The story then begins in Dante's childhood and education at Brisbane Grammar School and then follows the development of the friendship between the staid, conventional Dante and the unruly, eccentric and frequently intoxicated Johnno through school, university and a period of Bohemian-style living in Europe.
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In 2005, following a midlife crisis caused by the collapse of his workplace, 45-year-old Johnno had an affair with a 19-year-old student named Michelle and had a son with her named Presley (thanks to Johnno's love of Elvis Presley).
Jack then begins a relationship with Frankie Dean after the collpase of her marriage to her husband Johnno, and the pair later marry.
Mark Powley originally played Johnno but the role was recast in 2003 with Colin Wells.
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Johnno arrived in October 2002 as part of the Dean family, and began working as a lorry driver with Les Hunter.
Powley played the original Johnno Dean in the long-running UK drama series Hollyoaks as a recurring character from October 2002, before leaving in April 2003 and being replaced by Colin Wells when the series producers' decision to give Johnno a full storyline clashed with Powley's commitment to filming the TV movie Is Harry on the Boat?.