William L. Johnson

William L. Johnson


in Gary, Indiana, USA
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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.

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Movies for William L. Johnson...

Title: The Black Hamptons
Character: Michael Donovan
Released: August 25, 2022
Type: TV
A feud between two families in the quaint town of Sag Harbor on Long Island, N.Y., starkly illustrates the difference between old and new money; based on the novel of the same name.
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Influence
Title: Influence
Character: Detective Brown
Released: February 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Carl Weber introduces us to the Hudsons, a family of African-American lawyers lead by famed attorney Bradley Hudson. They are handed the task to defend Grammy Award Winning singer Savannah who has been charged with the murder of her husband Kyle Kirby.
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Nineteen Summers
Title: Nineteen Summers
Character: Zip
Released: September 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Born in the generational Los Angeles street culture a 19-year-old father seeks a better life in the midst of a turf war.
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Black & Privileged: Volume 1
Title: Black & Privileged: Volume 1
Character: Kent Master
Released: July 2, 2019
Type: Movie
When low-income families move into a thriving black community in Chicago, they find themselves at odds with politicians to maintain their status.
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DWB: Dating While Black
Title: DWB: Dating While Black
Character: Bernard
Released: December 18, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Nothing Like Thanksgiving
Title: Nothing Like Thanksgiving
Character: Clayton Rockwell
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Dolls of Voodoo
Title: Dolls of Voodoo
Character: Blazi
Released: August 13, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Crossover
Title: Crossover
Character: Aub
Released: September 1, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Sweet Oranges
Title: Sweet Oranges
Character: Jamal Jenkins
Released: May 25, 2004
Type: Movie
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.
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Motives
Title: Motives
Character: Ray
Released: February 24, 2004
Type: Movie
A highly successful business tycoon who is married to his ideal wife. Things get twisted awry when the man has an adulterous affair.
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Spider's Web
Title: Spider's Web
Character: Comman Jerry
Released: November 12, 2002
Type: Movie
A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?
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Two Degrees
Title: Two Degrees
Character: Terry
Released: November 5, 2001
Type: Movie
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.
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Blue Hill Avenue
Title: Blue Hill Avenue
Character: E. Bone
Released: August 3, 2001
Type: Movie
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
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Killjoy
Title: Killjoy
Character: Lorenzo
Released: October 24, 2000
Type: Movie
Deep in an inner city hell, a ghastly figure is killing off the bad guys. A vigilante, or a demon? For the beautiful high school student, Jada, that's the question that will bring her face to face with the killer clown Killjoy.
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The Playaz Court
Title: The Playaz Court
Character: Lorenzo
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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Ragdoll
Title: Ragdoll
Character: Jean
Released: December 21, 1999
Type: Movie
A teenaged rapper uses his Gran's magic powders to help him in his revenge against those who put her in the hospital.