Acting credits
18
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Holly Johnson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.8
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Movies: 12Series: 6
TMDB ID: 1220628
IMDb ID: nm1017407
Known for: Acting
Born: February 9, 1960
Age: 66
Place of birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2025
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.22
Wikidata: Q1350303
Also known as
Frankie Goes to Hollywood • William Holly Johnson • William Johnson
Biography
William Holly Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Holly Johnson.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome
as Lead Vocals
2025 Movie
8.0
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
2024 Movie
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Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
2023 Movie
9.0
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
8.0
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
as Self
2022 Movie
8.0
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
as Self
2022 Movie
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
as Self - Performer
2019 Movie
3.3
Queer as Art
as Self
2017 Movie
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
as Holly Johnson
2009 Movie
8.0
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
as Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
2000 Movie
6.8
Body Double
as Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
1984 Movie
8.0
The Sound of Protest
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Holly Johnson.
3.5
George Michael: Outed
as Self • 5 eps
2023 Series
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.5
Benidorm
as Himself • 1 eps
2007 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
4.5
Wogan
as Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood) • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.0
Newsnight
1 eps
1980 Series