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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 1, 1955
Place of Birth
Erie - Pennsylvania - USA
Also Known As
- William Wayne "Billy" Blanks
Billy Blanks
0.9 Popularity
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 propelled him into the position of one of the world's most recognizable and biggest selling fitness trainers. The remarkable Blanks continues to refine and promote his unique "Tae Bo" fitness system, and he operates the Billy Blanks World Training Center in Sherman Oaks, California. 7th Degree Black Belt Billy Blanks had one of the greatest karate fight records in the sport's long history. Blanks was a 7-time world karate champion, the first Amateur Athletic Union Champ in 1975, the 1984 Massachusetts Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, and the Tri-State Golden Gloves Champion of Champions. He was the captain of the United States Karate Team and won over 30 gold medals in international competition. He was the number 1 or number 2 rated full-contact karate fighter in the United States for almost seven straight years. His epic battles with "Nasty" Anderson are legends among martial arts fans. He posted over 300 career victories. In 1982, Billy Blanks was honored by being inducted into the Karate Hall of Fame.
Known For
5.0
Self (archive footage)
American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures
2024
6.8
Master Loren
The Last Kumite
2024
4.0
Samson
The Circuit 4: Faith Fighter
2024
6.7
Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
4.9
Billy Blanks
The Clapper
2018
5.8
Mr. Wilson
Almost Amazing
2017
🎬
0.0
The Ultimate Goal
2017
3.1
Sheriff Tom
Dark Moon Rising
2015
6.5
Self
The Real Miyagi
2015
0.0
Self
Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Platinum Collection
2014
Credits
American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2024
5.0
The Last Kumite
as Master Loren
2024
6.8
The Circuit 4: Faith Fighter
as Samson
2024
4.0
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self
2019
6.7
The Clapper
as Billy Blanks
2018
4.9
Almost Amazing
as Mr. Wilson
2017
5.8
🎬
The Ultimate Goal
2017
0.0
Dark Moon Rising
as Sheriff Tom
2015
3.1
The Real Miyagi
as Self
2015
6.5
Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Platinum Collection
as Self
2014
0.0
Billy Blanks TaeBo Express
as Instructor
2012
0.0
Jack and Jill
as Billy Blanks
2011
4.4
Billy Blanks: This Is Tae Bo
as Himself
2010
0.0
Billy Blanks Tae Bo: Amped Fat Burn Accelerator
as Billy Blanks
2007
0.0
Billy Blanks: Ultimate Tae Bo
as Billy Blanks
2007
0.0
Billy's BootCamp Elite: 8 Minute Supercharge Cardio
2006
0.0
Billy's BootCamp Elite: Mission Two - Maximum Power
2006
0.0
Billy's BootCamp Elite: Mission One - Get Started
2006
0.0
Billy's BootCamp Elite: Mission Three - Rock Solid Abs
2006
0.0
Billy's Bootcamp Elite: Mission Spot Training - Lower Body
2006
0.0
Billy's BootCamp: Ultimate BootCamp
as Himself
2005
0.0
Billy's BootCamp: Basic Training Bootcamp
as Billy Blanks
2005
0.0
Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Kicks
as Himself
2005
0.0
Billy Blanks' Tae Bo: Total Body Fat Blaster
as Himself
2005
0.0
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
Billy's Bootcamp: Cardio Bootcamp Live!
2004
0.0
🎬
Billy Blanks - Tae Bo: Strength Power
as Billy Blanks
2004
0.0
Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Cardio
2003
0.0
Billy Blanks' TaeBo Believer's Workout: The Strength Within
as Himself
2003
0.0
Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Flex
2003
4.8
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Billy's Bootcamp 2: Tae Bo
2003
0.0
Billy's Bootcamp 1: Tae Bo
2003
0.0
The Best of TaeBo: Ultimate Upper Body
as Himself
2002
0.0
TaeBo II: Get Ripped - Advanced 1 Workout
as Himself
2001
0.0
TaeBo II: Get Ripped - Basic 1 Workout
2001
0.0
TaeBo II: Get Ripped - 8-Minute Workout
as Himself
2001
0.0
TaeBo II: Get Ripped - Advanced 2 Workout
as Himself
2001
0.0
The Fairly OddParents
as Billy Blanks (voice)
2001
7.6
Billy Blanks' Tae Bo: Gold
as Himself
2000
0.0
Billy Blanks' Tae Bo: Instructional
as Himself
1999
0.0
Billy Blanks' Tae Bo: Basic Workout
as Himself
1999
0.0
Billy Blanks' Tae Bo: 8-Minute Workout
as Himself
1999
10.0
Billy Blanks' Tae Bo: Advanced Workout
as Himself
1999
0.0
The Parkers
1999
8.2
V.I.P.
as Self
1998
5.3
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
as Self
1998
8.5
Assault on Devil's Island
as Craegan
1997
4.2
Kiss the Girls
as Instructor
1997
6.5
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Billy Blanks
1996
7.8
Balance of Power
as Niko
1996
6.1
🎬
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as Self
1995
10.0
Expect No Mercy
as Justin Vanier
1995
4.4
Tough and Deadly
as John Portland
1995
5.5
The Parent 'Hood
1995
7.3
ER
as Tae-Bo Instructor
1994
7.8
Back in Action
as Billy
1994
5.3
Showdown
as Billy Grant
1993
5.8
TC 2000
as Jason Storm
1993
5.1
Invincible
as Billy
1992
7.0
Talons of the Eagle
as Tyler Wilson
1992
4.9
Melrose Place
1992
5.9
The Master
as Hawks Gang Member
1992
6.5
The Last Boy Scout
as Billy Cole
1991
6.8
Timebomb
as Mr. Brown
1991
5.1
The King of the Kickboxers
as Khan
1990
6.7
Lionheart
as African Legionnaire
1990
6.6
China O'Brien II
as Baskin's Fighter #1 (uncredited)
1990
5.0
Driving Force
as Pool
1990
4.9
Tango & Cash
as Prison Thug (uncredited)
1989
6.5
Bloodfist
as Black Rose
1989
4.4
Low Blow
as Guard
1986
4.6
Devotion
as Billy Blanks
N/A
0.0