriguing feature Adaline with Blake Lively and Harrison Ford. He has wrapped on western remake Lonesome Dove in an emotional role. Noel can be seen opposite Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad) in USA Networks Fairly Legal as well CW’s Arrow and Ross Ferguson’s gritty Art-House/Thriller, ‘Primary.’
On stage, he recently played Bill, a New York cop in Kenneth Lonergan’s play “Lobby Hero.”
Noel can be seen guest starring on new CBS series Chaos. Noel recently played Wolfgang, a First Nation’s obsessed German in APTN’s Mixed Blessings, Bug’s Attorney in Life Unexpected and the Local Sheriff on Supernatural.
Noel Johansen may look like the “nice guy next door,” but the diversity and range of characters he plays reflect a multi-faceted talent that brings to light more than meets the eye; everything from Einstein in the Broadway tour of Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” to Ivanov in Chekhov’s “Ivanov.” He is also an accomplished theatre and voice-over actor and is an accent specialist.
After growing up in an acting family, Noel formally trained at Drama Studio London, then did the Shakespeare Lab at the Public Theatre in New York and since moving back to Canada has studied with Larry Moss, Ben Ratner and David Rottenberg. He’s a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Sorbonne in Paris and has worked and lived in London, New York and Los Angeles.
On camera, he played Kent Norwood on the CBC mini-series “Everest” and has worked on many other TV shows including Human Target, Psych, Smallville, The 4400, The L Word, and The Troop and Stargate Atlantis. Noel has also hosted a show for Shaw’s Star Choice Television and for the Discovery Channel’s “Travel Channel Shop.”
He has had the privilege to work one on one with William Shatner, Leslie Hope, and been directed by John Landis.
As a voice-over actor, he currently plays Stanford Isaac Rhodes (British character) and Tezz Volotov (Russian character) in Mattel’s Hotwheels: Battle Force 5.
Noel is a certified sailing instructor for the American Sailing Association and also qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team in Tae Kwon Do (Korean Karate).
