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Billy Blanks
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American fitness guru
Film & TV
Erie - Pennsylvania - USA
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…
Known for
- The Circuit 4: Faith Fighter — Samson2024
- The Last Kumite — Master Loren2024
- American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures — Self (archive footage)2024
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks — Self2019
- The Clapper — Billy Blanks2018
- The Ultimate Goal2017
- Almost Amazing — Mr. Wilson2017
- The Real Miyagi — Self2015
- Dark Moon Rising — Sheriff Tom2015
- Billy Blanks: Tae Bo Platinum Collection — Self2014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 192
- Total plays
- 1,311
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Erie
- Occupation
- stunt performer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- World Games 1981
- Sport
- karate
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Billy Blanks navy.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Billy Blanks
- date of birth
- 1955-09-01
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- name in native language
- Billy Blanks
- writing language
- English language
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