Eric Johnson: roles at a glance
Eric Johnson plays Erik in the original Vikings series.
Selected work beyond Vikings includes Smallville, Flash Gordon and The Knick. Explore the biography below for the roles, career context and further references.
Reference: Vikings cast credit.
About Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson plays Erik in Vikings, alongside a television career that includes Whitney Fordman in Smallville, the title role in Flash Gordon and Dr. Everett Gallinger in The Knick. His film work also includes Jack Hyde in Fifty Shades Darker. These parts move between comic-book adventure, period medicine and contemporary thriller material.
The Knick is the most useful comparison for a viewer interested in a sustained dramatic role in another period setting. Flash Gordon is the clearer choice for seeing Johnson at the centre of an adventure series. Neither requires treating Erik’s ambitions as the template for his other characters.
What to watch next from Eric Johnson
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The Knick
Dr. Everett Gallinger offers a sustained role in a very different period ensemble.
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Start here to see Johnson as the central figure in an adventure series.
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Look for Whitney Fordman when tracing his earlier television work.
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Selected screen credits
Eric Johnson in Vikings
Erik
Eric Johnson portrays Erik in Vikings.
Erik is an outlaw and capable fighter whose intervention brings him into Bjorn’s circle. His later pursuit of authority shows how quickly usefulness can become a claim to power.
Follow the character’s journey, loyalties and place in the wider saga.
Explore Erik’s storyEric Johnson: portrait & roles
