Biography
John "Johnny" Anthony Williams also known as "Johnny Roast beef" Williams is an American character actor with nearly 100 credits to his name. He is perhaps best remembered as Johnny Roastbeef in the Martin Scorsese classic Goodfellas (1990). He is also appeared in the Movies The Mask (1994) alongside Cameron Diaz and Jim Carrey as well as Greenbook (2018) which starred Viggo Mortensen Mahershala Ali. He has also made dozens of appearances in tv shows.
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Complete Filmography

Friendsgiving
2020
as Uncle Sal
Newly-divorced actress Molly, her recently-dumped lesbian best friend Abby and Molly’s mother Helen host a dysfunctional, comical and chaotic Thanksgi...

Exorcism at 60,000 Feet
2019
as Frankie Foldem
A priest, a rabbi and a flight crew team up to save their flight from a pandemic of demonic possessions.

Green Book
2018
as Fat Paulie
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find...

Intersection
2018
as Lou
A guilt-ridden man who blames himself for the accidental death of his only child meets a mysterious beautiful woman in the same remote town where the ...

Call Me King
2017
as Russo
In the international world of gun running... loyalty, honor and discretion are valuable commodities, but nothing is more priceless than the bond of fa...

Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Mobster
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Ang...

The New Empress
2016
as Joe
So your boyfriend's broken up with your and your broke and hungry? Just stage a bunch of fake proposals and chow down.

The Cookie Mobster
2014
as Cheeks
A young mob member goes into the Witness Protection Program and settles into a quiet suburban village, where he falls for a local woman and gets invol...
Jersey Justice
2014
as Big Bill Romeo
A suburban woman witnesses her husbands murder, and decides to seek revenge in a 24 hr period. Along the way, Polly O'Bannon finds others who share he...

Real Gangsters
2013
as Big Tony
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giaca...
Wild Ride
2010
This film is based on a true story, and set in the affluent world of Kentucky thoroughbred horse racing; a close-knit society with a fiercely protecte...
The Other Way
2010
as Fat Joe
A down and out actor plays the role of his life as he trades places with his hit man brother.

Under New Management
2009
as Dot Com Donnie
Sparks and bullets fly when a Wall Street yuppie must steer a Brooklyn mob crew legit before a beautiful FBI agent can build RICO indictments against ...

The Unknown Trilogy
2008
as Tanner (segment "Frankie the Squirrel") (as Johnny 'Roastbeef' Williams)
Somewhere, between the boundaries of life and death, lays the darkest places in the human heart. In these dimly lit recesses crouch fears older than m...
Sin's Kitchen
2004
as Eddie
Mobsters, ex-cons, grad students and other desperate persons see their various fates converge in the Mojave Desert.

The Whole Ten Yards
2004
as Vito
Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assa...

Mafioso: The Father The Son
2004
as Danny Defino
When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s ...

Wasabi Tuna
2003
A group of friends who take Halloween way too seriously kidnap Anna Nicole Smith's beloved pet Sugar-Pie. It's up to a bunch of drag queens dressed as...

Undisputed
2002
as Al
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I...

Looking for an Echo
2000
as Phil 'Pooch' Puccirelli
The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback.

The Assault
1998
as Mario
A female cop assigned to protect a dead drug dealer's girlfriend from mob assassins takes her to a home for battered wives. When revenge is the only o...

Witness to the Mob
1998
as Angelo Ruggiero
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's b...
Sparkle and Charm
1997
as Robo
Jack is in his mid 20s and living in Texas when he gets dumped by Gwen, his gorgeous girlfriend. He decides to move to Las Vegas to sell RVs.

Opposite Corners
1997
as Jimmy
A rising boxing star faces success while trying to cope with his parents.

Infidelity
1997
as Bubba
Middleweight boxing champ Shane embarks on an affair with a sultry lounge singer. When she is found dead, Shane becomes the prime suspect in her murde...

The Little Death
1996
as Bartender
A photographer obsessed with a wealthy man's beautiful wife kills her jealous husband in self-defense. The deceased man's down-and-out musician son so...

The Wasp Woman
1995
as Wasp Collector
Eager to boost sales, cosmetic maker Janice Starlin orders her scientists to develop a new youth formula derived from queen wasp enzymes. But when Jan...

Virtual Combat
1995
as Fred
Two Nevada border officers, Dave Quarry and John, amuse themselves off duty by honing their kick-boxing skills via virtual reality combat. Elsewhere, ...

Forget Paris
1995
as Lou
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline...

Victim of Desire
1995
as Marv Riker
An SEC agent investigating $70M in missing funds and a murdered businessman gets involved with the man's wife.

The Skateboard Kid II
1995
as Tow Truck Driver
Take a roller coaster ride full of high octane adventure as 12 year old Sammy takes to the skies. With the help of a magical flying skateboard, Sammy ...

The Mask
1994
as Burt
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the ...

Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Johnny Sandwich
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. T...

State of Grace
1990
as Borelli's Man #2
Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Iri...

GoodFellas
1990
as Johnny Roastbeef
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...

The Spook Who Sat by the Door
1973
A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.

Ritual of Evil
1970
as Newscaster
A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.

Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Raymond Scott Quintette
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.