Paul Johansson (born January 26, 1964)[1] is an American-born Canadian actor and director in film and television, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/CW series, One Tree Hill, The Notebook and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived Highlander: The Series spin-off Highlander: The Raven.

[4] Johansson became well-known to fans of 90210 for playing John Sears, a fraternity brother who unsuccessfully vied for the affections of Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth) and set up Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering) to burglarize a professor's office.

He has appeared in the films Soapdish, John Q and Alpha Dog, and had a small uncredited role in The Notebook.

He subsequently featured in Takashi Miike's 2003 film Gozu, appearing as a man with a cow's head.

The eleventh episode of the ninth season of the CW's One Tree Hill (titled "Danny Boy") was dedicated to her memory.