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Billy Blanks

William Wayne Blanks is a sports star, actor and inventor of the popular 'Tae-Bo' fitness system. He first appeared on the silver screen in the mid 1980's in tough guy parts in films including Tango and Cash, Driving Force and Lionheart. He is likely best known as Billy Cole in The Last Boy Scout.

Aliases
  • Billy Blanks Jr.
English
Filmography

Back in Action

1993
as Billy

Dark Moon Rising

2015
as Sheriff Tom

Balance of Power

1996
as Niko

Talons of the Eagle

1992
as Tyler Wilson

Lionheart

1990
as African Legionnaire

Assault on Devil's Island

1997
as Craegan

Billy Blanks: This Is Tae Bo

2010
as Himself

The Last Boy Scout

1991
as Billy Cole

TC 2000

1993
as Jason Storm

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities

1995
as Himself

Showdown

1993
as Billy Grant

Expect No Mercy

1995
as Justin Vanier

Bloodfist

1989
as Black Rose

The Real Miyagi

2015

The Clapper

2018
as Billy Blanks

China O'Brien II

1990
as Baskin's Fighter #1

Dislecksia: The Movie

2012
as Billy Blanks

The King of the Kickboxers

1990
as Khan

Tough and Deadly

1995
as John Portland

Driving Force

1988
as pool

Guest Star

Episode The Practice
Trees in the Forest 		1998
Episode Street Justice
Circle Of Death 		1992
Episode Melrose Place
The Rumor Whisperer 		1998
Episode Special Ops Force
Power Corrupts 		1997
Episode The Parkers
Taking Tae-Bo with My Beau 		1999
Episode Celebrity Fit Club
Cells Phones, Spas And A Tug Of War 		2005
Episode Sister, Sister
Reality Really Bites 		1996
Episode The Fairly OddParents
Kung Timmy 		2003
Episode Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Prelude to a Kiss 		1999
Episode The Parent 'Hood
Here Comes Z Bride 		1998
Episode Sister, Sister
The Birthday 		1994
Episode The Fairly OddParents
Which Witch Is Which? 		2003
Episode ER
The Storm (1) 		1999
Episode V.I.P.
Mao Better Blues 		1999