As a Hollywood actor, Sonny Landham played hard-ass roles in action films such as Predator (1987) and 48 Hours (1982), where he was “Billy Bear.” These days Landham has his sites set on a much tougher role; He wants to be a US senator.

Landham’s dream to run for the senate in Kentucky has him collecting signatures to get on the ballot as the Libertarian Party candidate. The former actor was born and raised in Georgia and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. The 67-year-old aspiring politician now lives in northeastern Kentucky. His hope is to receive the 5,000 signatures necessary to get on the ballot so he can challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Election Day this coming November.

Analysts and others who are familiar with the political climate in Kentucky see Landham as a major longshot as a candidate for the senate in a state that is widely recognized as being socially conservative. Part of the struggle Landham faces comes from the fact that there are things in his past that might hurt his candidacy, such as the fact that he spent more than two years in prison after being convicted of making obscene and threatening phone calls to his ex-wife. However, the conviction was later reversed after a federal appeals court determined his innocence.

There’s also the matter of Landham having starred in a number of XXX movies early in his acting career. Landham expressed that he regrets having performed in porn, and explained that he only did it as a way of supporting himself until his career in mainstream movies took off.

Sonny Landham has dabbled in politics before. He expressed plans to run for governor as the Republican candidate in 2003. He later talked of plans for an independent run, but he never officially entered the race.

Landham has until August 12 to get the required signatures for his senate bid.

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