Reginald Veljohnson

Reginald VelJohnson is an American actor who had his breakthrough role as the character Sgt. Al Powell in the 1988 film Die Hard. The classic movie was a huge box office success and spawned a sequel in which he reprised his role. VelJohnson also played the short-fused but kind and lovable Carlton “Carl” Otis Johnson in Family Matters. His character was a great police officer for the Chicago Police Department and took his job seriously.

This role became his most-known character in his career alongside Sgt. Al Powell. His biography in IMDB states he is retired, but his credits listed on the website are still extending. He was in the TV movies The Flight Before Christmas in 2015 and The Prayer Box in 2018. Just last year, he appeared in an episode in the show Station 19 and in two films called The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee and The Christmas Lottery.