Johnny Wactor Biography

Fast Facts

• Trained in acting at Elizabeth Mestnick's Acting Studio in Los Angeles
• Graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Business Administration and Spanish and took acting classes on the side
• Became interested in acting during middle school, when he saw the theater arts program as a way to be applauded for his class clown tendencies rather than sentenced to detention
• His first role was a small part on the TV series "Army Wives," where he meet actor Paul Wesley and was encouraged to continue pursuing an acting career
• Best known for his role as Johnny in the TV series "Siberia․"
• He met the creator of "Siberia" while he was bartending to compensate for his various low-paying acting jobs
• He played a variety of sports, with his favorite being swimming, and received numerous state titles, rankings, and All-American status