Billy Dee Williams
ActingBorn
April 6, 1937
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, and artist. 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.
Known For
Filmography
STZ
2025
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
2022
Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
2020
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
2019
Quincy
2018
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
2017
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
2017
Dirty Dancing
2017
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
The Man in 3B
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
The Lego Movie
2014
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010
Barry Munday
2010
3 Ways to Get a Husband
2010
Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying Time
2009
Fanboys
2009
Diary of a Single Mom
2009
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
2008
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
iMurders
2008
Constellation
2007
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
Giraffes Can't Dance
2006
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
2005
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
The Maintenance Man
2004
Epoch: Evolution
2003
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
2003
Undercover Brother
2002
It's Black Entertainment
2002
The Last Place on Earth
2002
The Visit
2001
Good Neighbor
2001
The Ladies Man
2000
Fear Runs Silent
2000
The Contract
1999
Hard Time
1998
Woo
1998
The Fourth King
1997
Steel Sharks
1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
Afro Promo
1997
The Prince
1996
Moving Target
1996
Mask of Death
1996
Triplecross
1995
Falling For You
1995
Message from Nam
1993
Percy & Thunder
1993
Alien Intruder
1993
Marked for Murder
1993
Giant Steps
1992
Driving Me Crazy
1991
Voices That Care
1991
Dangerous Passion
1990
Secret Agent 00 Soul
1990
Batman
1989
The Return of Desperado
1988
Deadly Illusion
1987
Number One with a Bullet
1987
Courage
1986
Oceans of Fire
1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
The Right of the People
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Marvin & Tige
1985
The Impostor
1984
Fear City
1984
Time Bomb
1984
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983
Shooting Stars
1983
Return of the Jedi
1983
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
1983
Nighthawks
1981
Children of Divorce
1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
The Hostage Tower
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Christmas Lilies of the Field
1979
Scott Joplin
1977
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Mahogany
1975
Carter's Army
1975
The Take
1974
The Conversation
1974
Hit!
1973
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
The Final Comedown
1972
The Glass House
1972
Brian's Song
1971
Lost Flight
1970
The Out-of-Towners
1970
The Last Angry Man
1959
Brown Sugar
Dark Empire
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024
Icons Unearthed: Batman
2024
And Just Like That…
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
2016
LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises
2016
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Star Wars Rebels
2014
The Rebels
2014
LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
2013
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
2012
Comic Book Men
2012
Key & Peele
2012
White Collar
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Titan Maximum
2009
Modern Family
2009
Glee
2009
Private Practice
2007
General Hospital: Night Shift
2007
The Boondocks
2005
Mind of Mencia
2005
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Bring Back...
2005
Robot Chicken
2005
Black in the 80s
2005
Lost
2004
NCIS
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Half & Half
2002
Street Time
2002
Scrubs
2001
18 Wheels of Justice
2000
The Hughleys
1998
That '70s Show
1998
The View
1997
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Jacksons: An American Dream
1992
Martin
1992
In Living Color
1990
A Different World
1987
Wiseguy
1987
North and South
1985
Double Dare
1985
Chiefs
1983
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Dynasty
1981
The Jeffersons
1975
Dinah!
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The New People
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
Coronet Blue
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Defenders
1961
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953
Star Wars Detours