Saturday Night Live cast member James Austin Johnson, best known for his impersonation of Donald Trump, has snagged his first live-action movie role since joining NBC’s sketch series in 2021.
Johnson has been cast in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown from director James Mangold, according to Deadline.
Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro co-star in the film, which is set within the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s. Chalamet plays Dylan from the ages of 19 to 24 as he goes from an obscure Minnesota musician to the chart-topping folk singer whose groundbreaking performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 saw him “going electric” — the project’s original title.
Production is currently underway in New York and New Jersey, not far from Johnson’s SNL job.
Although this is Johnson’s first live-action role in a film since landing SNL, he’s already landed…
The Bills are taking a look at adding a veteran defensive lineman.
Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Austin Johnson is visiting with Buffalo on Wednesday.
Johnson, 29, spent the last two seasons with the Chargers. He started all 17 games for the club in 2023, recording 46 total tackles with two tackles for loss, one QB hit, two passes defensed, and a forced fumble. He was on the field for 56 percent of the team’s defensive snaps.
The Titans selected Johnson in the second round of the 2016 draft and he played out his rookie contract with the franchise. He joined the Chargers in 2022 after two seasons with the Giants.
In 116 career games with 55 starts, Johnson has tallied 8.0 sacks, 17 tackles for loss, 17 QB hits, and 10 passes defensed.