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Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Actor · Born 1937-04-06 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, artist, and singer. He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s, and nearly forty years later in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the longest intervals between onscreen portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history. He made his film debut in 1959 in The Last Angry Man starring Paul Muni, in which he portrayed a juvenile delinquent. His first big break was in the acclaimed television movie, Brian's Song in which he played Gale Sayers. In 1972 he played Billie Holliday's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions' Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown paired the two of them again three years later in Mahogany. His work has earned him numerous awards and honors including three NAACP Image Awards, and the NAACP Lifetime Achievement award. He was inducted into the Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame in 1984, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Lando Calrissian
  2. Return of the Jedi (1983) — Lando Calrissian
  3. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) — Lando Calrissian
  4. Batman (1989) — Harvey Dent
  5. The Lego Movie (2014) — Lando (voice)
  6. The Lego Batman Movie (2017) — Two-Face (voice)
  7. Lost (2004) — Billy Dee Williams
  8. Modern Family (2009) — Himself
  9. NCIS (2003) — Leroy Jethro Moore
  10. The Conversation (1974) — Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
  11. That '70s Show (1998) — Pastor Dan
  12. White Collar (2009) — Ford / Bradford Toman
  13. Star Wars Rebels (2014) — Lando Calrissian (voice)
  14. Glee (2009) — Andy Collins
  15. Fanboys (2009) — Judge Reinhold
  16. Robot Chicken (2005) — Billy Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
  17. And Just Like That… (2021) — Lawrence Todd
  18. I Am Not Your Negro (2017) — Self
  19. Nighthawks (1981) — Matthew Fox
  20. The Boondocks (2005) — Himself (voice)
  21. Dirty Dancing (2017) — Tito
  22. Undercover Brother (2002) — Gen. Warren Boutwell
  23. LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020) — Lando Calrissian (voice)
  24. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
  25. Private Practice (2007) — Henry
  26. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Hank Benton
  27. Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019) — Billy Dee Williams (voice)
  28. Key & Peele (2012) — Billy Dee Williams
  29. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004) — Self
  30. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
  31. North and South (1985) — Francis Cardozo
  32. Scrubs (2001) — Billy Dee Williams
  33. The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (2010) — Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
  34. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  35. The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (2008) — Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
  36. The Ladies Man (2000) — Lester
  37. The Out-of-Towners (1970) — Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
  38. Martin (1992) — Billy Dee Williams
  39. In Living Color (1990)
  40. Dancing with the Stars (2005) — Self - Contestant