• Kelley Phleger is an American socialite and school teacher, best known as the wife of actor Don Johnson. • She has an estimated net worth of $2 million, which is elevated by her husband's net worth of $40 million. • She attended the University of California, Berkeley and was in a prior relationship when she met Don. • They married in 1999 and have three children together. • She has no known social media accounts, while Don is active on Twitter and Instagram.
Known for movies
Miami Vice (1984-1990) as Detective James Crockett
Nash Bridges (1996-2001) as Insp. Nash Bridges / Nash Bridges
Django Unchained (2012) as Big Daddy
The Other Woman (2014) as Frank
Short Info
Net Worth
$40 million dollars
Date Of Birth
December 15, 1949
Spouse
Kelley Phleger, Melanie Griffith
Mark
Frequently plays policemen
Fact
Attended and graduated from Wichita South High School in Wichita, Kansas (1967).
Payments
Earned $150,000 per episode from Nash Bridges (1996)
Kelley Phleger was born in San Francisco, California USA, and is a school teacher and socialite, but probably best known for being the wife of actor Don Johnson, who initially found international popularity in the 1980s television series “Miami Vice”.
How rich is Kelley Phleger? As of mid-2018, sources estimate a net worth that is over $2 million, earned through success in her various endeavors. Her wealth has also been elevated by the success of her husband. who has a net worth estimated at $40 million. As she continues her endeavors, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Early Life and Education
There is very little information available about Kelley’s life growing up, and there is nothing revealed about her family. It is known that she was educated at Urban High School, and after matriculating, she then attended the University of California, Berkeley where she completed her bachelor’s degree. Prior to meeting Don, she was in another relationship, and Don was already person known for his failed marriages and success from “Miami Vice” leading him to be one of the world’s sex icons of the time.
Meeting and Marrying Don
Don Johnson is said to be one of the reasons that television series were revolutionized, thanks to the success of “Miami Vice” and his lead role of James “Sonny” Crockett. He won a Golden Globe for his role and would later find more success in the cop series “Nash Bridges”. Thanks to his prolific career, he has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. During the peak of his success, he would invite numerous models, and was known to live the lifestyle of a playboy. Most of his relationships didn’t last long, and his first two marriages were annulled within days. He also married actress Melanie Griffith twice, a woman he met when she was 14 years old and he was 18 years old. He was also briefly engaged to Jodi Lyn O’Keefe and had notable relationships with several other personalities. According to reports, Phleger and Johnson met while at a birthday party, and that sparked their relationship. They dated for two years, and according to Don, he ‘realized something’, and the two decided to marry in 1999.
After the Marriage
Johnson has been through numerous ups and downs during his career, and he says that it was great that his wife supported him throughout this time. Many reports have detailed that he looks physically well for his age, and credits his wife for still being “under the spell” and loving him. His career continues to go well, and he still gets a lot of consistent work. The couple would go on to have three children, and many media outlets have stated that the family has lived with no problems on the financial side thanks to their riches. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJeUQBoAOE_/?tagged=kelleyphleger The family is said to live in an estate of three acres valued at $15 million located in Santa Barbara. Their children can sometimes be seen with them at red carpet events. Don’s children from his previous relationships and marriages have also gone on to pursue careers in acting, including Jesse Wayne Johnson and Dakota Johnson. Despite being associated to Johnson, Phleger has mainly maintained most of her life away from the media spotlight, except for a few photos that have been caught from time to time. According to interviews, the relationship is going strong, and would seem unlikely to finish anytime soon.
Is Kelley Phleger on Social Media?
One of the reasons Kelley maintains her privacy is due to her lack of any accounts with the major social media websites Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. This is the very reason why there is little information about her past and current endeavors. The couple have been spotted by media in different locations around the world, including in Paris as they visited Don’s daughter Dakota Johnson while she was filming the project “Fifty Shades Darker”; meantime her father and his wife could be seen strolling around the city.
The couple have also been seen visiting the beach together. In 2017, Don shared a rare moment as he was photographed with all of his children – it wasn’t a happy event though, as the family gathered together due to the death of Don’s father. Don remains highly active on social media, particularly on Twitter and Instagram on which he gives updates of some of his recent endeavors. He can be seen visiting some of his children’s events too.
General Info
Full Name
Don Johnson
Net Worth
$40 million dollars
Date Of Birth
December 15, 1949
Height
1.8 m
Profession
Television producer, Singer-songwriter, Film producer, Voice Actor, Television Director
Education
University of Kansas, Wichita South High School
Nationality
American
Family
Spouse
Kelley Phleger, Melanie Griffith
Children
Dakota Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Deacon Johnson, Jasper Johnson, Grace Johnson
Parents
Wayne Johnson, Nell Johnson
Siblings
Deanne Johnson, Greg Johnson, Linda Johnson, Casey Johnson
Partner
Patti D'Arbanville
Accomplishments
Awards
Saturn Award, Saturn Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, TV Land Favorite Fashion Plate - Male Award
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, TV Land Coolest Crime Fighting Team Award
Movies
Django Unchained, Machete, The Hot Spot, A Boy and His Dog, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Dead Bang, Cold in July, Tin Cup, The Other Woman, The Harrad Experiment, In Pursuit of Honor, Sweet Hearts Dance, Born Yesterday, The Long Hot Summer, Guilty as Sin, Return to Macon County, Bucky Larso...
