Johnny graduated from UNITEC's Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts degree with an Acting Major in 2007. He is also a founding member of the Outfit Theatre Company. He has appeared in the Screentime tele-features Dear Murderer and Venus and Mars and with Auckland Theatre Company in Who Needs Sleep Anyway and Once on Chunuk Bair. Outside of acting, Johnny has had extensive experience in television presenting and commentating for NZ's Horse Racing channels Trackside and TABTV.