Billy Blanks
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Billy Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is a fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Tae Bo.
Blanks was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the fourth of fifteen children. As a child he suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia. Blanks began his study of the martial arts at the age of fourteen. He quickly excelled, winning several local, state, and national championships. He emerged as a seven-time world Karate champion, and holds a seventh-degree black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do.
In the 1980s Blanks was a member of the United States AAU karate team.[link]. Blanks was "athlete of the year" in the USA Karate Hall of Fame [link].
Blanks began his acting career in the 1980s where he starred in several action-adventure feature films.
He has one daughter.
He has admitted to preferring ketchup on his chinese food.
Selected Filmography
- BattleDome (1998) (TV series)
- Kiss the Girls (1997)
- Expect No Mercy (1996)
- Balance of Power (1996)
- Back in Action (1994)
- Showdown (1993)
- TC 2000 (1993)
- Talons of the Eagle (1992)
- Zhan long zai ye (1992)
- The King of the Kickboxers (1991)
- Bloodfist (1989)
- Low Blow (1986)
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