TV Shows
Blood & Oil, Just Legal, Nash Bridges, Miami Vice, The American Girls, Sarge, From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, Beulah Land, From Here to Eternity, Nashville 99, Young Dr. Kildare
[on his hit single "Heartbeat"] I was in Los Angeles and I had been over to see Jesse (his then 2-year-old son) and Patti (the boy's mother). I went back to the hotel that night and the lyrics started pouring out. I can look at the song now and see this deep sense of yearning, this sense of loss in someone's life and I can certainly identify with that.
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[on his album "Heartbeat"] I wanted the record to be modern, tough rock and I think I achieved that on some level. I didn't want it to sound like something that other people designed and I just stopped by for a few minutes to do the vocals. And I made it clear to Walter that I would walk away from it if I didn't think it was credible. I was prepared every step of the way to throw it away and walk away.
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[on his younger days on drugs and alcohol] A lot of my friends didn't make it. And the ones that lived, some of them are irreparably damaged for life. I remember incredibly vibrant, beautiful, talented people, who today are walking wounded, they can't put two sentences together.
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[on how his 9 month old son inspired him to get sober] Actually I didn't look at the baby. The baby looked at me and had a look of horror on his face. I'd been out for a weekend's foray into the world of hanging out with my buddies and running wild and hitting one spot and another. I walked in after one of those weekends and stepped into my house where there was this wonderful little scene of madonna and child at the breakfast table. And I walk in, looking like something the cat had drug in and all twisted, mangled, and my eyes looking like two dark circles, you know, I mean messed up, man. And my little boy is mid-bite in his oatmeal, and he's looking up at me going "What in the hell is that?" You know. "Oh, oh it's only Daddy", you know. And that's when it hit me.
5
[on his sudden success with Miami Vice (1984)] You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.
6
This is my problem: I do too many things at the same time.
7
There's a long, long list of well-known drunks and drug addicts in the business who work regularly.
8
The thing about the violence on television is, there's a good deal of it that's irresponsible.
9
It's a great thing for an actor, who loves to do what he does, just to get a job!
10
[on Nash Bridges (1996)] I'm walking a different kind of line with this show. I want the tone of it to be something we can enjoy, something we can laugh with, and at the same time, I want it to be about the people - their heart, their feelings.
11
I was very lucky with my first album. It did very well. The second one was kind of "uhhh". But that happens.
12
Hollywood is very much an industry town. Your life becomes caught up in all of the parties and this list and that list. That's not something that I respond well to.
13
I was a pariah when it came to television - I'd made five pilots or six pilots and none of them had sold.
14
I would think that anybody who was going to do a Miami Vice (1984) movie would at some point have to deal with "the Don Johnson factor".
15
[on the forgotten veterans] Now is the time to make a firm statement to show solidarity in support of our fighting men and women... past, present and future. My reverence for their courage and sense of duty is profound...
16
Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.
17
People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you!
18
I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.
19
I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.
20
Let me just say, I've seen a pub or two, and I sure knew the definition of the word "party".
21
[on landing Miami Vice (1984)] For anybody, let alone someone coming from Missouri, and someone with absolutely no contacts or no understanding of the business, I was very lucky.
22
Anybody, any actor, any director, will tell you that the hardest job in show business is doing a weekly series, because you work 16, 14, 15 hours a day, five days a week.
23
I like to have really fine things. I have a great appreciation for fine art, fine homes, fine wine, fine cigars and fine friends.
24
I'm better than [Robert De Niro], I'm better than [Al Pacino]. I've got the talent, they've got the material.
25
[interviewed on the "Ron and Ron" radio talk show] I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.
26
Television actors are bigger than movie actors these days. More people see them, more people recognize them; the salaries in television are rivaling those in feature films.
Facts
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He was exempt from the draft during the Vietnam War.
2
His first marriage was to a dancer in Kansas in 1968. His second marriage took place in Los Angeles in 1973. Both marriages were annulled.
3
Developing sports themed television series with Ron Shelton. [2008]
4
Attended and graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas (1971).
5
Attended and graduated from Wichita South High School in Wichita, Kansas (1967).
6
Lives in Los Angeles, California.
7
Was considered for the role of Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter (1986), which went to Tom Noonan.
8
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 26, 1996.
9
Came up with the idea for Las Vegas (2003), and was planning to produce and star on the series himself. The series was going to be called "Casino Eye".
10
Best known by the public for his starring roles as Detective Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice (1984), and the title character on Nash Bridges (1996).
