Paul Joseph Otto Johansson (born January 26, 1964) is an American actor, best known for playing Dan Scott in The WB's/The CW's television series, One Tree Hill, and for his role as Nick Wolfe in the short lived TV series Highlander: The Raven.
Johansson was born in Spokane, Washington but was raised in Vancouver, Canada, the son of hockey player Ivan Wilfred Johnson. He was an athlete like his father. Johansson landed his first role on the popular soap opera, Santa Barbara. Soon, Johansson made appearances in other television shows such as Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Beverly Hills 90210, Lonesome Dove and more. He also appeared alongside in the 1991 film Soapdish as Sally Fields' soap opera husband, Bolt.
Paul was born in the US, but raised in Canada. He has citizenship in both countries.
Played with the Canadian National Basketball team touring for two years. 1986 in Korea and China and in 1987 to Israel and Greece.
He is the son of professional hockey player Earl "Ching" Johnson (a member of the 1954 Stanley Cup-winning Detroit Redwings team). Earl went by Johnson when he was playing hockey, but he later changed the family name to Johansson to reflect his Swedish heritage.
Became good friends with fellow Canadian Jason Priestley when both were scouted in Vancouver and brought to Los Angeles to pursue their careers in showbiz. They went on to work together in Beverly Hills 90210, Conversations in Limbo and Darkness Falling (Dark Side).
Speaks French.
