# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-blanks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:45:12.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-blanks"
name: "Billy Blanks"
slug: "billy-blanks"
description: "William Wayne Blanks is an American actor, martial artist, and fitness personality. He was a nationally ranked competitor in semi-contact and point karate during the 1980s, winning a bronze medal at the 1981 World Games, before creating the Tae Bo exercise program."
tagline: "American fitness guru"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Blanks_navy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1418668386264711
  historical:           19.01276133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0087593"
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    title: "بلی بلینکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Billy Blanks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump