Born on September 1,1955 is an American fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of the Tae Bo exercise program. He began studying martial arts at the age of eleven and practices Karate and Taekwondo. Born with an anomaly in his hip joints that impaired his movement and clumsiness that earn him the taunts of his siblings and caused his coaches to believe he’d never accomplish much. When he saw the martial arts of the great Bruce Lee on TV, he wanted to be a world champion. The discipline of the program began to transform his body. His acting career started in the 80’s starring in several unsuccessful action-adventure feature films.
was also hired to act as a bodyguard for a lead actress Catherine Bach during the filming of Driving Force. In the late 1980’s he invented the Tae Bo workout. Blanks open a fitness center in Los Angeles to teach his new workout. He even later attracted Paula abdul and the popularity of the workout, quickly grew and became a pop culture phenomenon after he began releasing mass-marketed videos. The popularity later waned but he still attracts many celebrity clients and Tae Bo videos and DVDS have continued to sell well. Most of his products are licensed to DRTV. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania the fourth of fifteen children. As a child he suffered undiagnosed dyslexia. Being a Christian he released line of Tae Bo workouts called “Believers” a series that includes motivational prayers and other Christian components. Married to Gayle H. Godfrey, whom he met in Karate class. Shellie was born and later Billy jr. and later on started his own fitness video line called CARDIOKE.