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Billy Dee Williams

Acting · Born 1937-04-06 · 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

2025STZBroadcaster (voice)
2025LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the PastLandolorian (voice)
2024LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the GalaxyLandolorian (voice)
2024Icons Unearthed: BatmanSelf
2023Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at ParamountHimself
2022Is That Black Enough for You?!?Self
2022LEGO Star Wars Summer VacationLando Calrissian (voice)
2021And Just Like That…Lawrence Todd
2021Stallone: Frank, That IsSelf
2020LEGO Star Wars Holiday SpecialLando Calrissian (voice)
2020The Skywalker LegacySelf
2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerLando Calrissian
2019Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure AwaitsSelf
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Billy Dee Williams (voice)
2018QuincySelf
2017Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?Two-Face (voice)
2017Batman Is Just Not That Into YouTwo-Face (voice)
2017Dirty DancingTito
2017The Lego Batman MovieTwo-Face (voice)
2017I Am Not Your NegroSelf
2016LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker AdventuresLando Calrissian (voice)
2016LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance RisesLando Calrissian (voice)
2015The Man in 3BCain
2015LEGO Star Wars: Droid TalesLando Calrissian (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2015Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of LothalLando Calrissian (voice)
2014Star Wars RebelsLando Calrissian (voice)
2014The Lego MovieLando (voice)
2014The RebelsCoach Paysinger
2013LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda ChroniclesLindo Calrissian (voice)
2012The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying OrangeSensei Carrot / Cucumber Referee (voice)
2012Comic Book MenSelf
2012Key & PeeleBilly Dee Williams
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' RollAce Millstone
2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIILando Calrissian / Teacher (voice)
2010Barry MundayLonnie Green
20103 Ways to Get a HusbandWilliam
2009White CollarFord / Bradford Toman
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2009Titan MaximumAdm. Bitchface (voice)
2009Modern FamilyHimself
2009GleeAndy Collins
2009Pitching Man: Satchel Paige Defying TimeNarrator
2009FanboysJudge Reinhold
2009Diary of a Single MomUncle Bo
2008Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IILando Calrissian / Man (voice)
2008Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark KnightSelf
2008iMurdersRobert Delgado
2007Private PracticeHenry
2007General Hospital: Night Shift
2007ConstellationHelms Boxer
2006Snoop Dogg's Hood of HorrorPastor Charlie
2006Giraffes Can't Dance
2005Merry F#%$in' ChristmasSelf
2005The BoondocksHimself (voice)
2005Mind of Mencia
2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant
2005Bring Back...Self
2005Robot ChickenBilly Dee Williams / Fudge Turnover (voice)
2005Black in the 80s
2004LostBilly Dee Williams
2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars TrilogySelf
2004When Star Wars Ruled the WorldSelf
2004The Maintenance ManMelven
2003Epoch: EvolutionFerguson
2003NCISLeroy Jethro Moore
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2003Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal VirtuosaNarrator
2002Half & HalfOtis 'Omar Funk' Wright
2002Street TimeCharles White
2002Undercover BrotherGen. Warren Boutwell
2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf
2002The Last Place on EarthDr. Davis
2001ScrubsBilly Dee Williams
2001The VisitHenry
2001Good NeighborSgt. Paul Davidson
2000The Ladies ManLester
2000Fear Runs SilentSheriff Hammond
200018 Wheels of JusticeBurton Hardesty
1999The ContractSenator Harmon
1998Hard TimeLeo Barker
1998The HughleysJerry Rose
1998That '70s ShowPastor Dan
1998WooHimself
1997The Fourth KingGasparre
1997Steel SharksAdm. Jim Perry
1997The ViewSelf
1997Star Wars: The Magic & the MysterySelf
1997Afro PromoSelf (archive footage)
1996The Prince
1996Moving TargetDetective Don Racine
1996Mask of DeathAgent Jeffries
1995TriplecrossAgent Oscar Pierce
1995Falling For YouLieutenant Frank Lazaro
1994Lonesome Dove: The Series
1993Message from NamFelix
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Percy & ThunderRalph Tate
1993Alien IntruderCommander Skyler
1993Marked for MurderCapt. Jack Reilly
1992The Jacksons: An American DreamBerry Gordy
1992Giant StepsSlate Thompson
1992MartinBilly Dee Williams
1991Driving Me CrazyMax
1991Voices That CareSelf - Choir Member
1990In Living Color
1990Dangerous PassionLou
1990Secret Agent 00 SoulSecret Agent Zero
1989BatmanHarvey Dent
1988The Return of DesperadoDaniel Lancaster
1987Deadly IllusionHamberger
1987A Different WorldLangston Paige
1987Wiseguy
1987Number One with a BulletDet. Hazeltine
1986CourageBobby Jay
1986Oceans of FireJim McKinley
1986Looney Tunes 50th AnniversarySelf
1986The Right of the PeopleMike Trainor
1985North and SouthFrancis Cardozo
1985Double DareBilly Diamond
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
1985Marvin & TigeRichard Davis
1984The ImpostorMatthew Raines
1984Fear CityAl Wheeler
1984Time BombJake Calahan
1983Classic Creatures: Return of the JediNarrator (voice) / Self
1983ChiefsTyler Watts
1983Shooting StarsDouglas Hawk
1983Return of the JediLando Calrissian
1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, ForeverSelf
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1981NighthawksMatthew Fox
1981DynastyBrady Lloyd
1980Children of DivorceWalter Williams
1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackLando Calrissian (archive footage)
1980The Hostage TowerClarence Whitlock
1980The Empire Strikes BackLando Calrissian
1979Christmas Lilies of the FieldHomer Smith
1977Scott JoplinScott Joplin
1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor KingsBingo
1975MahoganyBrian
1975Carter's ArmyPvt. Lewis
1975The Jeffersons
1974Dinah!Self
1974The TakeSneed
1974The ConversationMan in Yellow Hat (uncredited)
1973Hit!Nick Allen
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
1972Lady Sings the BluesLouis McKay
1972The Final ComedownJohnny Johnson
1972The Glass HouseLennox
1971Brian's SongGale Sayers
1970Lost FlightMerle Barnaby
1970The Out-of-TownersClifford Robinson, Lost & Found Clerk
1969The New People
1968The Mod Squad
1967Coronet BlueThe Second Technician
1966Mission: ImpossibleHank Benton
1965The F.B.I.Edward Tobin
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961The DefendersPrivate Austin George
1959The Last Angry ManJosh Quincy
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
1953The OscarsSelf
—Brown SugarHost - Narrator
—Dark EmpireLando Calrissian
—Star Wars DetoursLando Calrissian (voice)

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