Miami Vice (1984) Cast: Then and Now ★ 2023 by HollywoodNuts
Anthony Yerkovich and Michael Mann are the creators and producers of the American criminal drama television program Miami Vice, which airs on NBC.[1] James “Sonny” Crockett and Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs, two Metro-Dade Police Department investigators operating covertly in Miami, are played in the series by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, respectively. From 1984 to 1989, the show aired on NBC for five seasons. Reruns of the show were first carried on the USA Network in 1988, and on January 25, 1990, a never-before-seen episode of the show was broadcast during its run in syndication.
In contrast to typical police procedurals, the program prominently referenced 1980s New Wave culture and is renowned for incorporating modern pop and rock music and fashionable or stylized images. According to People magazine, Miami Vice was the “first show to look really new and different since the invention of color TV.”
The series was adapted into a movie, which Michael Mann directed and was released on July 28, 2006.
The show, which Michael Mann produced, swiftly gained worldwide acclaim in the 1980s, and Miami’s tourism business benefited greatly from its success! If you want to find out what your favorite characters are doing right now, we’ve got to get moving!
James “Sonny” Crockett, a Metro-Dade Detective, was portrayed by Johnson. He was well-known for his easygoing demeanor and Elvis, his pet alligator. He was so cool! Sonny served in the Vice Unit, and despite his rough demeanor, he has a genuine concern for those who are close to him. He became famous all around the world because to this role, for which he received a 1986 Golden Globe Award. With the exception of one in season five, Johnson was in every episode of the show.
Johnson’s acting career got off to a sluggish start. After starting to act in 1970 and landing an early leading role in the 1971 movie Zachariah, he went on to star in a few minor plays and movies. Sal Mineo, the star of Rebel Without a Cause, was assassinated in front of their West Hollywood apartment in 1976, while he was living there with another actor.
Despite the fact that Miami Vice made him famous, the studio prepared Mark Harmon to succeed him when he was ready to depart the program after season 2. Fortunately, executive producer Michael Mann was able to persuade Johnson to remain by making him the highest-paid TV actor at the time. Don subsequently had to decline parts in popular films like The Untouchables from 1987 and even Die Hard from 1988.
After Miami Vice was a hit, Don went on to star in other immensely popular projects like the television series Nash Bridges, where he costarred as a cop opposite the absurdly funny Cheech Marin. He co-starred with Kevin Costner in the 1996 movie Tin Cup, which is one of his particular favorites. Johnson produced two pop albums in the 1980s in addition to acting. The Billboard Hot 100 singles list ranked his song “Heartbeat” No. 5 in the top 10. Additionally, “Till I Loved You,” a duet he performed with his ex-girlfriend Barbra Streisand, reached the Top 40.
Johnson filed a lawsuit against Rysher Entertainment, the business that acquired the rights to Nash Bridges, in 2010 to recover his share of the earnings from his joint ownership of the program. They reached a settlement in 2013, and he was awarded a substantial $19 million. On July 26, 1996, Johnson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Johnson also likes to race speedboats, which is very Sonny of him. In the late 1980s, he won his first motorsport competition in a 100-mile powerboat race along the Mississippi River.
He recently made appearances in the critically acclaimed and star-studded movies Knives Out and The Watchmen on HBO. Johnson, who will once again ride with Cheech in the 2021 Nash Bridges TV Movie, is 73 years old today and shows no signs of slowing down.
Don’t break into her house, said Detective “Gina” Navarro Calabrese, who was both stunning and fearless, according to Saundra Santiago of the Everett Collection and FS/AdMedia. The dance drama Beat Street, which was published as Miami Vice was coming together, featured Santiago in his breakthrough role.
She received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her villainous performance in Guiding Light after leaving Miami. She then portrayed Tony Soprano’s next-door neighbor in the wildly popular HBO drama The Sopranos. Saundra, who is now in her mid-60s, was last seen in the TV movies Sand Dollar Cove from 2021 and an episode of the Starz series Hightown from 2020. Roger Squitero, a jazz musician, and she have been wed since 1999.