- Born
- Birth nameMichael Angelo Johnsen
- Nicknames
- Mountain Mike
- Magic Mike
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Mike Johansen was born Michael Angelo Johnsen to Wayne & Marie Johnsen (née Pages) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California and lived in Santa Maria, California until his parents divorced so he and his mother subsequently moved to Santa Barbara, where Mike attended Santa Barbara High School He was in the same class as actress Cynthia Ireland. Mike took a theater arts class in the spring of his freshman year even though he had no interest in acting at the time, it was simply the only class available for that period in order to fill his class schedule.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mike Johansen
- ChildrenPatrick Michael Thomason
- ParentsMarie Therese Johnsen (Née Pages)Wayne Evret Johnsen
- His mother (born on the same day as Lynn Loring and one day after Robyn Hilton) had a morbid fear of flying to the extent that when she immigrated from French Morocco she was screaming and white knuckles in terror. So, to conquer her fear, she earned her pilot license in 1978.
- For his high school graduation, he was going to ask his parents, Wayne and Marie Johnsen, to rent a video camera from Captain Video at 1023 State Street in Santa Barbara (the first video rental business in the United States as a result of winning a legal battle. in order to videotape (eg, "film") his Grad Nite at Disneyland, interviewing graduates from other schools and just filming while walking around the park. Mike decided against it, because he didn't feel like carrying around such a heavy piece of equipment, a decision that he regrets to this day.
- He and Mark S. Fordham are members of the 501st Legion, a Star Wars costuming club.
- Went to high school with Cynthia Ireland (younger sister of Kathy Ireland), Clare Carey, Bentley Mitchum (grandson of Robert Mitchum) and Heidi Epper.
- His favorite television show is The Incredible Hulk (1977).
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