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Billy Blanks

Billy Blanks

Actor · Born 1955-09-01 · Erie - Pennsylvania - USA

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Biography

Muscular African American sports star, actor, media identity and inventor of the phenomenally popular "Tae Bo" fitness system, derived from his extensive martial arts training. Blanks was born in Eerie, Pennsylvania in 1955 amongst humble backgrounds and grew up as one of 15 children, battling dyslexia and tendon problems. However that didn't stop him from starting his martial arts training at age 14 and eventually achieving black belts in tae kwon do & several other arts, and winning numerous US martial arts tournaments. Blanks first popped up on movie screens in the mid 1980s in tough guy parts utilizing his athletic background and grim faced looks. Films roles included Tango & Cash (1989), Driving Force (1989) and A.W.O.L.: Absent Without Leave (1990). Things looked up in 1991, when Blanks scored the minor role of drug addicted running back "Billy Cole" in the explosive The Last Boy Scout (1991)....and further work followed often sharing lead billing in low budget - high action fare such as Talons of the Eagle (1992), TC 2000 (1993) and Expect No Mercy (1995). In the late 1990s, Billy's innovative and exciting "Tae Bo" workout routine swept around the world like wildfire, and …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Jack and Jill (2011) — Billy Blanks
  2. The Last Boy Scout (1991) — Billy Cole
  3. Tango & Cash (1989) — Prison Thug (uncredited)
  4. Kiss the Girls (1997) — Instructor
  5. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) — Billy Blanks
  6. Lionheart (1990) — African Legionnaire
  7. The Fairly OddParents (2001) — Billy Blanks (voice)
  8. ER (1994) — Tae-Bo Instructor
  9. The Clapper (2018) — Billy Blanks
  10. Melrose Place (1992)
  11. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  12. The Master (1992) — Hawks Gang Member
  13. The Last Kumite (2024) — Master Loren
  14. The King of the Kickboxers (1990) — Khan
  15. Martial Law (1998) — Travis King
  16. Timebomb (1991) — Mr. Brown
  17. TC 2000 (1993) — Jason Storm
  18. V.I.P. (1998) — Self
  19. Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) — Self
  20. Bloodfist (1989) — Black Rose
  21. Dark Moon Rising (2015) — Sheriff Tom
  22. China O'Brien II (1990) — Baskin's Fighter #1 (uncredited)
  23. The Parkers (1999)
  24. Showdown (1993) — Billy Grant
  25. Expect No Mercy (1995) — Justin Vanier
  26. Back in Action (1994) — Billy
  27. Talons of the Eagle (1992) — Tyler Wilson
  28. Assault on Devil's Island (1997) — Craegan
  29. Tough and Deadly (1995) — John Portland
  30. The Real Miyagi (2015) — Self
  31. Low Blow (1986) — Guard
  32. Balance of Power (1996) — Niko
  33. Driving Force (1990) — Pool
  34. The Parent 'Hood (1995)
  35. The Tony Danza Show (2004) — Self
  36. Almost Amazing (2017) — Mr. Wilson
  37. Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes (1998) — Self
  38. Invincible (1992) — Billy
  39. Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Flex (2003)
  40. Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities (1995) — Self

Directed

  1. Billy Blanks' Tae Bo: 8-Minute Workout (1999) — Director