William L. Johnson

For the member of the U.S. House of Representatives, see Bill Johnson (Ohio politician).

William L. Johnson is an American actor and musician who has held starring and prominent roles in many theatrically released projects, including Blue Hill Avenue, Motives 1, Motives 2, Mannsfield 12, Crossover, Doing Hard Time and Tears of a Clown.

Johnson has also acted in several independent short films and features. He also performed in Showtime's A Spider's Web with Stephen Baldwin and Carrie Weir.

As a musician, Johnson has released an album under the persona of "Brotha Bill" called "BrothaBill- Underground Funky Street Soul Brotha". The music falls under the Neo soul, R&B and funk categories.

Soon after graduation from Emerson Visual and Performing Arts High School, he formed a group "Black to Black", supported by manager Jimmy Newton. In 1999, Johnson and producer/engineer Booker T. Jones conceived "BaldHeadDread", which garnered significant exposure when they scored the movie soundtrack for Ragdoll.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Ragdoll	Jean
2000	The Playaz Court	Lorenzo
	Killjoy	Lorenzo
2001	Two Degrees	Terry
	Room for Seven	Gabe Ashe
	Nakita Blues	J-Smooth
	Blue Hill Avenue	E. Bone
	Sacred is the Flesh	Unknown
2002	Spider's Web	Conman Jerry
2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Uncredited
	Sweet Oranges	Jamal Jenkins
2004	Motives	Ray
	Doing Hard Time	Clever
2005	View in Black & White	James
	Tears of a Clown	Kenny Lang
2006	Restraining Order	Thug
	Crossover	Aub
2007	Motives 2	Ray
	Traci Townsend	Singer
	The Mannsfield 12	Gutta
2008	Marco Polo	Jared
2010	Trapped: Haitian Nights	Blazi
	The Confidant	Detective Moore
	Ex$pendable	Arnold
2013	Dolls of Voodoo	Blazi
2015	The Man in 3B	Gangsta #1
2020	Bernie Problems	Bernie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Steve Harvey Show	The Emcee	Episode: "Not the Best Man"
2007	All of Us	Brian
2022–2024	The Black Hamptons	Michael Donovan	11 episodes

External links

• William L. Johnson at IMDb
• William L. Johnson at TV Guide