Wellcraft allowed him to design his own offshore powerboat, the Scarab Excel 43 ft. Don Johnson Signature Series, and he raced a similar one.
13
Considers himself to be done with police series, but does not rule out joining a series "if it were international in scope and global in nature".
14
He often arrived on the set of Miami Vice (1984) in his own powerboat, called "My Vice".
15
In the late 1980s, he was working on a film project titled "The Pro", which he hoped to direct. According to Johnson, Jack Nicholson was going to star as the Pro - a wizard who brings a boy into the world of professional golfing.
Was considered for the role of Edward Deline on Las Vegas (2003), which went to James Caan.
19
Was considered for the role of Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami (2002), which went to David Caruso.
20
Was the cause of much media frenzy and an uproar when he didn't wear socks to a meeting with then U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Johnson said in his defense: "I've always said that for me, a sports jacket over a t-shirt is good enough for meeting anyone, except the Queen. As for the socks, well, I must confess that I simply don't own a pair anymore. See, I live in Miami.".
Galco designed a special shoulder holster especially for him to use on Miami Vice (1984). This was called the "Miami Classic". In the Galco Gunleather headquarters, there is a large display that contains the Miami Vice shoulder holster rig that Johnson wore, accompanied by an autographed photo of him.
23
Was given a Ferrari Testarossa by Enzo Ferrari as an appreciation of his work on Miami Vice (1984).
24
Legendary fashion designer Gianni Versace cited Don Johnson and his alter-ego Sonny Crockett as inspirations. Versace once said: "The first person I dressed in Miami was Don Johnson.".
25
He and Tom Cruise were the premier faces of the Ray Ban brand of sunglasses during the 1980s. None of them took part in any official campaigns, but simply by clever product placement strategies both helped boost Ray Ban's sales enormously. Johnson wore many different models on Miami Vice (1984), most notably a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers (Model L2052, Mock Tortoise) which increased sales of Ray Ban's to 720,000 units in 1984 alone.
26
During pre-production of Miami Vice (1984), he wanted Sonny Crockett to be "more of a cowboy", and suggested "a lot of denim, V-neck sweaters and cowboy boots". He was really unsure about how the heavy use of pastel and bright colors would fit the macho, no-nonsense persona of his character, but producer Michael Mann and costume designer Jodie Lynn Tillen managed to convince him. They saw Crockett more in the lines of a beach bum. Johnson relented and as a result became one of the biggest fashion symbols of the 1980s.
27
Won the 1988 APBA Offshore World Cup in the Superboat class.
28
Was considered for the lead role of Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987). The role went to his good friend Kevin Costner, which turned out to be his breakthrough role.
29
To maintain his perpetual two-day stubble on Miami Vice (1984), he shaved with a sideburn trimmer.
30
Was considered for the role of Michael Cheritto in Heat (1995), which went to Tom Sizemore.
31
Was considered for the role of John McClane in Die Hard (1988), which went to Bruce Willis.
32
Before having great success on Miami Vice (1984), he appeared on The Dating Game (1965) as one of the "three eligible bachelors" and was not chosen.
33
Is a devotee of the culture of Vietnam and he owns a small island off the south coast. He honeymooned there with his wife, Kelley, in May 1999.
34
In 1985, during the height of Miami Vice (1984), he had made a trip to Germany to personally order a 959 Porsche from the factory in Stuttgart.
35
Loves the Tuscany area of Italy and has vacationed there often.
36
Auditioned for the role of Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice (1984) while he was in Miami working on a low-budget film about Vietnam called Cease Fire (1985).
37
Is mentioned in Walter Kirn's novel "Thumbsucker".
Co-wrote a two-hour movie with his neighbor Hunter S. Thompson. The movie was not picked up, but CBS bought and turned the story into Nash Bridges (1996).
Children: Atherton Grace Johnson (born December 28, 1999 at 7 lbs. 15 oz.), Jasper Breckenridge Johnson (born June 6, 2002 in Los Angeles, California), and Deacon James Johnson (born April 29, 2006 at 27.5 inches, 7 pounds Los Angeles, California) (with wife Kelley Phleger); Dakota Johnson (born October 4, 1989) (with then-wife Melanie Griffith); Jesse Johnson (born December 7, 1982) (with ex-girlfriend Patti D'Arbanville).
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Scored three hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts with "Heartbeat" (US #6, 1986), "Heartache Away" (US #56, 1986) and the Barbra Streisand duet "Til I Loved You" (US #25, 1989).
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Got his big break into stardom by starring in the controversial off-Broadway play "Fortune and Men's Eyes", which was directed by and starred Sal Mineo. The play, which featured a realistic rape scene in a men's prison, generated plenty of press reviews due to the once taboo subject of homosexuality in the arts.
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Made his professional debut in the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, in "Your Own Thing", a rock musical modeled after William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Made five pilots for NBC early in his career that were all rejected.
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