Michael Louis Johnson(I)

Actor, director, writer, comic, and musician, simply put, Michael Louis Johnson is an entertainer. In the 90s he was a SwingPunk innovator with Big Rude Jake till he "blowed-up" on the silver screen in cult hit Bride of Chucky. Public space artist/activist, he was a principal subject of 2010 documentary, A Different Path. Punk legends Rancid were fans of his protest rock band The New Kings. Voted Toronto's Best Bartender in NOW Magazine, he is creator of popular democratic vinyl night, Dcide on the Bside. He fronts a giant improvised brass band called Rambunctious. He is a founding member of globe-trotting Balkan Klezmer Party Punks, Lemon Bucket Orkestra and his quintet Red Rhythm has held a weekly jazz residency at the Communist's Daughter since 2003. For much of 2026 he is performing in Death of a Salesman at the Stratford Festival in Ontario.