Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Johnson Role: Detective Curtis “Lemonhead” Lemansky
Birthday : July-13-1963
Birthplace : New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Birth Name : Kenneth Allen Johnson
AKA : Kenny Johnson, Kenneth A. Johnson
Recent Role : Ham Dewey on Saving Grace
Gender : Male
Kenneth Johnson took birth in New Haven, Connecticut and he grew up in Vermont. He made his acting debut with television commercials and first appeared on the ads for LA Gear. He also made appearances on Family Matters (TV series), Grace Under Fire, Caroline in the City, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Sliders, 18 Wheels of Justice, and Just Shoot Me!.
In 1998, he made appearance in the first several minutes of the first Blade, as Heatseeking Dennis. In October 2005, he made appearance in the Smallville Season 5 and the episode which he appeared on was “Mortal”. Kenneth Johnson appeared as a metahuman called Tommy Lee. In 2006, he appeared in the 2006 Hallmark Channel original movie, Desolation Canyon. Kenneth was also seen in the 2005 indie film Zzyzx.
When ‘The Shield’ started casting, Johnson auditioned for the role of ill-fated Terry Crowley but he didn’t get that role. Series creator Shawn Ryan was very much impressed with his audition so he intentionally created the role of Lem for Johnson.
After leaving The Shield, Johnson appeared in the TNT series Saving Grace and the character he portrayed was of Det. Ham Dewey. He also had recurring appearance on Cold Case.
Johnson married Cathleen Oveson in 2005 and the couple is expecting their first child together.
Role on ‘The Shield’
Kenneth Johnson appeared as Detective Curtis “Lemonhead” Lemansky on ‘The Shield’. A very little light is thrown on his personal life during the show. In the first season, he developed a relationship with Tigre Orozco. In the fifth season, it was shown that his parents were trailer trash. His family was very poor, so poor that Team Strike had to post his bail after he was arrested by Internal Affairs. He’s the point man for the Strike Team and is the moral compass of the team. Making him eligible for recruitment was the guarantee by his good friend detective Shane Vendrell. Throughout the run of ‘The Shield’, Detective Curtis “Lemonhead” Lemansky appeared as a good natured detective.
