As the corrupt cop with the soft heart, Kenneth “Kenny” Johnson brought the only real sense of humanity and morality to the Strike Team with his character of Det. Curtis “Lemonhead” Lemansky on FX’s Emmy-winning police drama, “The Shield” (2002- ). The 6'1", blond-haired, blue-eyed actor effortlessly conveyed a sense of uneasy intensity – while at the same time, an innate vulnerability – that belied his classic "surfer boy" good looks and strapping physique.

Johnson was born July 13, 1963 to a Swedish father and Latvian mother and raised on a 40-acre farm in Vermont. Throughout his childhood