William L. Johnson

William L. Johnson

Nascimento : , Gary, Indiana, USA

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William L. Johnson is an accomplished American actor and musician. William L. Johnson has held starring and prominent roles in many theatrically released projects. His performance as a lead in director Craig Ross' Blue Hill Avenue helped the movie garner top honors at the Acapulco and Black Hollywood Film Festival's. Some of his latest film projects include Motives 2, Mannsfield 12, Crossover, Doing Hard Time, Tears of a Clown, and Motives 1. Johnson's acting diversity has been displayed in several independent short films and features such as Move, Wanted: Soulful Energy Xchange with Gary Dourdan and Mari Morrow, director Tony Spires' Two Degrees starring Don "DC' Curry, and Nikita Blues from Foremost Entertainment. He also performed a scene-stealing role in Showtime's A Spider's Web with Stephen Baldwin and Carrie Weir. Equally important to Johnson is his passion to deliver conscious messages through his music via his stage persona "Brotha Bill". Brotha Bill's essence is a lyrical flow that sets him apart from other neo-soul artists. Those who have experienced his fusion of poetic verse and energetic R&B funk are sure to cherish the kinetic vibe in their own home. His CD contains uptempo songs as wells as succulent cuts that feed the desire for real, soulful music. His latest album entitled BrothaBill- Underground Funky Street Soul Brotha is currently available online through Napster, Itunes, CDBaby, as well as his website Brothabill.com . Upon relocating to Los Angeles in 1998 Johnson quickly gained a name for himself as a very talented and versatile actor starring in films that have won accolades at top film festivals. Claiming Gary, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois as hometowns, Johnson has steadily improved his craft in the Los Angeles entertainment scene for the past six years. His music career was spawned at an early age upon matriculation to Emerson Visual and Performing Arts High School. Soon after graduation he formed a group, Black to Black, which was nurtured by notable manager Jimmy Newton. In 1999, Johnson and prominent producer/engineer Booker T. Jones conceived BaldHeadDread, which garnered significant exposure when they scored the movie soundtrack for Ragdoll. Both projects were stepping stones to help him launch his solo venture. Description above from the Wikipedia article William L. Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

William L. Johnson
William L. Johnson

Filmes

Nineteen Summers
Nineteen Summers
Zip
Born in the generational Los Angeles street culture a 19-year-old father seeks a better life in the midst of a turf war.
Black & Privileged: Volume 1
Black & Privileged: Volume 1
Kent Master
When low-income families move into a thriving black community in Chicago, they find themselves at odds with politicians to maintain their status.
DWB: Dating While Black
DWB: Dating While Black
Bernard
Two former co-workers, Eric and Alex, have been recently laid off of their jobs and they run into each other on a job interview. While searching for new jobs, they forge a personal relationship that involves Alex, a womanizing ladies' man, helping the naive and recently dumped Eric understand women better.
Nothing Like Thanksgiving
Nothing Like Thanksgiving
Clayton Rockwell
Having cancer and six months to live, sends Clayton Rockwell (William L. Johnson) a successful businessman, devoted husband and father on a journey to do the unthinkable. Clayton finds a replacement Wesley Madison (Richard Gallion) and grooms him to exactness to take over his business and family all the while Kenneth Swain (Darrin Henson) is working to take over his company.
Dolls of Voodoo
Dolls of Voodoo
Blazi
Two worlds collide when a successful Haitian American attorney marries the love of his life only to have his past haunt him when the father of a former fling, a powerful Voodoo Priest, exacts revenge for his scorned daughter.
Crossover
Crossover
Aub
The clock strikes midnight, money changes hands, the crowd is on their feet, and the court is alive with fast-paced razzle-dazzle basketball. These players don't play for a school or a pro team. They play for the street and it's underground...way underground.
Sweet Oranges
Sweet Oranges
Jamal Jenkins
Down on their luck, buddies Jamal (William L. Johnson) and Kenny (Benjamin Stephens) decide that the only way they can pluck themselves out of poverty during the summer is to sell oranges from a local kiosk. The new venture seems to be the perfect solution to their financial woes except for one tiny problem: It's hard to keep your mind on business when you're surrounded by beautiful babes. Trey Haley directs this fresh, freewheeling comedy.
Motivo
Motivo
Ray
Quando Simms trai a sua bela esposa com uma sedutora desconhecida, está convencido que pode manter em segredo o seu deslize e continuar como se nada tivesse acontecido. Mas na alta sociedade, onde as apostas são altas e os negócios duvidosos, há sempre alguém à espreita e Simms aprende rapidamente que, independentemente das promessas que se façam, nada é sagrado e nada está completamente a salvo.
Spider's Web
Spider's Web
Comman Jerry
A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?
Two Degrees
Two Degrees
Terry
When a street thug double-crosses his drug-dealing boss, he discovers that personal connections in the ghetto are separated by only two degrees. In the next 18 hours in South Central L.A., Jazzy and Terry meet, fall in lust and bet their lives on one last chance to get out.
Blue Hill - Nasce Uma Gangue
Blue Hill - Nasce Uma Gangue
E. Bone
Violência e ação se misturam nessa trama forte que foi considerada uma espécie de versão dos guetos negros dos Estados Unidos de filmes de máfia como Era Uma Vez Na América. Conta a história de um grupo de jovens negros que, mesmo tendo uma boa educação e valores familiares sólidos, crescem em um bairro de Boston no meio de uma vida de crimes, entre traficantes de drogas. Daí se dá o nascimento de uma gangue que descobre uma forma fácil de ganhar dinheiro e viver o glamour de um fora de lei. Mas esse jogo pode ser tornar muito perigoso já que o chefão do crime local está de olho nos novatos e não vai permitir que eles atrapalhem seus negócios. É quando começa uma competição onde apenas a violência e as traições tem vez, e o destino pode se tornar fatal para todos.
Killjoy
Killjoy
Lorenzo
No inferno de uma cidade interior, uma figura medonha está matando os bandidos. Um vigilante ou um demônio? Para a bela estudante do ensino médio, Jada, essa é a questão que a levará cara a cara com o palhaço matador Killjoy.
The Playaz Court
The Playaz Court
Lorenzo
The courts of Englewood are as far removed from the hollowed halls of justice as a street ball player can imagine, but when a pickup game ends in death, the quest for revenge proves that even on the street there's a code of honor. Reggie's best friend is dead, and the pain of his loss leads the hardened player on a quest to ensure that the killer pays for his crime. Upon tracking the killer to a gym, Reggie enters, gun in hand and ready to avenge his friend's death. As the other players declare that no one will die on their court without a fair trial, they listen to both sides of the story to determine if justice will be served with a bullet, or whether the suspected killer will live to play another game.
Ragdoll
Ragdoll
Jean
A teenaged rapper uses his Gran's magic powders to help him in his revenge against those who put her in the hospital.