Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 06, 1937
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
169 titles
Billy Dee Williams
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.
Known For
Filmography
STZ
Broadcaster (voice)
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
Landolorian (voice)
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
Landolorian (voice)
Icons Unearthed: Batman
Self
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Himself
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
Lando Calrissian (voice)
And Just Like That…
Lawrence Todd
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Self
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
Lando Calrissian (voice)
The Skywalker Legacy
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Lando Calrissian
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Billy Dee Williams (voice)
Quincy
Self
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
Two-Face (voice)
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
Two-Face (voice)
Dirty Dancing
Tito
The Lego Batman Movie
Two-Face (voice)
I Am Not Your Negro
Self
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Lando Calrissian (voice)
LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises
Lando Calrissian (voice)
The Man in 3B
Cain
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
Lando Calrissian (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Lando Calrissian (voice)
Star Wars Rebels
Lando Calrissian (voice)
The Lego Movie
Lando (voice)
The Rebels
Coach Paysinger
LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
Lindo Calrissian (voice)
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
Sensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)
Comic Book Men
Self
Key & Peele
Billy Dee Williams
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Ace Millstone
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Lando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
Barry Munday
Lonnie Green
3 Ways to Get a Husband
William
White Collar
Ford / Bradford Toman
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
Titan Maximum
Adm. Bitchface (voice)
Modern Family
Himself
Glee
Andy Collins
Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
Narrator
Fanboys
Judge Reinhold
Diary of a Single Mom
Uncle Bo
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Lando Calrissian / Man (voice)
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Self
iMurders
Robert Delgado
Private Practice
Henry