Fred Williamson

Fred Williamson

actor, producer, director

Fred Williamson was born on Mar 05, 1938 in USA. Fred Williamson's big-screen debut came with The Bold Ones: The Protectors - Season 1 directed by Daryl Duke in 1969, strarring Arnold Bartell / Officer Williams. Fred Williamson is known for From Dusk Till Dawn directed by Robert Rodriguez, George Clooney stars as Seth Gecko and Quentin Tarantino as Richard Gecko. Fred Williamson has got 2 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Fred Williamson achieved is Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Fred Williamson plays is Devil's Triangle which will be released on Nov 26, 2021.

Former Oakland Raiders/Kansas City Chiefs football star who rose to prominence as one of the first African-American male action stars of the "blaxploitation" genre of the early 1970s, who has since gone on to a long and illustrious career as an actor, director, writer, and producer! Burly, yet handsome 6' 3" Williamson first came to attention in the TV series Julia (1968) playing love interest, Steve Bruce. However, his rugged, athletic physique made him a natural for energetic roles and he quickly established himself as a street wise, tough guy in films including Operation Hong Kong (1973), Black Caesar, le parrain de Harlem (1973), and Johnny Barrows (1975). Talented Williamson established his own production company "Po 'Boy Productions" in 1974, which has produced over 40 movies to date. Like many young American stars of the 1960s and '70s, Williamson was noticed by Italian producers who cast him in a slew of B-grade action movies that occupied a lot of his work in the 1980s. From the late '80s onwards, much of his work has been of the "straight to video" fare (often playing police officers), but none could deny he has kept actively busy in movies and TV for over three decades, both in front of and behind the camera. More recently, indie director Robert Rodriguez cast him alongside FX guru Tom Savini as two vampire killing bikers, in his bloody action film Une nuit en enfer (1996), and he has most recently appeared on screen (displaying his wonderful comedy skills) playing grumpy Captain Dobey in Starsky & Hutch (2004).

  • Birthday

    Mar 05, 1938
  • Place of Birth

    Gary, Indiana, USA
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
2019
Best Actor
Winner - Horror Feature Competition
Texas Film Awards
2014
Star of Texas Award
Winner - Texas Film Hall of Fame

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