Keean Johnson

Keean Johnson is a young rising star, most recently seen leading the Hulu Original romantic-comedy THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST OF NOISE with Madeline Brewer, which was one of the highest viewed movies on the platform its debut month. Keean is perhaps best known for his leading role in 20th’s ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL from Robert Rodriguez & James Cameron. Keean was cast after a worldwide search to co-star opposite Christophe Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, and Rosa Salazar. On the television side, Keean will next appear in Showtime’s WACO: THE AFTERMATH and then as a series regular in the Spectrum Originals series JOE PICKETT, both of which are Brothers Dowdle productions. He was quite memorable for his turn as the character ‘Daniel’ in Season 1 of HBO’s mega-hit EUPHORIA. Other feature credits include Roland Emmerich’s MIDWAY with Woody Harrelson & Ed Skrein, RZA’s Netflix film CUT THROAT CITY with Shameik Moore & Terrence Howard, Marc Meyers’ WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS opposite Alexandra Daddario, and the A24 feature LOW TIDE which premiered at Tribeca in 2019.