Johnny Williams

Johnny Williams

38 Credits

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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Friendsgiving

Friendsgiving

2020

as Uncle Sal

4.6
Acting

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

Exorcism at 60,000 Feet

2019

as Frankie Foldem

5.1
Acting

A priest, a rabbi and a flight crew team up to save their flight from a pandemic of demonic possessions.

Green Book

Green Book

2018

as Fat Paulie

8.2
Acting

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

Intersection

2018

as Lou

9.5
Acting

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

Call Me King

2017

as Russo

5.0
Acting

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

Rules Don't Apply

2016

as Mobster

5.7
Acting

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

The New Empress

2016

as Joe

5.5
Acting

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

The Cookie Mobster

2014

as Cheeks

7.1
Acting

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

Acting

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

Real Gangsters

2013

as Big Tony

2.8
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

A down and out actor plays the role of his life as he trades places with his hit man brother.

Under New Management

Under New Management

2009

as Dot Com Donnie

4.7
Acting

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

The Unknown Trilogy

2008

as Tanner (segment "Frankie the Squirrel") (as Johnny 'Roastbeef' Williams)

2.0
Acting

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

1.0
Acting

Mobsters, ex-cons, grad students and other desperate persons see their various fates converge in the Mojave Desert.

The Whole Ten Yards

The Whole Ten Yards

2004

as Vito

5.7
Acting

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

Mafioso: The Father The Son

2004

as Danny Defino

5.0
Acting

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

Wasabi Tuna

2003

1.0
Acting

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

Undisputed

2002

as Al

6.5
Acting

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

Looking for an Echo

2000

as Phil 'Pooch' Puccirelli

2.7
Acting

The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback.

The Assault

The Assault

1998

as Mario

2.5
Acting

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

Witness to the Mob

1998

as Angelo Ruggiero

7.1
Acting

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

3.0
Acting

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

Opposite Corners

1997

as Jimmy

10.0
Acting

A rising boxing star faces success while trying to cope with his parents.

Infidelity

Infidelity

1997

as Bubba

10.0
Acting

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

The Little Death

1996

as Bartender

4.2
Acting

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

The Wasp Woman

1995

as Wasp Collector

4.0
Acting

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

Virtual Combat

1995

as Fred

4.8
Acting

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

Forget Paris

1995

as Lou

6.3
Acting

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

Victim of Desire

1995

as Marv Riker

4.5
Acting

An SEC agent investigating $70M in missing funds and a murdered businessman gets involved with the man's wife.

The Skateboard Kid II

The Skateboard Kid II

1995

as Tow Truck Driver

2.4
Acting

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

The Mask

1994

as Burt

7.0
Acting

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

Honeymoon in Vegas

1992

as Johnny Sandwich

5.7
Acting

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

State of Grace

1990

as Borelli's Man #2

7.0
Acting

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

GoodFellas

1990

as Johnny Roastbeef

8.5
Acting

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

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

1973

6.3
Acting

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

Ritual of Evil

1970

as Newscaster

5.8
Acting

A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938

as Raymond Scott Quintette

6.0
Acting

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.