Billy Dee Williams
84 movies · 45 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 6, 1937 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- 比利·迪·威廉斯 · بیلی دی ویلیامز · William December Williams Jr. · William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr
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.
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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.
Known for
Billy Dee Williams: movies and TV shows
Acting (129)
- Upcoming Brown Sugar
as Host - Narrator
- Upcoming Dark Empire
as Lando Calrissian
- Upcoming
- 2025 STZ
as Broadcaster (voice)
- 2025
- 2024
- 2022 LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- 2021
- 2020 LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Lando Calrissian
- 2019
- 2017 Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
as Two-Face (voice)
- 2017 Batman Is Just Not That Into You
as Two-Face (voice)
- 2017 Dirty Dancing
as Tito
- 2017 The Lego Batman Movie
as Two-Face (voice)
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015 The Man in 3B
as Cain
- 2015
- 2015 Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Lando Calrissian (voice)
- 2014
- 2014 The Lego Movie
as Lando (voice)
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012 The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange · TV
as Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice) · 1 episode
- 2012
- 2011 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Ace Millstone
- 2010 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
- 2010 Barry Munday
as Lonnie Green
- 2010 3 Ways to Get a Husband
as William
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
as Narrator
- 2009 Fanboys
as Judge Reinhold
- 2009 Diary of a Single Mom
as Uncle Bo
- 2008 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
as Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
- 2008 iMurders
as Robert Delgado
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 Constellation
as Helms Boxer
- 2006 Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Pastor Charlie
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 The Maintenance Man
as Melven
- 2003 Epoch: Evolution
as Ferguson
- 2003
- 2003 Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
as Narrator
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 Undercover Brother
as Gen. Warren Boutwell
- 2002 The Last Place on Earth
as Dr. Davis
- 2001
- 2001 The Visit
as Henry
- 2001 Good Neighbor
as Sgt. Paul Davidson
- 2000 The Ladies Man
as Lester
- 2000 Fear Runs Silent
as Sheriff Hammond
- 2000
- 1999 The Contract
as Senator Harmon
- 1998 Hard Time
as Leo Barker
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997 The Fourth King
as Gasparre
- 1997 Steel Sharks
as Adm. Jim Perry
- 1996
- 1996 Moving Target
as Detective Don Racine
- 1996 Mask of Death
as Agent Jeffries
- 1995 Triplecross
as Agent Oscar Pierce
- 1995 Falling For You
as Lieutenant Frank Lazaro
- 1994
- 1993 Message from Nam
as Felix
- 1993 Percy & Thunder
as Ralph Tate
- 1993 Alien Intruder
as Commander Skyler
- 1993 Marked for Murder
as Capt. Jack Reilly
- 1992
- 1992 Giant Steps
as Slate Thompson
- 1992
- 1991 Driving Me Crazy
as Max
- 1990
- 1990 Dangerous Passion
as Lou
- 1990 Secret Agent 00 Soul
as Secret Agent Zero
- 1989 Batman
as Harvey Dent
- 1988 The Return of Desperado
as Daniel Lancaster
- 1987 Deadly Illusion
as Hamberger
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 Number One with a Bullet
as Det. Hazeltine
- 1986 Courage
as Bobby Jay
- 1986 Oceans of Fire
as Jim McKinley
- 1986 The Right of the People
as Mike Trainor
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Marvin & Tige
as Richard Davis
- 1984 The Impostor
as Matthew Raines
- 1984 Fear City
as Al Wheeler
- 1984 Time Bomb
as Jake Calahan
- 1983
- 1983 Shooting Stars
as Douglas Hawk
- 1983 Return of the Jedi
as Lando Calrissian
- 1981 Nighthawks
as Matthew Fox
- 1981
- 1980 Children of Divorce
as Walter Williams
- 1980 SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Lando Calrissian (archive footage)
- 1980 The Hostage Tower
as Clarence Whitlock
- 1980 The Empire Strikes Back
as Lando Calrissian
- 1979 Christmas Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
- 1977 Scott Joplin
as Scott Joplin
- 1976
- 1975 Mahogany
as Brian
- 1975 Carter's Army
as Pvt. Lewis
- 1975
- 1974 The Take
as Sneed
- 1974 The Conversation
as Man in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
- 1973 Hit!
as Nick Allen
- 1972 Lady Sings the Blues
as Louis McKay
- 1972 The Final Comedown
as Johnny Johnson
- 1972 The Glass House
as Lennox
- 1971 Brian's Song
as Gale Sayers
- 1970 Lost Flight
as Merle Barnaby
- 1970 The Out-of-Towners
as Clifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1961
- 1959 The Last Angry Man
as Josh Quincy
Talk shows and appearances (42)
- Upcoming
- 2024 Icons Unearthed: Batman
6 episodes
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2012 Comic Book Men
1 episode
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
1 episode
- 2009 Modern Family
1 episode
- 2008
- 2005
- 2005 The Boondocks
1 episode
- 2005 Dancing with the Stars
3 episodes
- 2005 Bring Back...
1 episode
- 2005 Black in the 80s
3 episodes
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3 episodes
- 2002
- 1998
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1997
- 1997
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2 episodes
- 1991
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1974 Dinah!
2 episodes
- 1973
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
2 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode